community.vmware.vmware_host_passthrough module – Manage PCI device passthrough settings on host

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 6.1.0).

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_host_passthrough.

Synopsis

  • This module can be managed PCI device passthrough settings on host.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cluster

aliases: cluster_name

string

Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used.

This parameter is required if esxi_hostname is not specified.

devices

list / elements=dictionary / required

List of PCI device name or id.

device

aliases: name, device_name

string

Name of PCI device to enable passthrough.

esxi_hostname

string

Name of the host system to work with.

This parameter is required if cluster_name is not specified.

User can specify specific host from the cluster.

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter 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

The 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

The 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.

state

string

If state=present, passthrough of PCI device will be enabled.

If state=absent, passthrough of PCI device will be disabled.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

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)

Notes

Note

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

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

  • Modules may rely on the ‘requests’ python library, which does not use the system certificate store by default. You can specify the certificate store by setting the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Note having this variable set may cause a ‘false’ value for the ‘validate_certs’ option to be ignored in some cases. Example: ‘export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/path/to/your/ca_bundle.pem’

Examples

- name: Enable PCI device passthrough against the whole ESXi in a cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_host_passthrough:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: false
    cluster: "{{ ccr1 }}"
    devices:
      - device_name: "Dual Band Wireless AC 3165"
    state: present

- name: Enable PCI device passthrough against one ESXi
  community.vmware.vmware_host_passthrough:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: false
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    devices:
      - device_name: "Dual Band Wireless AC 3165"
    state: present

- name: Enable PCI device passthrough with PCI ids
  community.vmware.vmware_host_passthrough:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: false
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    devices:
      - device: '0000:03:00.0'
      - device: '0000:00:02.0'
    state: present

- name: Disable PCI device passthrough against the whole ESXi in a cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_host_passthrough:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: false
    cluster: "{{ ccr1 }}"
    devices:
      - device_name: "Dual Band Wireless AC 3165"
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

passthrough_configs

list / elements=dictionary

list of that PCI devices have been enabled passthrough for each host system.

Returned: changed

Sample: "[\n    {\n        \"esxi-01.example.com\": [\n            {\n                \"device_id\": \"0000:03:00.0\",\n                \"device_name\": \"Dual Band Wireless AC 3165\",\n                \"passthruEnabled\": true\n            }\n        ]\n    },\n    {\n        \"esxi-02.example.com\": [\n            {\n                \"device_id\": \"0000:03:00.0\",\n                \"device_name\": \"Dual Band Wireless AC 3165\",\n                \"passthruEnabled\": true\n            }\n        ]\n    }\n]"

Authors

  • sky-joker (@sky-joker)