rhel5_vmware_facts.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import os

from ansible.module_utils.basic import *

def main():
    facts = {}
    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec={})

    dmi_bin = module.get_bin_path('dmidecode')
    if dmi_bin is not None:
        (rc, out, err) = module.run_command('%s -s %s' % (dmi_bin, 'system-manufacturer'))
        if rc == 0:
            thisvalue = ''.join([ line for line in out.split('\n') if not line.startswith('#') ])
            try:
                json.dumps(thisvalue)
                if "VMware" in thisvalue:
                    facts['ansible_virtualization_role'] = "guest"
                    facts['ansible_virtualization_type'] = "VMware"
            except UnicodeDecodeError:
                pass

    facts_result = dict(changed=False, ansible_facts=facts)
    module.exit_json(**facts_result)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

test-playbook.yml

---
- hosts: vmware

  tasks:

  - name: load rhel5 virt facts
    rhel5_vmware_facts:
    sudo: true

  - debug: var=ansible_virtualization_role
  - debug: var=ansible_virtualization_type