community.vmware.vmware_vsan_cluster (4.2.0) — module

Configure VSAN clustering on an ESXi host

Authors: Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.vmware
      version: 4.2.0

Description

This module can be used to configure VSAN clustering on an ESXi host

Usage examples

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- name: Configure VMware VSAN Cluster
  hosts: deploy_node
  tags:
    - vsan
  tasks:
    - name: Configure VSAN on first host
      community.vmware.vmware_vsan_cluster:
         hostname: "{{ groups['esxi'][0] }}"
         username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
         password: "{{ site_password }}"
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: vsan_cluster

    - name: Configure VSAN on remaining hosts
      community.vmware.vmware_vsan_cluster:
         hostname: "{{ item }}"
         username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
         password: "{{ site_password }}"
         cluster_uuid: "{{ vsan_cluster.cluster_uuid }}"
      delegate_to: localhost
      loop: "{{ groups['esxi'][1:] }}"

Inputs

    
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 E(VMWARE_PORT)
      will be used instead.
    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 E(VMWARE_HOST)
      will be used instead.
    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 E(VMWARE_PASSWORD)
      will be used instead.
    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 E(VMWARE_USER)
      will be used instead.
    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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST)
      will be used instead.
    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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT)
      will be used instead.
    required: false
    type: int

cluster_uuid:
    description:
    - Desired cluster UUID
    required: false
    type: str

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to V(false) when certificates
      are not trusted.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS)
      will be used instead.
    type: bool