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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2015 Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: vsphere_copy
+short_description: Copy a file to a vCenter datastore
+description: Upload files to a vCenter datastore
+version_added: 2.0
+author: Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com>
+options:
+  host:
+    description:
+      - The vCenter server on which the datastore is available.
+    required: true
+  login:
+    description:
+      - The login name to authenticate on the vCenter server.
+    required: true
+  password:
+    description:
+      - The password to authenticate on the vCenter server.
+    required: true
+  src:
+    description:
+      - The file to push to vCenter
+    required: true
+  datacenter:
+    description:
+      - The datacenter on the vCenter server that holds the datastore.
+    required: true
+  datastore:
+    description:
+      - The datastore on the vCenter server to push files to.
+    required: true
+  path:
+    description:
+      - The file to push to the datastore on the vCenter server.
+    required: true
+notes:
+  - This module ought to be run from a system that can access vCenter directly.
+    Either by using C(transport: local), or using C(delegate_to).
+  - Tested on vSphere 5.5
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- vsphere_copy: host=vhost login=vuser password=vpass src=/some/local/file datacenter='DC1 Someplace' datastore=datastore1 path=some/remote/file
+  transport: local
+- vsphere_copy: host=vhost login=vuser password=vpass src=/other/local/file datacenter='DC2 Someplace' datastore=datastore2 path=other/remote/file
+  delegate_to: other_system
+'''
+
+import atexit
+import base64
+import httplib
+import urllib
+import mmap
+import errno
+import socket
+
+def vmware_path(datastore, datacenter, path):
+    ''' Constructs a URL path that VSphere accepts reliably '''
+    path = "/folder/%s" % path.lstrip("/")
+    if not path.startswith("/"):
+        path = "/" + path
+    params = dict( dsName = datastore )
+    if datacenter:
+        params["dcPath"] = datacenter
+    params = urllib.urlencode(params)
+    return "%s?%s" % (path, params)
+
+def main():
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            host = dict(required=True, aliases=[ 'hostname' ]),
+            login = dict(required=True, aliases=[ 'username' ]),
+            password = dict(required=True),
+            src = dict(required=True, aliases=[ 'name' ]),
+            datacenter = dict(required=True),
+            datastore = dict(required=True),
+            dest = dict(required=True, aliases=[ 'path' ]),
+        ),
+        # Implementing check-mode using HEAD is impossible, since size/date is not 100% reliable
+        supports_check_mode = False,
+    )
+
+    host = module.params.get('host')
+    login = module.params.get('login')
+    password = module.params.get('password')
+    src = module.params.get('src')
+    datacenter = module.params.get('datacenter')
+    datastore = module.params.get('datastore')
+    dest = module.params.get('dest')
+
+    fd = open(src, "rb")
+    atexit.register(fd.close)
+
+    data = mmap.mmap(fd.fileno(), 0, access=mmap.ACCESS_READ)
+    atexit.register(data.close)
+
+    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(host)
+    atexit.register(conn.close)
+
+    remote_path = vmware_path(datastore, datacenter, dest)
+    auth = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (login, password))
+    headers = {
+        "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
+        "Content-Length": str(len(data)),
+        "Accept": "text/plain",
+        "Authorization": "Basic %s" % auth,
+    }
+
+    # URL is only used in JSON output (helps troubleshooting)
+    url = 'https://%s%s' % (host, remote_path)
+
+    try:
+        conn.request("PUT", remote_path, body=data, headers=headers)
+    except socket.error, e:
+        if isinstance(e.args, tuple) and e[0] == errno.ECONNRESET:
+            # VSphere resets connection if the file is in use and cannot be replaced
+            module.fail_json(msg='Failed to upload, image probably in use', status=e[0], reason=str(e), url=url)
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg=str(e), status=e[0], reason=str(e), url=url)
+
+    resp = conn.getresponse()
+
+    if resp.status in range(200, 300):
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, status=resp.status, reason=resp.reason, url=url)
+    else:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Failed to upload', status=resp.status, reason=resp.reason, length=resp.length, version=resp.version, headers=resp.getheaders(), chunked=resp.chunked, url=url)
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+main()