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.. _ansible_collections.kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info_module:

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.. Title

kubevirt_vm_info -- Describe KubeVirt VirtualMachines
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.. Collection note

.. note::
    This module is part of the `kubevirt.core collection <https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/kubevirt/core/>`_.

    It is not included in ``ansible-core``.
    To check whether it is installed, run :code:`ansible-galaxy collection list`.

    To install it, use: :code:`ansible-galaxy collection install kubevirt.core`.
    You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
    see :ref:`Requirements <ansible_collections.kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info_module_requirements>` for details.

    To use it in a playbook, specify: :code:`kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info`.

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Synopsis
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.. Description

- Use the Kubernetes Python client to perform read operations on KubeVirt VirtualMachines.
- Pass options to find VirtualMachines as module arguments.
- Authenticate using either a config file, certificates, password or token.
- Supports check mode.


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.. Requirements

.. _ansible_collections.kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info_module_requirements:

Requirements
------------
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python \>= 3.9
- kubernetes \>= 28.1.0
- PyYAML \>= 3.11






.. Options

Parameters
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  <table class="colwidths-auto ansible-option-table docutils align-default" style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <th class="head"><p>Parameter</p></th>
    <th class="head"><p>Comments</p></th>
  </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-api_key"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>api_key</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-api_key" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_API_KEY environment variable.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-api_version"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>api_version</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-api_version" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Use this to set the API version of KubeVirt.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</strong> <code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-default">&#34;kubevirt.io/v1&#34;</code></p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ca_cert"></div>
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ssl_ca_cert"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>ca_cert</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ca_cert" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: ssl_ca_cert</span></p>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">path</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. The full certificate chain must be provided to avoid certificate validation errors. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT environment variable.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-client_cert"></div>
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-cert_file"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>client_cert</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-client_cert" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: cert_file</span></p>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">path</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Path to a certificate used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CERT_FILE environment variable.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-client_key"></div>
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-key_file"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>client_key</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-client_key" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: key_file</span></p>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">path</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Path to a key file used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KEY_FILE environment variable.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-context"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>context</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-context" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>The name of a context found in the config file. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT environment variable.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-field_selectors"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>field_selectors</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-field_selectors" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">list</span>
        / <span class="ansible-option-elements">elements=string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>List of field selectors to use to filter results</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</strong> <code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-default">[]</code></p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-host"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>host</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-host" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-impersonate_groups"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>impersonate_groups</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-impersonate_groups" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">list</span>
        / <span class="ansible-option-elements">elements=string</span>
      </p>
      <p><em class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in kubernetes.core 2.3.0</em></p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</p>
      <p>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-impersonate_user"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>impersonate_user</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-impersonate_user" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
      <p><em class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in kubernetes.core 2.3.0</em></p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Username to impersonate for the operation.</p>
      <p>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-kubeconfig"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>kubeconfig</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-kubeconfig" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">any</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</p>
      <p>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</p>
      <p>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-label_selectors"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>label_selectors</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-label_selectors" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">list</span>
        / <span class="ansible-option-elements">elements=string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>List of label selectors to use to filter results</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</strong> <code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-default">[]</code></p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-name"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>name</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Specify the name of the VirtualMachine.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-namespace"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>namespace</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-namespace" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Specify the namespace of VirtualMachines.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-no_proxy"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>no_proxy</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-no_proxy" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
      <p><em class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in kubernetes.core 2.3.0</em></p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</p>
      <p>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</p>
      <p>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</p>
      <p>example value is "localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16"</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-password"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>password</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-password" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Provide a password for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PASSWORD environment variable.</p>
      <p>Please read the description of the <code class='docutils literal notranslate'>username</code> option for a discussion of when this option is applicable.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-persist_config"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>persist_config</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-persist_config" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Whether or not to save the kube config refresh tokens. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PERSIST_CONFIG environment variable.</p>
      <p>When the k8s context is using a user credentials with refresh tokens (like oidc or gke/gcloud auth), the token is refreshed by the k8s python client library but not saved by default. So the old refresh token can expire and the next auth might fail. Setting this flag to true will tell the k8s python client to save the new refresh token to the kube config file.</p>
      <p>Default to false.</p>
      <p>Please note that the current version of the k8s python client library does not support setting this flag to True yet.</p>
      <p>The fix for this k8s python library is here: https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python-base/pull/169</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
      <ul class="simple">
        <li><p><code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-choices-entry">false</code></p></li>
        <li><p><code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-choices-entry">true</code></p></li>
      </ul>

