---
- name: Gather Linux VM inventory from VxRail vCenter
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: "your_vcenter_ip"  # Replace with your vCenter IP or hostname
    vcenter_username: "administrator@vsphere.local"  # Replace with your vCenter username
    vcenter_password: "your_password"     # Replace with your vCenter password (use ansible-vault for security)
    validate_certs: false                 # Set to true if you have valid certs
    cluster_name: "your_cluster_name"     # Optional: Specify the VxRail cluster name if needed

  tasks:
    - name: Gather information about all VMs in vCenter
      community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
        cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}"       # Optional: Filter by cluster
      register: vm_info

    - name: Filter Linux VMs
      set_fact:
        linux_vms: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | selectattr('guest_full_name', 'contains', 'Linux') | list }}"

    - name: Display the Linux VM inventory
      debug:
        var: linux_vms

    - name: Save Linux VM inventory to file
      copy:
        content: "{{ linux_vms | to_nice_json }}"
        dest: /root/vxrail_linux_vm_inventory.json

# Notes:
# - Install the community.vmware collection: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware
# - Ensure pyvmomi is installed on the control machine: pip install pyvmomi
# - For production, secure passwords with ansible-vault or use environment variables.
# - This playbook assumes connection to vCenter managing the VxRail cluster.