improve info role outputs

changelogs/fragments/103-improve-info-role.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - info - changed default filenames from randomly generated string to static filename to remove community dependency
+  - info - added optional output variable which includes gathered info

roles/info/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # info
 
-A role that gather information from vcenter.
+A role that gather information from vCenter.
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -20,6 +20,93 @@ N/A
 - **info_validate_certs**
   - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.
 
+### Output
+- **info_expose_outputs_as_variable**
+  - If set to true, the role will expose the gathered information as a variable which can be used later on in your playbook. The variable is called `vmware_ops_info_outputs`. If set to false, this variable is not set.
+  - The variable and it's attributes (license, appliance, etc) are returned regardless if data was gathered or not. However, if you do not gather information pertaining to an attribute an empty data set is returned.
+  - The empty data set will be the same type as a populated dataset; meaning if the data set is normally a list, an empty list will be returned.
+  - For example, if `info_appliance` is set to `false`, then `vmware_ops_info_outputs.appliance` will be `{}`. If `info_guests` is set to `false`, then `vmware_ops_info_outputs.guests` will be `[]`.
+
+The variable's attributes have the following data types:
+```
+vmware_ops_info_outputs:
+  appliance: dict
+  license: list(str)
+  cluster: list(dict)
+  guest: list(dict)
+  storage: list(dict)
+```
+
+An abbreviated example of the data returned can be found below:
+```
+"vmware_ops_info_outputs": {
+  "appliance": {
+      "access": {
+          "access": {
+                    "consolecli": true,
+                    "dcui": true,
+                    "shell": {
+                        "enabled": "False",
+                        "timeout": "0"
+                    },
+                    "ssh": true
+                }
+            },
+      "firewall": {
+        "inbound": []
+      },
+      .....   # note: this example is abbreviated for conciseness
+  },
+  "cluster": [
+    {
+      "My-Cluster": {
+        "configuration": {
+          "dasConfig": {
+              "enabled": false
+          }
+        },
+        "name": "My-Cluster",
+        "summary": {
+            "totalCpu": 514080
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "guest": [
+    {
+      "advanced_settings": {
+        "cpuid.coresPerSocket.cookie": "1",
+        "ethernet0.pciSlotNumber": "32",
+        "guestinfo.vmtools.buildNumber": "22544099",
+      .....   # note: this example is abbreviated for conciseness
+    },
+  ]
+  "license": [
+    "00000-0AA0A-000AA-000AA-0A0A0",
+  ]
+  "storage": [
+    {
+      "constraints_sub_profiles": [
+        {
+          "rule_set_info": [
+            {
+              "id": "com.vmware.storage.tag.openshift-rh-qfklm.property",
+              "value": [
+                "rh-qfklm"
+              ]
+            }
+          ],
+          "rule_set_name": "Tag based placement"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": null,
+      "id": "34d58084-5b43-49f7-a29e-fd4b00f9f801",
+      "name": "openshift-storage-policy-rh-qfklm"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
 ### Appliance
 - **info_appliance**
   - Define whether appliance information should be gathered. Default is `false`.
@@ -28,35 +115,40 @@ N/A
   - Define the sections of the appliance to gather. By default we gather all appliance information.
 
 - **info_appliance_file**
-  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/appliance-{random}`
+  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/vmware_ops_info_appliance`
+  - If set to an empty string or `false`, the data is not written to a file.
 
 ### License
 - **info_license**
   - Define whether license information should be gathered. Default is `false`.
 
 - **info_license_file**
-  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/license-{random}`
+  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/vmware_ops_info_license`
+  - If set to an empty string or `false`, the data is not written to a file.
 
 ### Cluster
 - **info_cluster**
   - Define whether cluster information should be gathered. Default is `false`.
 
 - **info_cluster_file**
-  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/cluster-{random}`
+  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/vmware_ops_info_cluster`
+  - If set to an empty string or `false`, the data is not written to a file.
 
 ### Storage
 - **info_storage**
   - Define whether storage information should be gathered. Default is `false`.
 
 - **info_storage_file**
-  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/storage-{random}`
+  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/vmware_ops_info_storage`
+  - If set to an empty string or `false`, the data is not written to a file.
 
