vmware_vmkernel – Manages a VMware VMkernel Adapter of an ESXi host¶
Synopsis¶
This module can be used to manage the VMKernel adapters / VMKernel network interfaces of an ESXi host.
The module assumes that the host is already configured with the Port Group in case of a vSphere Standard Switch (vSS).
The module assumes that the host is already configured with the Distributed Port Group in case of a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS).
The module automatically migrates the VMKernel adapter from vSS to vDS or vice versa if present.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 2.6
PyVmomi
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
The option
deviceneed to be used with DHCP because otherwise it’s not possible to check if a VMkernel device is already presentYou can only change from DHCP to static, and vSS to vDS, or vice versa, in one step, without creating a new device, with
devicespecified.You can only create the VMKernel adapter on a vDS if authenticated to vCenter and not if authenticated to ESXi.
Tested on vSphere 5.5 and 6.5
Examples¶
- name: Add Management vmkernel port using static network type
vmware_vmkernel:
hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
vswitch_name: vSwitch0
portgroup_name: PG_0001
network:
type: 'static'
ip_address: 192.168.127.10
subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
state: present
enable_mgmt: True
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add Management vmkernel port using DHCP network type
vmware_vmkernel:
hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
vswitch_name: vSwitch0
portgroup_name: PG_0002
state: present
network:
type: 'dhcp'
enable_mgmt: True
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Change IP allocation from static to dhcp
vmware_vmkernel:
hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
vswitch_name: vSwitch0
portgroup_name: PG_0002
state: present
device: vmk1
network:
type: 'dhcp'
enable_mgmt: True
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Delete VMkernel port
vmware_vmkernel:
hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
vswitch_name: vSwitch0
portgroup_name: PG_0002
state: absent
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add Management vmkernel port to Distributed Switch
vmware_vmkernel:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
dvswitch_name: dvSwitch1
portgroup_name: dvPG_0001
network:
type: 'static'
ip_address: 192.168.127.10
subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
state: present
enable_mgmt: True
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add vMotion vmkernel port with vMotion TCP/IP stack
vmware_vmkernel:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
dvswitch_name: dvSwitch1
portgroup_name: dvPG_0001
network:
type: 'static'
ip_address: 192.168.127.10
subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
tcpip_stack: vmotion
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
Christian Kotte (@ckotte)
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