# Getting UUID of a VMware Virtual Machine using Ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-uuid-of-a-vmware-virtual-machine-using-ansible/27551>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-uuid-of-a-vmware-virtual-machine-using-ansible/27551 "2018-05-17T05:07:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gowtham\_Nakulan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@Gowtham\_Nakulan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gowtham_Nakulan)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-uuid-of-a-vmware-virtual-machine-using-ansible/27551/1 "2018-05-17T05:07:36Z")

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We are working on Ansible Environemt. We wanted to connect to a Newly Deployed VM using its UUUID.

How to Get the UUID of a VMware Virtual Machine using Ansible so that i can establish the connection.