vmware_dvs_portgroup_find – Find portgroup(s) in a VMware environment

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

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 `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
name string		string to check inside the name of the portgroup. Basic containment check using python `in` operation.
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 added in 2.5	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.
proxy_host string added in 2.9		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 added in 2.9		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.
show_uplink boolean	no ← yes	Show or hide uplink portgroups. Only relevant when `vlanid` is supplied.
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 `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
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
  vmware_dvs_portgroup_find:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    dvswitch: 'vDS'
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Confirm if vlan 15 is present
  vmware_dvs_portgroup_find:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    vlanid: '15'
    validate_certs: no
  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	on success	basic details of portgroups found Sample: [{'dvswitch': 'vDS', 'name': 'N-51', 'pvlan': True, 'trunk': True, 'vlan_id': '0'}]

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

David Martinez (@dx0xm)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/vmware_dvs_portgroup_find_module.html