Ansible playbook to collect VM names in as list

 below is github link for the same.

https://github.com/area51coder/ansible_group_issues

---

  - name: VMware VM Inventory Generator

    hosts: localhost

    gather_facts: no

    tasks:   

      - name: collect VMs in specific folder

        vmware_vm_facts:

             validate_certs: False

             hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"

             username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"

             password: "{{ vcenter_passwd }}"

        #     folder: "{{ vcenter_folder }}"

        delegate_to: localhost

        register: vm_info

     

      - name: print VM info

        debug:

           msg: "{{ item['guest_name'] }}"

        with_items: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines }}"

     

      - name: Show virtual machines guest_name in job log

        ansible.builtin.debug:

          msg: "{{ item['guest_name'] }}"

        with_items: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines }}"

      - name: Print virtual machines guest_name in output file

        ansible.builtin.copy: # should really use template here

          content: |

              Virtual Machine Names

              {% for vm in vm_info.virtual_machines %}

              - {{ vm['guest_name'] }}

              {% endfor %}

          dest: /etc/ansible/reports/virtual_machine_names.txt