community.vmware.vmware_dvs_portgroup_find – Find portgroup(s) in a VMware environment
community.vmware.vmware_dvs_portgroup_find – Find portgroup(s) in a VMware environment
Note
This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.6.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_dvs_portgroup_find
.
Synopsis
- Find portgroup(s) based on different criteria such as distributed vSwitch, VLAN id or a string in the name.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.7
- PyVmomi
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
dvswitch string |
Name of a distributed vSwitch to look for. | |
hostname string |
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 Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. | |
name string |
string to check inside the name of the portgroup. Basic containment check using python | |
password string |
The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
| |
port integer |
Default: 443 |
The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. |
proxy_host string |
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 This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 | |
proxy_port integer |
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 | |
show_uplink boolean |
|
Show or hide uplink portgroups. Only relevant when |
username string |
The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
| |
validate_certs boolean |
|
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to |
vlanid integer |
VLAN id can be any number between 1 and 4094. This search criteria will looks into VLAN ranges to find possible matches. |
Notes
Note
- Tested on vSphere 6.5
Examples
- name: Get all portgroups in dvswitch vDS
community.vmware.vmware_dvs_portgroup_find:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
dvswitch: 'vDS'
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Confirm if vlan 15 is present
community.vmware.vmware_dvs_portgroup_find:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
vlanid: '15'
delegate_to: localhost
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
dvs_portgroups list / elements=string |
on success |
basic details of portgroups found
Sample: [{'dvswitch': 'vDS', 'name': 'N-51', 'pvlan': True, 'trunk': True, 'vlan_id': '0'}] |
Authors
- David Martinez (@dx0xm)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware_dvs_portgroup_find_module.html