community / community.vmware / 1.18.2 / module / vmware_vmkernel_ip_config
Removed in None
Reason:Deprecated in favour of M(community.vmware.vmware_vmkernel) module | Alternative:Use M(community.vmware.vmware_vmkernel) instead.
Configure the VMkernel IP Address
Authors: Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac), Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==1.18.2
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 1.18.2
Configure the VMkernel IP Address
# Example command from Ansible Playbook - name: Configure IP address on ESX host community.vmware.vmware_vmkernel_ip_config: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' vmk_name: vmk0 ip_address: 10.0.0.10 subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0 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 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 vmk_name: description: - VMkernel interface name required: true type: str ip_address: description: - IP address to assign to VMkernel interface required: true 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 subnet_mask: description: - Subnet Mask to assign to VMkernel interface required: true 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(true), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. type: bool