---
- name: Get count
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    # Create an anchor for api_info that can be used throughout the file
    api_info: &api_info
      # if api_key vars are omitted, INTERSIGHT_API_KEY_ID, INTERSIGHT_API_PRIVATE_KEY,
      # and INTERSIGHT_API_URI environment variables used for API key data
      api_private_key: "{{ api_private_key | default(omit) }}"
      api_key_id: "{{ api_key_id | default(omit) }}"
      api_uri: "{{ api_uri | default(omit) }}"
      validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs | default(omit) }}"
  tasks:
    # Get a count of the VM hosts
    - name: "Get VM Count"
      cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api:
        <<: *api_info
        resource_path: /virtualization/VirtualMachines
        query_params:
          $count: true
      register: resp
    - name: "Print VM count"
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "VM count {{ resp.count }}"