 ### Guest
 - **info_guest**
   - Define whether guest information should be gathered. Default is `false`.
 
 - **info_guest_file**
-  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/guest-{random}`
+  - File where to store the gathered data. Default is `/tmp/vmware_ops_info_guest`
+  - If set to an empty string or `false`, the data is not written to a file.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -82,6 +174,12 @@ N/A
 
   roles:
     - role: cloud.vmware_ops.info
+
+  tasks:
+    # Note, this variable can contain a lot of data
+    - name: Debug Output Variable
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: vmware_ops_info_outputs
 ```
 ## License
 

roles/info/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 info_validate_certs: true
+info_expose_outputs_as_variable: true
 info_hostport: "{{ info_hostname + ':' + info_port if info_port is defined else info_hostname }}"
 
 # Appliance
 info_appliance_gather: all
-info_appliance_file: "/tmp/appliance-{{ lookup('community.general.random_string', special=false) }}"
+info_appliance_file: "/tmp/vmware_ops_info_appliance"
 
 # Cluster
 info_datacenters: []
-info_cluster_file: "/tmp/cluster-{{ lookup('community.general.random_string', special=false) }}"
+info_cluster_file: "/tmp/vmware_ops_info_cluster"
 
 # Guest
-info_guest_file: "/tmp/guest-{{ lookup('community.general.random_string', special=false) }}"
+info_guest_file: "/tmp/vmware_ops_info_guest"
 
 # License
-info_license_file: "/tmp/license-{{ lookup('community.general.random_string', special=false) }}"
+info_license_file: "/tmp/vmware_ops_info_license"
 
 # Storage
-info_storage_file: "/tmp/storage-{{ lookup('community.general.random_string', special=false) }}"
+info_storage_file: "/tmp/vmware_ops_info_storage"
 
 # Enable
 info_guest: false

roles/info/tasks/appliance_info.yml

@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
     properties: "{{ info_appliance_gather }}"
   register: __appliance
 
-- name: Make sure directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:  # noqa: risky-file-permissions
-    path: "{{ info_appliance_file | dirname }}"
-    state: "directory"
-
-- name: Create JSON file from fetched data
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    content: "{{ __appliance.appliance | to_json }}"
-    dest: "{{ info_appliance_file }}"
-    mode: "0644"
+- name: Write Appliance Results To File
+  when: info_appliance_file
+  block:
+    - name: Make sure directory exists
+      ansible.builtin.file: # noqa: risky-file-permissions
+        path: "{{ info_appliance_file | dirname }}"
+        state: "directory"
+    - name: Create JSON file from fetched data
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: "{{ __appliance.appliance | to_json }}"
+        dest: "{{ info_appliance_file }}"
+        mode: "0644"

roles/info/tasks/cluster_info.yml

@@ -26,15 +26,17 @@
   tags:
     - cluster
 
-- name: Make sure directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:  # noqa: risky-file-permissions
-    path: "{{ info_cluster_file | dirname }}"
-    state: "directory"
-
-- name: Create JSON file from fetched data
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    content: "{{ __clusters_info.results | map(attribute='clusters') | to_json }}"
-    dest: "{{ info_cluster_file }}"
-    mode: "0644"
-  tags:
-    - cluster
+- name: Write Cluster Results To File
+  when: info_cluster_file
+  block:
+    - name: Make sure directory exists
+      ansible.builtin.file: # noqa: risky-file-permissions
+        path: "{{ info_cluster_file | dirname }}"
+        state: "directory"
+    - name: Create JSON file from fetched data
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: "{{ __clusters_info.results | map(attribute='clusters') | to_json }}"
+        dest: "{{ info_cluster_file }}"
+        mode: "0644"
+      tags:
+        - cluster

roles/info/tasks/guest_info.yml

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
     validate_certs: "{{ info_validate_certs }}"
   register: __guests
 
-- name: Make sure directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:  # noqa: risky-file-permissions
-    path: "{{ info_guest_file | dirname }}"
-    state: "directory"
-
-- name: Create JSON file from fetched data
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    content: "{{ __guests | to_json }}"
-    dest: "{{ info_guest_file }}"
-    mode: "0644"
