community / community.vmware / 0.4.0 / module / vmware_host_ipv6 Enables/Disables IPv6 support for an ESXi host system Authors: Christian Kotte (@ckotte) <christian.kotte@gmx.de> preview | supported by communitycommunity.vmware.vmware_host_ipv6 (0.4.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==0.4.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 0.4.0
This module can be used to enable or disable IPv6 support for ESXi host systems in given vCenter infrastructure.
It also checks if the host needs to be restarted.
- name: Enable IPv6 for an host system vmware_host_ipv6: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' state: enabled validate_certs: no delegate_to: localhost
- name: Disable IPv6 for an host system vmware_host_ipv6: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' state: disabled validate_certs: no delegate_to: localhost
- name: Disable IPv6 for all host systems from cluster vmware_host_ipv6: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}' state: disabled validate_certs: no delegate_to: localhost
port: default: 443 description: - The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: int state: choices: - enabled - disabled default: enabled description: - Enable or disable IPv6 support. - You need to reboot the ESXi host if you change the configuration. type: str hostname: description: - 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 C(VMWARE_HOST) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str password: aliases: - pass - pwd description: - The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PASSWORD) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str username: aliases: - admin - user description: - The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_USER) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str proxy_host: description: - Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. - The format is a hostname or a IP. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST) will be used instead. - This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 required: false type: str proxy_port: description: - Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT) will be used instead. required: false type: int cluster_name: description: - Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used. - This is required parameter if C(esxi_hostname) is not specified. type: str esxi_hostname: description: - Name of the host system to work with. - This is required parameter if C(cluster_name) is not specified. type: str validate_certs: default: true description: - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to C(false) when certificates are not trusted. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. - If set to C(yes), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. type: bool
result: description: metadata about host system's IPv6 configuration returned: always sample: esxi01: changed: false msg: IPv6 is already enabled and active for host 'esxi01' type: dict