community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info – Gathers info dvswitch configurations

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_dvswitch_info.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module can be used to gather information about dvswitch configurations.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.7
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
folder string		Specify a folder location of dvswitch to gather information from. Examples: folder: /datacenter1/network folder: datacenter1/network folder: /datacenter1/network/folder1 folder: datacenter1/network/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/network folder: folder1/datacenter1/network folder: /folder1/datacenter1/network/folder2
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 `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
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 `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
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 `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
properties list / elements=string		Specify the properties to retrieve. If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply). Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API. Example: properties: [ "summary.name", "summary.numPorts", "config.maxMtu", "overallStatus" ] Only valid when `schema` is `vsphere`.
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 `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. 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 `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
schema string	summary ← vsphere	Specify the output schema desired. The 'summary' output schema is the legacy output from the module The 'vsphere' output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1
switch_name string		Name of a dvswitch to look for. If `switch_name` not specified gather all dvswitch information. aliases: switch, dvswitch
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 `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Examples

- name: Gather all registered dvswitch
  community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: dvswitch_info

- name: Gather info about specific dvswitch
  community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    switch_name: DVSwitch01
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: dvswitch_info

- name: Gather info from folder about specific dvswitch
  community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    folder: /datacenter1/network/F01
    switch_name: DVSwitch02
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: dvswitch_info

- name: Gather some info from a dvswitch using the vSphere API output schema
  community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - summary.name
      - summary.numPorts
      - config.maxMtu
      - overallStatus
    switch_name: DVSwitch01
  register: dvswitch_info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
distributed_virtual_switches list / elements=string	always	list of dictionary of dvswitch and their information Sample: [{'configure': {'folder': 'network', 'hosts': ['esxi-test-02.local', 'esxi-test-01.local'], 'settings': {'healthCheck': {'TeamingHealthCheckConfig': False, 'VlanMtuHealthCheckConfig': False}, 'netflow': {'activeFlowTimeout': 60, 'collectorIpAddress': , 'collectorPort': 0, 'idleFlowTimeout': 15, 'internalFlowsOnly': False, 'observationDomainId': 0, 'samplingRate': 0, 'switchIpAddress': None}, 'privateVlan': [], 'properties': {'administratorContact': {'contact': None, 'name': None}, 'advanced': {'maxMtu': 1500, 'multicastFilteringMode': 'legacyFiltering'}, 'discoveryProtocol': {'operation': 'listen', 'protocol': 'cdp'}, 'general': {'ioControl': True, 'name': 'DVSwitch01', 'numPorts': 10, 'numUplinks': 1, 'vendor': 'VMware, Inc.', 'version': '6.6.0'}}}}, 'uuid': '50 30 99 9c a7 60 8a 4f-05 9f e7 b5 da df 8f 17'}]

Authors

sky-joker (@sky-joker)

© 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_dvswitch_info_module.html