community.vmware.vca_nat – add remove nat rules in a gateway in a vca

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.7.0).

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

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

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2022-06-01

Why

Module depends upon deprecated version of Pyvcloud library.

Alternative

Use https://github.com/vmware/ansible-module-vcloud-director instead.

Synopsis

• Adds or removes nat rules from a gateway in a vca environment

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_version string	Default: "5.7"	The API version to be used with the vca.
gateway_name string	Default: "gateway"	The name of the gateway of the vdc where the rule should be added.
host string		The authentication host to be used when service type is vcd.
instance_id string		The instance ID in a vchs environment to be used for creating the vapp.
nat_rules string / required	Default: "no"	A list of rules to be added to the gateway, Please see examples on valid entries
org string		The org to login to for creating vapp. This option is required when the service_type is vdc.
password string		The vca password, if not set the environment variable VCA_PASS is checked for the password. aliases: pass, passwd
purge_rules boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If set to true, it will delete all rules in the gateway that are not given as parameter to this module.
service_type string	Choices: vca ← vcd vchs	The type of service we are authenticating against.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Whether the object should be added or removed.
username string		The vca username or email address, if not set the environment variable VCA_USER is checked for the username. aliases: user
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If the certificates of the authentication is to be verified. aliases: verify_certs
vdc_name string		The name of the vdc where the gateway is located.

Examples

#An example for a source nat

- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
   - community.vmware.vca_nat:
       instance_id: 'b15ff1e5-1024-4f55-889f-ea0209726282'
       vdc_name: 'benz_ansible'
       state: 'present'
       nat_rules:
         - rule_type: SNAT
           original_ip: 192.0.2.42
           translated_ip: 203.0.113.23

#example for a DNAT
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
   - community.vmware.vca_nat:
       instance_id: 'b15ff1e5-1024-4f55-889f-ea0209726282'
       vdc_name: 'benz_ansible'
       state: 'present'
       nat_rules:
         - rule_type: DNAT
           original_ip: 203.0.113.23
           original_port: 22
           translated_ip: 192.0.2.42
           translated_port: 22

Status

• This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]

• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Peter Sprygada (@privateip)