community.vmware.vmware_host_firewall_manager module – Manage firewall configurations about an ESXi host

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 5.2.0).

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_firewall_manager.

Synopsis 

This module can be used to manage firewall configurations about an ESXi host when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
cluster_name string	Name of the cluster. Firewall settings are applied to every ESXi host system in given cluster. If `esxi_hostname` is not given, this parameter is required.
esxi_hostname string	ESXi hostname. Firewall settings are applied to this ESXi host system. If `cluster_name` is not given, this parameter is required.
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.
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.
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.
rules list / elements=dictionary	A list of Rule set which needs to be managed. Each member of list is rule set name and state to be set the rule. Both rule name and rule state are required parameters. Additional IPs and networks can also be specified Please see examples for more information. Default: `[]`
allowed_hosts dictionary	Define the allowed hosts for this rule set.
all_ip boolean / required	Whether all hosts should be allowed or not. Choices: `false` `true`
ip_address list / elements=string	List of allowed IP addresses. Default: `[]`
ip_network list / elements=string	List of allowed IP networks. Default: `[]`
enabled boolean / required	Whether the rule set is enabled or not. Choices: `false` `true`
name string / required	Rule set name.
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.
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 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: Enable vvold rule set for all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_host_firewall_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: cluster_name
    rules:
        - name: vvold
          enabled: true
          allowed_hosts:
            all_ip: true
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enable vvold rule set for an ESXi Host
  community.vmware.vmware_host_firewall_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    rules:
        - name: vvold
          enabled: true
          allowed_hosts:
            all_ip: true
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Manage multiple rule set for an ESXi Host
  community.vmware.vmware_host_firewall_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    rules:
        - name: vvold
          enabled: true
          allowed_hosts:
            all_ip: true
        - name: CIMHttpServer
          enabled: false
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Manage IP and network based firewall permissions for ESXi
  community.vmware.vmware_host_firewall_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    rules:
        - name: gdbserver
          enabled: true
          allowed_hosts:
            all_ip: false
            ip_address:
              - 192.168.20.10
              - 192.168.20.11
        - name: CIMHttpServer
          enabled: true
          allowed_hosts:
            all_ip: false
            ip_network:
              - 192.168.100.0/24
        - name: remoteSerialPort
          enabled: true
          allowed_hosts:
            all_ip: false
            ip_address:
              - 192.168.100.11
            ip_network:
              - 192.168.200.0/24
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values 

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

Key

Description

rule_set_state

dictionary

dict with hostname as key and dict with firewall rule set facts as value

Returned: success

Sample: {"rule_set_state": {"localhost.localdomain": {"CIMHttpServer": {"allowed_hosts": {"current_allowed_all": true, "current_allowed_ip": [], "current_allowed_networks": [], "desired_allowed_all": true, "desired_allowed_ip": [], "desired_allowed_networks": [], "previous_allowed_all": true, "previous_allowed_ip": [], "previous_allowed_networks": []}, "current_state": false, "desired_state": false, "previous_state": true}, "remoteSerialPort": {"allowed_hosts": {"current_allowed_all": false, "current_allowed_ip": ["192.168.100.11"], "current_allowed_networks": ["192.168.200.0/24"], "desired_allowed_all": false, "desired_allowed_ip": ["192.168.100.11"], "desired_allowed_networks": ["192.168.200.0/24"], "previous_allowed_all": true, "previous_allowed_ip": [], "previous_allowed_networks": []}, "current_state": true, "desired_state": true, "previous_state": true}}}}

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
Aaron Longchamps (@alongchamps)

community.vmware.vmware_host_firewall_manager module – Manage firewall configurations about an ESXi host

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