---
- name: Fetch VM status
  uri:
    url             : "{{ __pve_endpoint }}/nodes/{{ item.vm_host | default(__pve_node) }}/qemu/\
                      {{ item.vmid }}/status/current"
    method          : GET
    headers         :
      Content-type  : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
      Authorization : "{{ __pve_token }}"
      vmid          : "{{ item.vmid }}"
    return_content  : no
    validate_certs  : no
  register          : r_fetch_status
  loop              : "{{ lab_nodes }}"
  loop_control      :
    label           : "{{ item.name }}"
  until             : r_fetch_status.status == 200 and r_fetch_status.json.data.status is defined
  retries           : "{{ __api_retries }}"
  delay             : "{{ __api_polling }}"


- name: Shutdown VMs
  uri:
    url             : "{{ __pve_endpoint }}/nodes/{{ item.item.vm_host | default(__pve_node) }}/qemu/\
                        {{ item.item.vmid }}/status/shutdown"
    method          : POST
    headers         :
      Content-type  : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
      Authorization : "{{ __pve_token }}"
      vmid          : "{{ item.item.vmid }}"
    return_content  : no
    validate_certs  : no
  register          : r_start_vm
  loop              : "{{ r_fetch_status.results }}"
  loop_control      :
    label           : "{{ item.json.data.name }}"
  when              :
    - item.json.data.status == 'running'|lower


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