community.general/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_find/tasks/main.yml

- name: make sure pyvmomi is installed
  pip:
    name: pyvmomi
    state: latest    

- name: store the vcenter container ip
  set_fact:
    vcsim: "{{ lookup('env', 'vcenter_host') }}"
- debug: var=vcsim

- name: kill vcsim
  uri:
    url: "{{ 'http://' + vcsim + ':5000/killall' }}"
- name: start vcsim
  uri:
    url: "{{ 'http://' + vcsim + ':5000/spawn?cluster=2' }}"
  register: vcsim_instance

- name: get a list of VMS from vcsim   
  uri:
    url: "{{ 'http://' + vcsim + ':5000/govc_find?filter=_VM' }}"
  register: vmlist

- debug: var=vcsim_instance
- debug: var=vmlist

# vcsim embeds the datacenter into the path and
# the VM name, so it can be chopped out for later
# use or verification
- name: show the datacenter(s)
  debug:
    msg: "{{ (item|basename).split('_')[0] }}"
  with_items: "{{ vmlist['json'] }}"

- name: find folders for each vm
  vmware_guest_find:
    validate_certs: False
    hostname: "{{ vcsim }}"
    username: "{{ vcsim_instance['json']['username'] }}"
    password: "{{ vcsim_instance['json']['password'] }}"
    name: "{{ item|basename }}"
    datacenter: "{{ (item|basename).split('_')[0] }}"
  with_items: "{{ vmlist['json'] }}"
  register: folders

- debug: var=item
  with_items: "{{ folders.results }}"

# We only care that each VM was found, not that the folder path
# is completely accurate. Eventually the test should be extended
# to validate the full path for each VM.
- assert:
    that:
        - "{{ 'folders' in item }}"
        - "{{ item['folders']|length == 1 }}"
  with_items: "{{ folders.results }}"