vmware_vspan_session – Create or remove a Port Mirroring session

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status

Synopsis

This module can be used to create, delete or edit different kind of port mirroring sessions.

Requirements

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

python > = 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
description string		The description for the session.
destination_port string		Destination port that received the mirrored packets. Also any port designated in the value of this property can not match the source port in any of the Distributed Port Mirroring session.
destination_vm dictionary		With this parameter it is possible, to add a NIC of a VM to a port mirroring session. Valid attributes are: - `name` (str): Name of the VM - `nic_label` (bool): Label of the Network Interface Card to use.
enabled boolean	no yes ←	Whether the session is enabled.
encapsulation_vlan_id integer		VLAN ID used to encapsulate the mirrored traffic.
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.
mirrored_packet_length integer		An integer that describes how much of each frame to mirror. If unset, all of the frame would be mirrored. Setting this property to a smaller value is useful when the consumer will look only at the headers. The value cannot be less than 60.
name string / required		Name of the session.
normal_traffic_allowed boolean	no yes	Whether or not destination ports can send and receive "normal" traffic. Setting this to false will make mirror ports be used solely for mirroring and not double as normal access ports.
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.
sampling_rate integer		Sampling rate of the session. If its value is n, one of every n packets is mirrored. Valid values are between 1 to 65535, and default value is 1.
session_type string	encapsulatedRemoteMirrorSource remoteMirrorDest remoteMirrorSource dvPortMirror ←	Select the mirroring type. - `encapsulatedRemoteMirrorSource` (str): In encapsulatedRemoteMirrorSource session, Distributed Ports can be used as source entities, and Ip address can be used as destination entities. - `remoteMirrorDest` (str): In remoteMirrorDest session, vlan Ids can be used as source entities, and Distributed Ports can be used as destination entities. - `remoteMirrorSource` (str): In remoteMirrorSource session, Distributed Ports can be used as source entities, and uplink ports name can be used as destination entities. - `dvPortMirror` (str): In dvPortMirror session, Distributed Ports can be used as both source and destination entities.
source_port_received string		Source port for which received packets are mirrored.
source_port_transmitted string		Source port for which transmitted packets are mirrored.
source_vm_received dictionary		With this parameter it is possible, to add a NIC of a VM to a port mirroring session. Valid attributes are: - `name` (str): Name of the VM - `nic_label` (bool): Label of the Network Interface Card to use.
source_vm_transmitted dictionary		With this parameter it is possible, to add a NIC of a VM to a port mirroring session. Valid attributes are: - `name` (str): Name of the VM - `nic_label` (bool): Label of the Network Interface Card to use.
state string / required	present absent	Create or remove the session.
strip_original_vlan boolean	no yes	Whether to strip the original VLAN tag. if false, the original VLAN tag will be preserved on the mirrored traffic. If encapsulationVlanId has been set and this property is false, the frames will be double tagged with the original VLAN ID as the inner tag.
switch string / required		The name of the distributed vSwitch on which to add or remove the mirroring session. aliases: switch_name
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.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.7

Examples

- name: Create distributed mirroring session.
  vmware_vspan_session:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch_name: dvSwitch
    state: present
    name: Basic Session
    enabled: True
    description: "Example description"
    source_port_transmitted: 817
    source_port_received: 817
    destination_port: 815
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create remote destination mirroring session.
  vmware_vspan_session:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch_name: dvSwitch
    state: present
    name: Remote Session
    enabled: True
    description: "Example description"
    source_port_received: 105
    destination_port: 815
    session_type: "remoteMirrorDest"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create remote destination mirroring session.
  vmware_vspan_session:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch_name: dvSwitch
    state: absent
    name: Remote Session
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

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

Authors

Peter Gyorgy (@gyorgypeter)

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