community.vmware.vmware_guest_network module – Manage network adapters of specified virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_network.

Synopsis

  • This module is used to add, reconfigure, remove network adapter of given virtual machine.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

allow_guest_os_mtu_change

boolean

Allows the guest OS to change the MTU on a SR-IOV network adapter.

This option is only compatible for SR-IOV network adapters.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

cluster

string

Name of cluster where VM belongs to.

connected

boolean

If NIC should be connected to the network.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

datacenter

string

Datacenter the VM belongs to.

Default: "ha-datacenter"

device_type

string

Type of virtual network device.

Valid choices are - e1000, e1000e, pcnet32, vmxnet2, vmxnet3 (default), sriov, pvrdma.

Default: "vmxnet3"

directpath_io

boolean

Enable Universal Pass-through (UPT).

Only compatible with the device_type=vmxnet3.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

esxi_hostname

string

The hostname of the ESXi host where the VM belongs to.

folder

string

Folder location of given VM, this is only required when there’s multiple VM’s with the same name.

force

boolean

Force adapter creation even if an existing adapter is attached to the same network.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

gather_network_info

aliases: gather_network_facts

boolean

Return information about current guest network adapters.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

guest_control

boolean

Enables guest control over whether the connectable device is connected.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

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.

label

string

Label of the NIC that should be altered. mac_address or label should be set to get the corresponding device to reconfigure.

Alter the name of the network adapter.

mac_address

string

MAC address of the NIC that should be altered, if a MAC address is not supplied a new nic will be created.

Required when state=absent.

moid

string

Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.

Required if uuid or name is not supplied.

name

string

Name of virtual machine

Required if uuid or moid is not supplied.

network_name

string

Name of network in vSphere.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

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.

physical_function_backing

string

If set, specifies the PCI ID of the physical function to use as backing for a SR-IOV network adapter.

This option is only compatible for SR-IOV network adapters.

port

integer

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.

Default: 443

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.

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.

pvrdma_device_protocol

string

added in community.vmware 3.3.0

The PVRDMA device protocol used. Valid choices are - rocev1, rocev2.

This parameter is only used on the VM with hardware version >=14 and <= 19.

start_connected

boolean

If NIC should be connected to network on startup.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

state

string

NIC state.

When present, a nic will be added if a mac address or label does not previously exists or is unset.

When absent, the mac_address parameter has to be set.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

switch

string

Name of the (dv)switch for destination network, this is only required for dvswitches.

use_instance_uuid

boolean

Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

username

aliases: admin, user

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.

uuid

string

vm uuid

Required if name or moid is not supplied.

validate_certs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

virtual_function_backing

string

If set, specifies the PCI ID of the physical function to use as backing for a SR-IOV network adapter.

This option is only compatible for SR-IOV network adapters.

vlan_id

integer

VLAN id associated with the network.

wake_onlan

boolean

Enable wake on LAN.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Notes

Note

  • For backwards compatibility network_data is returned when using the gather_network_info parameter

  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: change network for 00:50:56:11:22:33 on vm01.domain.fake
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_network:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: vm01.domain.fake
    mac_address: 00:50:56:11:22:33
    network_name: admin-network
    state: present

- name: add a nic on network with vlan id 2001 for 422d000d-2000-ffff-0000-b00000000000
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_network:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    uuid: 422d000d-2000-ffff-0000-b00000000000
    vlan_id: 2001

- name: remove nic with mac 00:50:56:11:22:33 from vm01.domain.fake
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_network:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    mac_address: 00:50:56:11:22:33
    name: vm01.domain.fake
    state: absent

- name: add multiple nics to vm01.domain.fake
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_network:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: vm01.domain.fake
    state: present
    vlan_id: "{{ item.vlan_id | default(omit) }}"
    network_name: "{{ item.network_name | default(omit) }}"
    connected: "{{ item.connected | default(omit) }}"
  loop:
    - vlan_id: 2000
      connected: false
    - network_name: guest-net
      connected: true

Return Values

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

Key

Description

network_data

dictionary

For backwards compatibility, metadata about the virtual machine network adapters

Returned: when using gather_network_info parameter

Sample: {"network_data": {"0": {"allow_guest_ctl": true, "connected": true, "device_type": "vmxnet3", "label": "Network adapter 2", "mac_addr": "00:50:56:AA:AA:AA", "mac_address": "00:50:56:AA:AA:AA", "name": "admin-net", "network_name": "admin-net", "start_connected": true, "switch": "vSwitch0", "unit_number": 8, "vlan_id": 10, "wake_onlan": false}, "1": {"allow_guest_ctl": true, "connected": true, "device_type": "vmxnet3", "label": "Network adapter 1", "mac_addr": "00:50:56:BB:BB:BB", "mac_address": "00:50:56:BB:BB:BB", "name": "guest-net", "network_name": "guest-net", "start_connected": true, "switch": "vSwitch0", "unit_number": 7, "vlan_id": 10, "wake_onlan": true}}}

network_info

list / elements=string

metadata about the virtual machine network adapters

Returned: always

Sample: {"network_info": [{"allow_guest_ctl": true, "connected": true, "device_type": "vmxnet3", "label": "Network adapter 2", "mac_address": "00:50:56:AA:AA:AA", "network_name": "admin-net", "start_connected": true, "switch": "vSwitch0", "unit_number": 8, "vlan_id": 10, "wake_onlan": false}, {"allow_guest_ctl": true, "connected": true, "device_type": "vmxnet3", "label": "Network adapter 1", "mac_address": "00:50:56:BB:BB:BB", "network_name": "guest-net", "start_connected": true, "switch": "vSwitch0", "unit_number": 7, "vlan_id": 10, "wake_onlan": true}]}

Authors

  • Diane Wang (@Tomorrow9)