VMware: add properties option to vmware_host_facts module

[sky-joker]

SUMMARY

Add properties option to vmware_host_facts module.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_host_facts

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

It is possible to supplement the lack of information by combining the legacy output of the module and the output specifying properties as follows.

---
- name: Combine the results get using  vmware_guest_facts
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    hostname: vCenter IP
    username: administrator@vsphere.local
    password: password
    esxi_servers:
      - esxi-host-name
  tasks:
    - name: Gather some info from a host using the vSphere API output schema
      vmware_host_facts:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        validate_certs: no
        esxi_hostname: "{{ item }}"
        schema: vsphere
        properties:
          - name
          - hardware.memorySize
          - hardware.cpuInfo.numCpuCores
          - config.product.apiVersion
          - overallStatus
      register: result1
      loop: "{{ esxi_servers }}"

    - debug: var=result1

    - name: Gather vmware host facts from vCenter with tag information
      vmware_host_facts:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        validate_certs: no
        esxi_hostname: "{{ item }}"
        show_tag: True
      register: result2
      loop: "{{ esxi_servers }}"

    - debug: var=result2

    - name: Combine result1 and result2
      set_fact:
        data: >-
          {{ data | default([])
            + [item.ansible_facts | combine(combine_data)]
          }}
      vars:
        combine_data: >-
          {{ result2.results
            | selectattr('ansible_facts.ansible_hostname','equalto',item['ansible_facts']['name'])
            | list
            | first
          }}
      loop: "{{ result1.results }}"

    - debug: var=data

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[goneri]

Thanks @sky-joker for the patch! Nice job.

[sky-joker]

Thank you @Akasurde for merging!