    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-proxy"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>proxy</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-proxy" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>The URL of an HTTP proxy to use for the connection. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY environment variable.</p>
      <p>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. HTTP_PROXY).</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-proxy_headers"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>proxy_headers</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-proxy_headers" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">dictionary</span>
      </p>
      <p><em class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in kubernetes.core 2.0.0</em></p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>The Header used for the HTTP proxy.</p>
      <p>Documentation can be found here <a href='https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/urllib3.util.html?highlight=proxy_headers#urllib3.util.make_headers'>https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/urllib3.util.html?highlight=proxy_headers#urllib3.util.make_headers</a>.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-proxy_headers/basic_auth"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>basic_auth</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-proxy_headers/basic_auth" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Colon-separated username:password for basic authentication header.</p>
      <p>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_BASIC_AUTH environment.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-proxy_headers/proxy_basic_auth"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>proxy_basic_auth</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-proxy_headers/proxy_basic_auth" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Colon-separated username:password for proxy basic authentication header.</p>
      <p>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_PROXY_BASIC_AUTH environment.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-proxy_headers/user_agent"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>user_agent</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-proxy_headers/user_agent" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>String representing the user-agent you want, such as foo/1.0.</p>
      <p>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_USER_AGENT environment.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>

  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-username"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>username</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-username" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Provide a username for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_USERNAME environment variable.</p>
      <p>Please note that this only works with clusters configured to use HTTP Basic Auth. If your cluster has a different form of authentication (e.g. OAuth2 in OpenShift), this option will not work as expected and you should look into the <a href='../../community/okd/k8s_auth_module.html' class='module'>community.okd.k8s_auth</a> module, as that might do what you need.</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-validate_certs"></div>
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-verify_ssl"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>validate_certs</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-validate_certs" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: verify_ssl</span></p>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Whether or not to verify the API server&#x27;s SSL certificates. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL environment variable.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
      <ul class="simple">
        <li><p><code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-choices-entry">false</code></p></li>
        <li><p><code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-choices-entry">true</code></p></li>
      </ul>

    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-wait"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>wait</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-wait" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Whether to wait for the VirtualMachine to end up in the ready state.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
      <ul class="simple">
        <li><p><code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-default-bold"><strong>false</strong></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
        <li><p><code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-choices-entry">true</code></p></li>
      </ul>

    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-wait_sleep"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>wait_sleep</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-wait_sleep" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">integer</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Number of seconds to sleep between checks.</p>
      <p>Ignored if <code class='docutils literal notranslate'>wait</code> is not set.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</strong> <code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-default">5</code></p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-wait_timeout"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>wait_timeout</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-wait_timeout" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">integer</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>How long in seconds to wait for the resource to end up in the desired state.</p>
      <p>Ignored if <code class='docutils literal notranslate'>wait</code> is not set.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</strong> <code class="ansible-value literal notranslate ansible-option-default">120</code></p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
  </table>



.. Attributes


.. Notes

Notes
-----

.. note::
   - To avoid SSL certificate validation errors when \ :literal:`validate\_certs`\  is \ :emphasis:`True`\ , the full certificate chain for the API server must be provided via \ :literal:`ca\_cert`\  or in the kubeconfig file.

.. Seealso


.. Examples

Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    
    - name: Get an existing VirtualMachine
      kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info:
        name: testvm
        namespace: default
      register: default_testvm

    - name: Get a list of all VirtualMachines
      kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info:
        namespace: default
      register: vm_list

    - name: Get a list of all VirtualMachines from any namespace
      kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info:
      register: vm_list

    - name: Search for all VirtualMachines labelled app=test
      kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info:
        label_selectors:
          - app=test

    - name: Wait until the VirtualMachine is Ready
      kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm_info:
        name: testvm
        namespace: default
        wait: true




.. Facts


.. Return values

Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented :ref:`here <common_return_values>`, the following are the fields unique to this module:

.. raw:: html

  <table class="colwidths-auto ansible-option-table docutils align-default" style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <th class="head"><p>Key</p></th>
    <th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
  </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-api_found"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>api_found</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-api_found" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Whether the specified api_version and VirtualMachine kind were successfully mapped to an existing API on the targeted cluster.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> always</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-resources"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>resources</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-resources" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">complex</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>The VirtualMachine(s) that exists</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> success</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-resources/api_version"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>api_version</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-resources/api_version" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>The versioned schema of this representation of an object.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> success</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-resources/kind"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>kind</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-resources/kind" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">string</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Represents the REST resource this object represents.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> success</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-resources/metadata"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>metadata</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-resources/metadata" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">dictionary</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Standard object metadata. Includes name, namespace, annotations, labels, etc.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> success</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-odd">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-resources/spec"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>spec</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-resources/spec" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">dictionary</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Specific attributes of the VirtualMachine. Can vary based on the <em>api_version</em>.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> success</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row-even">
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-resources/status"></div>
      <p class="ansible-option-title"><strong>status</strong></p>
      <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-resources/status" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
      <p class="ansible-option-type-line">
        <span class="ansible-option-type">dictionary</span>
      </p>
    </div></td>
    <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
      <p>Current status details for the VirtualMachine.</p>
      <p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> success</p>
    </div></td>
  </tr>

  </tbody>
  </table>



..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- KubeVirt.io Project 



.. Extra links


.. Parsing errors

