New in version 2.0.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
datacenter_name required | The name of the datacenter that will contain the dvSwitch | |
discovery_operation |
| Select the discovery operation |
discovery_proto required |
| Link discovery protocol between Cisco and Link Layer discovery |
hostname str | The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. | |
mtu required | The switch maximum transmission unit | |
password str | The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd | |
port int (added in 2.5) | Default: 443 | The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. |
state |
| Create or remove dvSwitch |
switch_name required | The name of the switch to create or remove | |
switch_version (added in 2.5) | The version of the switch to create. Can be 6.5.0, 6.0.0, 5.5.0, 5.1.0, 5.0.0 with a vcenter running vSphere 6.5 Needed if you have a vcenter version > ESXi version to join DVS. If not specified version=version of vcenter | |
uplink_quantity required | Quantity of uplink per ESXi host added to the switch | |
username str | The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. aliases: admin, user | |
validate_certs bool |
| Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. If set to yes , please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. |
Note
- name: Create dvswitch vmware_dvswitch: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: datacenter switch_name: dvSwitch switch_version: 6.0.0 mtu: 9000 uplink_quantity: 2 discovery_proto: lldp discovery_operation: both state: present delegate_to: localhost
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Hint
If you notice any issues in this documentation you can edit this document to improve it.
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/vmware_dvswitch_module.html