How to use ipaddresses variable from vsphere_guest results in playbook?

Question

I want use the variable ipaddresses of vsphere_guest. I want to use the name of the virtual machine in vSphere first to get its IP address and then to run Ansible plays on that machine using the IP address.

So far I have:

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  vars_prompt:
    - name: "inventory_hostname"
      prompt: "Enter virtual machine name"
      private: no
      default: "ansible-test"


  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: '192.168.250.1'
    vcenter_user: 'root'
    vcenter_pass: 'pass'

  tasks:
    - vsphere_guest:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
        guest: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        vmware_guest_facts: yes
        validate_certs: no
      register: vsphere_facts

How should I proceed?

Answer 1

Assuming you want to run another play on the virtual machine for which you obtained ipaddresses variable (and has one IP address or it's reachable using the first IP address on the list), you can continue your playbook:

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  vars_prompt:
    - name: "inventory_hostname"
      prompt: "Enter virtual machine name"
      private: no
      default: "ansible-test"

  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: '192.168.250.1'
    vcenter_user: 'root'
    vcenter_pass: 'pass'

  tasks:
    - vsphere_guest:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
        guest: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        vmware_guest_facts: yes
        validate_certs: no
      register: vsphere_facts

    - name: Ensure virtual machine is in the dynamic inventory
      add_host:
        name: "{{ vsphere_facts.ansible_facts.hw_eth0.ipaddresses[0] }}"
        ansible_user: _______
        ansible_ssh_private_key_file: _______
        groups: virtual_machines

- name: A play to be run on the virtual machine
  hosts: virtual_machines
  tasks:
    - debug: