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community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings
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**Configures general settings on a vCenter server**



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Synopsis
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- This module can be used to configure the vCenter server general settings (except the statistics).
- The statistics can be configured with the module ``vmware_vcenter_statistics``.



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

- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi


Parameters
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                    <b>database</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{"event_cleanup": true, "event_retention": 30, "max_connections": 50, "task_cleanup": true, "task_retention": 30}</div>
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                <td>
                        <div>The database settings for vCenter server.</div>
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                    <b>event_cleanup</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
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                <td>
                        <div>Event cleanup.</div>
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                    <b>event_retention</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">30</div>
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                <td>
                        <div>Event retention in days.</div>
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                    <b>max_connections</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">50</div>
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                <td>
                        <div>Maximum connections.</div>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>task_cleanup</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Task cleanup.</div>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>task_retention</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">30</div>
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                <td>
                        <div>Task retention in days.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>hostname</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_HOST</code> will be used instead.</div>
                        <div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>logging_options</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>none</li>
                                    <li>error</li>
                                    <li>warning</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>info</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>verbose</li>
                                    <li>trivia</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The level of detail that vCenter server usesfor log files.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>mail</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{"sender": "", "server": ""}</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The settings vCenter server uses to send email alerts.</div>
                </td>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>sender</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Mail sender address.</div>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>server</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Mail server.</div>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>password</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
                        <div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: pass, pwd</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>port</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">443</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PORT</code> will be used instead.</div>
                        <div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
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                    <b>proxy_host</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.</div>
                        <div>The format is a hostname or a IP.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PROXY_HOST</code> will be used instead.</div>
                        <div>This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12</div>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>proxy_port</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PROXY_PORT</code> will be used instead.</div>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>runtime_settings</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The unique runtime settings for vCenter server.</div>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>managed_address</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>vCenter server managed address.</div>
                </td>
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                    <b>unique_id</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>vCenter server unique ID.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vcenter_server_name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>vCenter server name. Default is FQDN.</div>
                </td>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receivers</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{"snmp_receiver_1_community": "public", "snmp_receiver_1_enabled": true, "snmp_receiver_1_port": 162, "snmp_receiver_1_url": "localhost", "snmp_receiver_2_community": "", "snmp_receiver_2_enabled": false, "snmp_receiver_2_port": 162, "snmp_receiver_2_url": "", "snmp_receiver_3_community": "", "snmp_receiver_3_enabled": false, "snmp_receiver_3_port": 162, "snmp_receiver_3_url": "", "snmp_receiver_4_community": "", "snmp_receiver_4_enabled": false, "snmp_receiver_4_port": 162, "snmp_receiver_4_url": ""}</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>SNMP trap destinations for vCenter server alerts.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_1_community</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">"public"</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Community string.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_1_enabled</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Enable receiver.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_1_port</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">162</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Receiver port.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_1_url</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
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                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">"localhost"</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Primary Receiver ULR.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_2_community</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">""</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Community string.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_2_enabled</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Enable receiver.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_2_port</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">162</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Receiver port.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_2_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">""</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Receiver 2 ULR.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_3_community</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">""</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Community string.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_3_enabled</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Enable receiver.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_3_port</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">162</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Receiver port.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_3_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">""</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Receiver 3 ULR.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_4_community</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">""</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Community string.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_4_enabled</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Enable receiver.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_4_port</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">162</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Receiver port.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>snmp_receiver_4_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">""</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Receiver 4 ULR.</div>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>timeout_settings</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{"long_operations": 120, "normal_operations": 30}</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The vCenter server connection timeout for normal and long operations.</div>
                </td>
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                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>long_operations</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">120</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Long operation timeout.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>normal_operations</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">30</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Normal operation timeout.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>user_directory</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{"query_limit": true, "query_limit_size": 5000, "timeout": 60, "validation": true, "validation_period": 1440}</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The user directory settings for the vCenter server installation.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>query_limit</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Query limit.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>query_limit_size</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">5000</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Query limit size.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>timeout</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">60</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>User directory timeout.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>validation</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Mail Validation.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>validation_period</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">1440</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Validation period.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>username</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_USER</code> will be used instead.</div>
                        <div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: admin, user</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>validate_certs</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to <code>false</code> when certificates are not trusted.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS</code> will be used instead.</div>
                        <div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
                        <div>If set to <code>true</code>, please make sure Python &gt;= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
    </table>
    <br/>


Notes
-----

.. note::
   - Tested with vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6.5 and 6.7



Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml

    - name: Configure vCenter general settings
      community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        database:
          max_connections: 50
          task_cleanup: true
          task_retention: 30
          event_cleanup: true
          event_retention: 30
        runtime_settings:
          unique_id: 1
          managed_address: "{{ lookup('dig', inventory_hostname) }}"
          vcenter_server_name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        user_directory:
          timeout: 60
          query_limit: true
          query_limit_size: 5000
          validation: true
          validation_period: 1440
        mail:
          server: mail.example.com
          sender: vcenter@{{ inventory_hostname }}
        snmp_receivers:
          snmp_receiver_1_url: localhost
          snmp_receiver_1_enabled: true
          snmp_receiver_1_port: 162
          snmp_receiver_1_community: public
        timeout_settings:
          normal_operations: 30
          long_operations: 120
        logging_options: info
      delegate_to: localhost



Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:

.. raw:: html

    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
            <th colspan="1">Key</th>
            <th>Returned</th>
            <th width="100%">Description</th>
        </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>results</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>metadata about vCenter settings</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">{&#x27;changed&#x27;: False, &#x27;db_event_cleanup&#x27;: True, &#x27;db_event_retention&#x27;: 30, &#x27;db_max_connections&#x27;: 50, &#x27;db_task_cleanup&#x27;: True, &#x27;db_task_retention&#x27;: 30, &#x27;directory_query_limit&#x27;: True, &#x27;directory_query_limit_size&#x27;: 5000, &#x27;directory_timeout&#x27;: 60, &#x27;directory_validation&#x27;: True, &#x27;directory_validation_period&#x27;: 1440, &#x27;logging_options&#x27;: &#x27;info&#x27;, &#x27;mail_sender&#x27;: &#x27;vcenter@vcenter01.example.com&#x27;, &#x27;mail_server&#x27;: &#x27;mail.example.com&#x27;, &#x27;msg&#x27;: &#x27;vCenter settings already configured properly&#x27;, &#x27;runtime_managed_address&#x27;: &#x27;192.168.1.10&#x27;, &#x27;runtime_server_name&#x27;: &#x27;vcenter01.example.com&#x27;, &#x27;runtime_unique_id&#x27;: 1, &#x27;timeout_long_operations&#x27;: 120, &#x27;timeout_normal_operations&#x27;: 30}</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
    </table>
    <br/><br/>


Status
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Authors
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- Christian Kotte (@ckotte)
