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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py index 68f3cfe0a2..fcb1568f3e 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py +++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py @@ -220,6 +220,17 @@ class LinuxVirtual(Virtual): virtual_facts['virtualization_role'] = 'guest' return virtual_facts + # In older Linux Kernel versions, /sys filesystem is not available + # dmidecode is the safest option to parse virtualization related values + dmi_bin = self.module.get_bin_path('dmidecode') + (rc, out, err) = self.module.run_command('%s -s system-product-name' % dmi_bin) + if rc == 0: + # Strip out commented lines (specific dmidecode output) + vendor_name = ''.join([line.strip() for line in out.splitlines() if not line.startswith('#')]) + if vendor_name in ['VMware Virtual Platform', 'VMware7,1']: + virtual_facts['virtualization_type'] = 'VMware' + virtual_facts['virtualization_role'] = 'guest' + # If none of the above matches, return 'NA' for virtualization_type # and virtualization_role. This allows for proper grouping. virtual_facts['virtualization_type'] = 'NA' |