community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_vsan_hcl_db Manages the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) database | "added in version" 3.5.0 of community.vmware" Authors: Philipp Fruck (@p-fruck)community.vmware.vmware_vsan_hcl_db (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
Manages vSAN HCL db on vSphere
DB file can be downloaded from https://partnerweb.vmware.com/service/vsan/all.json
- name: Fetch HCL db file ansible.builtin.get_url: url: https://partnerweb.vmware.com/service/vsan/all.json dest: hcl_db.json force: true delegate_to: localhost
- name: Upload HCL db file to vCenter community.vmware.vmware_vsan_hcl_db: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" source: hcl_db.json 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 E(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. type: int source: description: - The path to the HCL db file required: true 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 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 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