VMware vCenter credential type

Select this credential type to enable synchronization of inventory with VMware vCenter.

Automation controller uses the following environment variables for VMware vCenter credentials:

VMWARE_HOST
VMWARE_USER
VMWARE_PASSWORD
VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS

These are fields prompted in the user interface.

VMware credentials require the following inputs:

  • vCenter Host: The vCenter hostname or IP address to connect to.
  • Username: The username to use to connect to vCenter.
  • Password: The password to use to connect to vCenter.
Note

If the VMware guest tools are not running on the instance, VMware inventory synchronization does not return an IP address for that instance.

Access VMware vCenter credentials in an Ansible Playbook
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You can get VMware vCenter credential parameters from a job runtime environment:

vars:
  vmware:
    host: '{{ lookup("env", "VMWARE_HOST") }}'
    username: '{{ lookup("env", "VMWARE_USER") }}'
    password: '{{ lookup("env", "VMWARE_PASSWORD") }}'