vmware_portgroup - Create a VMware portgroup¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Create a VMware portgroup on given host/s or hosts of given cluster

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster_name (added in 2.5)		Name of cluster name for host membership. Portgroup will be created on all hosts of the given cluster. This option is required if `hosts` is not specified.
hostname str		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 supported added in version 2.6.
hosts (added in 2.5)		List of name of host or hosts on which portgroup needs to be added. This option is required if `cluster_name` is not specified. aliases: esxi_hostname
network_policy (added in 2.2)	Default: {u'mac_changes': False, u'promiscuous_mode': False, u'forged_transmits': False}	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. Valid attributes are: - `promiscuous_mode` (bool): indicates whether promiscuous mode is allowed. (default: false) - `forged_transmits` (bool): indicates whether forged transmits are allowed. (default: false) - `mac_changes` (bool): indicates whether mac changes are allowed. (default: false)
password str		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 supported added in version 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port int (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 supported added in version 2.6.
portgroup_name required		Portgroup name to add.
state (added in 2.5)	Choices: present ← absent	Determines if the portgroup should be present or not.
switch_name required		vSwitch to modify.
teaming_policy (added in 2.6)	Default: {u'notify_switches': True, u'load_balance_policy': u'loadbalance_srcid', u'inbound_policy': False, u'rolling_order': False}	Dictionary which configures the different teaming values for portgroup. Valid attributes are: - `load_balance_policy` (string): Network adapter teaming policy. (default: loadbalance_srcid) - choices: [ loadbalance_ip, loadbalance_srcmac, loadbalance_srcid, failover_explicit ] - `inbound_policy` (bool): Indicate whether or not the teaming policy is applied to inbound frames as well. (default: False) - `notify_switches` (bool): Indicate whether or not to notify the physical switch if a link fails. (default: True) - `rolling_order` (bool): Indicate whether or not to use a rolling policy when restoring links. (default: False)
username str		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 supported added in version 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs bool	Choices: 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 supported added in version 2.6. If set to `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vlan_id required		VLAN ID to assign to portgroup.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.5

Examples ¶

- name: Add Management Network VM Portgroup
  vmware_portgroup:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    switch_name: "{{ vswitch_name }}"
    portgroup_name: "{{ portgroup_name }}"
    vlan_id: "{{ vlan_id }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add Portgroup with Promiscuous Mode Enabled
  vmware_portgroup:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    switch_name: "{{ vswitch_name }}"
    portgroup_name: "{{ portgroup_name }}"
    network_policy:
        promiscuous_mode: True
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add Management Network VM Portgroup to specific hosts
  vmware_portgroup:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    hosts: [esxi_hostname_one]
    switch_name: "{{ vswitch_name }}"
    portgroup_name: "{{ portgroup_name }}"
    vlan_id: "{{ vlan_id }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add Management Network VM Portgroup to all hosts in a cluster
  vmware_portgroup:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    switch_name: "{{ vswitch_name }}"
    portgroup_name: "{{ portgroup_name }}"
    vlan_id: "{{ vlan_id }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove Management Network VM Portgroup to all hosts in a cluster
  vmware_portgroup:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    switch_name: "{{ vswitch_name }}"
    portgroup_name: "{{ portgroup_name }}"
    vlan_id: "{{ vlan_id }}"
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add Portgroup with teaming policy
  vmware_portgroup:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    switch_name: "{{ vswitch_name }}"
    portgroup_name: "{{ portgroup_name }}"
    teaming_policy:
      load_balance_policy: 'failover_explicit'
      inbound_policy: True
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: teaming_result

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
result dict	always	metadata about the portgroup Sample: {'esxi01.example.com': {'portgroup_name': 'pg0010', 'switch_name': 'vswitch_0001', 'vlan_id': 1}}

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>

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