community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_vswitch Manage a VMware Standard Switch to an ESXi host. Authors: Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac), Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc), Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>community.vmware.vmware_vswitch (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
This module can be used to add, remove and update a VMware Standard Switch to an ESXi host.
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' switch: vswitch_name nics: vmnic_name mtu: 9000 delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch without any physical NIC attached community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' switch: vswitch_0001 mtu: 9000 delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch with multiple NICs community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' switch: vmware_vswitch_0004 nics: - vmnic1 - vmnic2 mtu: 9000 delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch to a specific host system community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' esxi_hostname: DC0_H0 switch_name: vswitch_001 nic_name: vmnic0 mtu: 9000 delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch to a specific host system with Promiscuous Mode Enabled community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' esxi_hostname: DC0_H0 switch_name: vswitch_001 nic_name: vmnic0 mtu: 9000 security: promiscuous_mode: true delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch to a specific host system with active/standby teaming community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' esxi_hostname: DC0_H0 switch_name: vswitch_001 nic_name: - vmnic0 - vmnic1 teaming: active_adapters: - vmnic0 standby_adapters: - vmnic1 delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch to a specific host system with traffic shaping community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' esxi_hostname: DC0_H0 switch_name: vswitch_001 nic_name: - vmnic0 - vmnic1 traffic_shaping: enabled: true average_bandwidth: 100000 peak_bandwidth: 100000 burst_size: 102400 delegate_to: localhost
- name: Delete a VMware vSwitch in a specific host system community.vmware.vmware_vswitch: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' esxi_hostname: DC0_H0 switch_name: vswitch_001 state: absent delegate_to: localhost
mtu: default: 1500 description: - MTU to configure on vSwitch. type: int nics: aliases: - nic_name default: [] description: - A list of vmnic names or vmnic name to attach to vSwitch. elements: str type: list 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 state: choices: - absent - present default: present description: - Add or remove the switch. type: str switch: aliases: - switch_name description: - vSwitch name to add. required: true type: str teaming: aliases: - teaming_policy description: - Dictionary which configures the different teaming values for portgroup. required: false suboptions: active_adapters: description: - List of active adapters used for load balancing. - All vmnics are used as active adapters if O(teaming.active_adapters) and O(teaming.standby_adapters) are not defined. elements: str type: list failback: description: Indicate whether or not to use a failback when restoring links. type: bool load_balancing: aliases: - load_balance_policy choices: - loadbalance_ip - loadbalance_srcmac - loadbalance_srcid - failover_explicit description: - Network adapter teaming policy. type: str network_failure_detection: choices: - link_status_only - beacon_probing description: Network failure detection. type: str notify_switches: description: Indicate whether or not to notify the physical switch if a link fails. type: bool standby_adapters: description: - List of standby adapters used for failover. - All vmnics are used as active adapters if O(teaming.active_adapters) and O(teaming.standby_adapters) are not defined. elements: str type: list type: dict 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 security: aliases: - security_policy - network_policy description: - Network policy specifies layer 2 security settings for a portgroup such as promiscuous mode, where guest adapter listens to all the packets, MAC address changes and forged transmits. - Dict which configures the different security values for portgroup. required: false suboptions: forged_transmits: description: Indicates whether forged transmits are allowed. type: bool mac_changes: description: Indicates whether mac changes are allowed. type: bool promiscuous_mode: description: Indicates whether promiscuous mode is allowed. type: bool type: dict 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 esxi_hostname: aliases: - host description: - Manage the vSwitch using this ESXi host system. 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 number_of_ports: default: 128 description: - Number of port to configure on vSwitch. type: int traffic_shaping: description: - Dictionary which configures traffic shaping for the switch. required: false suboptions: average_bandwidth: description: Average bandwidth (kbit/s). type: int burst_size: description: Burst size (KB). type: int enabled: description: Status of Traffic Shaping Policy. type: bool peak_bandwidth: description: Peak bandwidth (kbit/s). type: int type: dict
result: description: information about performed operation returned: always sample: vSwitch 'vSwitch_1002' is created successfully type: str