+- name: Write Guest Results To File
+  when: info_guest_file
+  block:
+    - name: Make sure directory exists
+      ansible.builtin.file: # noqa: risky-file-permissions
+        path: "{{ info_guest_file | dirname }}"
+        state: "directory"
+    - name: Create JSON file from fetched data
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: "{{ __guests | to_json }}"
+        dest: "{{ info_guest_file }}"
+        mode: "0644"

roles/info/tasks/license_info.yml

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
     validate_certs: "{{ info_validate_certs }}"
   register: __license
 
-- name: Make sure directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:  # noqa: risky-file-permissions
-    path: "{{ info_license_file | dirname }}"
-    state: "directory"
-
-- name: Create JSON file from fetched data
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    content: "{{ __license.licenses | to_json }}"
-    dest: "{{ info_license_file }}"
-    mode: "0644"
+- name: Write License Results To File
+  when: info_license_file
+  block:
+    - name: Make sure directory exists
+      ansible.builtin.file: # noqa: risky-file-permissions
+        path: "{{ info_license_file | dirname }}"
+        state: "directory"
+    - name: Create JSON file from fetched data
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: "{{ __license.licenses | to_json }}"
+        dest: "{{ info_license_file }}"
+        mode: "0644"

roles/info/tasks/main.yml

@@ -27,3 +27,13 @@
   when: info_storage
   tags:
     - storage
+
+- name: Expose Gathered Facts As Variable vmware_ops_info_outputs
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    vmware_ops_info_outputs:
+      license: "{{ __license.licenses | default([]) }}"
+      appliance: "{{ __appliance.appliance | default({}) }}"
+      guest: "{{ __guests.guests | default([]) }}"
+      cluster: "{{ _clusters_info.results | default([]) | map(attribute='clusters') }}"
+      storage: "{{ __storage_policy.spbm_profiles | default([]) }}"
+  when: info_expose_outputs_as_variable

roles/info/tasks/storage_info.yml

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
     validate_certs: "{{ info_validate_certs }}"
   register: __storage_policy
 
-- name: Make sure directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:  # noqa: risky-file-permissions
-    path: "{{ info_storage_file | dirname }}"
-    state: "directory"
-
-- name: Create JSON file from fetched data
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    content: "{{ __storage_policy.spbm_profiles | to_json }}"
-    dest: "{{ info_storage_file }}"
-    mode: "0644"
+- name: Write Storage Policy Results To File
+  when: info_storage_file
+  block:
+    - name: Make sure directory exists
+      ansible.builtin.file: # noqa: risky-file-permissions
+        path: "{{ info_storage_file | dirname }}"
+        state: "directory"
+    - name: Create JSON file from fetched data
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: "{{ __storage_policy.spbm_profiles | to_json }}"
+        dest: "{{ info_storage_file }}"
+        mode: "0644"

tests/integration/targets/vmware_ops_cluster_settings_test/run.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: no
-  collections:
-    - community.general
 
   tasks:
     - name: Import eco-vcenter credentials

tests/integration/targets/vmware_ops_content_library_test/run.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: no
-  collections:
-    - community.general
 
   tasks:
     - name: Import eco-vcenter credentials

tests/integration/targets/vmware_ops_deploy_ovf_test/run.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: no
-  collections:
-    - community.general
 
   tasks:
     - name: Import eco-vcenter credentials

tests/integration/targets/vmware_ops_esxi_maintenance_mode_test/run.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: no
-  collections:
-    - community.general
 
   tasks:
     - name: Import eco-vcenter credentials

tests/integration/targets/vmware_ops_export_vm_as_ovf_test/run.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: no
-  collections:
-    - community.general
 
   tasks:
     - name: Import eco-vcenter credentials

tests/integration/targets/vmware_ops_info_test/run.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 - name: Run Info Test Tasks
   hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: false
-  collections:
-    - community.general
 
   tasks: