vmware_guest_network – Manage network adapters of specified virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

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

  • All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster
string
The name of cluster where the virtual machine will run.
This is a required parameter, if esxi_hostname is not set.
esxi_hostname and cluster are mutually exclusive parameters.
datacenter
string
Default:
"ha-datacenter"
The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.
esxi_hostname
string
The ESXi hostname where the virtual machine will run.
This is a required parameter, if cluster is not set.
esxi_hostname and cluster are mutually exclusive parameters.
folder
string
Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.
This is a required parameter, only if multiple VMs are found with same name.
The folder should include the datacenter. ESXi server's datacenter is ha-datacenter.
Examples:
folder: /ha-datacenter/vm
folder: ha-datacenter/vm
folder: /datacenter1/vm
folder: datacenter1/vm
folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1
folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1
folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm
folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm
folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2
gather_network_info
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to True, return settings of all network adapters, other parameters are ignored.
If set to False, will add, reconfigure or remove network adapters according to the parameters in networks.

aliases: gather_network_facts
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.
moid
string
Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.
This is required if name or uuid is not supplied.
name
string
Name of the virtual machine.
This is a required parameter, if parameter uuid or moid is not supplied.
networks
list
A list of network adapters.
mac or label or device_type is required to reconfigure or remove an existing network adapter.
If there are multiple network adapters with the same device_type, you should set label or mac to match one of them, or will apply changes on all network adapters with the device_type specified.
mac, label, device_type is the order of precedence from greatest to least if all set.
Valid attributes are:
- mac (string): MAC address of the existing network adapter to be reconfigured or removed.
- label (string): Label of the existing network adapter to be reconfigured or removed, e.g., "Network adapter 1".
- device_type (string): Valid virtual network device types are: e1000, e1000e, pcnet32, vmxnet2, vmxnet3 (default), sriov. Used to add new network adapter, reconfigure or remove the existing network adapter with this type. If mac and label not specified or not find network adapter by mac or label will use this parameter.
- name (string): Name of the portgroup or distributed virtual portgroup for this interface. When specifying distributed virtual portgroup make sure given esxi_hostname or cluster is associated with it.
- vlan (integer): VLAN number for this interface.
- dvswitch_name (string): Name of the distributed vSwitch. This value is required if multiple distributed portgroups exists with the same name.
- state (string): State of the network adapter.
If set to present, then will do reconfiguration for the specified network adapter.
If set to new, then will add the specified network adapter.
If set to absent, then will remove this network adapter.
- manual_mac (string): Manual specified MAC address of the network adapter when creating, or reconfiguring. If not specified when creating new network adapter, mac address will be generated automatically. When reconfigure MAC address, VM should be in powered off state.
- connected (bool): Indicates that virtual network adapter connects to the associated virtual machine.
- start_connected (bool): Indicates that virtual network adapter starts with associated virtual machine powers on.
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.
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
uuid
string
UUID of the instance to gather info if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.
This is a required parameter, if parameter name or moid is not supplied.
validate_certs
boolean
    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 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 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7

Examples

- name: Change network adapter settings of virtual machine
  vmware_guest_network:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: no
    name: test-vm
    gather_network_info: false
    networks:
      - name: "VM Network"
        state: new
        manual_mac: "00:50:56:11:22:33"
      - state: present
        device_type: e1000e
        manual_mac: "00:50:56:44:55:66"
      - state: present
        label: "Network adapter 3"
        connected: false
      - state: absent
        mac: "00:50:56:44:55:77"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: network_info

- name: Change network adapter settings of virtual machine using MoID
  vmware_guest_network:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: no
    moid: vm-42
    gather_network_info: false
    networks:
      - state: absent
        mac: "00:50:56:44:55:77"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
network_data
dictionary
always
metadata about the virtual machine's network adapter after managing them

Sample:
{'0': {'label': 'Network Adapter 1', 'name': 'VM Network', 'device_type': 'E1000E', 'mac_addr': '00:50:56:89:dc:05', 'unit_number': 7, 'wake_onlan': False, 'allow_guest_ctl': True, 'connected': True, 'start_connected': True}}


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