# Deprecating vmware.vmware\_rest.vcenter\_vm\_guest\_filesystem\_directories

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecating-vmware-vmware-rest-vcenter-vm-guest-filesystem-directories/46307>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [September 14, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecating-vmware-vmware-rest-vcenter-vm-guest-filesystem-directories/46307 "2026-09-14T20:19:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikemorency](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mikemorency/32/2672_2.png) [@mikemorency](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mikemorency)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecating-vmware-vmware-rest-vcenter-vm-guest-filesystem-directories/46307/1 "2026-09-14T20:19:39Z")

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Hi,

I am a maintainer of `vmware.vmware_rest` and considering deprecating `vcenter_vm_guest_filesystem_directories`. [vmware.vmware\_rest.vcenter\_vm\_guest\_filesystem\_directories module – Creates a directory in the guest operating system — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/vmware/vmware_rest/vcenter_vm_guest_filesystem_directories_module.html)

It is an especially fragile module that would likely need to be rewritten if support were to continue. While I know this module provides a utility before Ansible may be able to connect to the host, I cannot think of use case where it is _needed_ before something like `ansible.builtin.file` is used.

If you feel like this module should be maintained for good reason, please let me know in this thread.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecating-vmware-vmware-rest-vcenter-vm-guest-filesystem-directories/46307/2 "2026-09-15T15:16:15Z")

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TBH I think at least some of the modules in this collection are there because it was possible to auto-generate them from some API spec, not because there really was a demand or request for them.

I don’t really see why it exists. It think it’s been introduced in [appliance: integration tests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/vmware.vmware_rest/pull/182). But there’s no information about _why_ it has been added.

I would also be interested in a good reason to keep this module, because I can’t think of one.