community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule module – Configure VMware DRS Affinity rule for virtual machines in the given cluster

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 5.1.0).

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_vm_vm_drs_rule.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to configure VMware DRS Affinity rule for virtual machines in the given cluster.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

affinity_rule

boolean

If set to true, the DRS rule will be an Affinity rule.

If set to false, the DRS rule will be an Anti-Affinity rule.

Effective only if state=present.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

cluster_name

string / required

Desired cluster name where virtual machines are present for the DRS rule.

datacenter

string

added in community.vmware 4.6.0

Datacenter to search for given cluster. If not set, we use first cluster we encounter with cluster_name.

drs_rule_name

string / required

The name of the DRS rule to manage.

enabled

boolean

If set to true, the DRS rule will be enabled.

Effective only if state=present.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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.

mandatory

boolean

If set to true, the DRS rule will be mandatory.

Effective only if state=present.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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.

state

string

If set to present, then the DRS rule is created if not present.

If set to present, then the DRS rule is already present, it updates to the given configurations.

If set to absent, then the DRS rule is deleted if present.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

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)

vms

list / elements=string

List of virtual machines name for which DRS rule needs to be applied.

Required if state=present.

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: Create DRS Affinity Rule for VM-VM
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    vms:
        - vm1
        - vm2
    drs_rule_name: vm1-vm2-affinity-rule-001
    enabled: true
    mandatory: true
    affinity_rule: true
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create DRS Anti-Affinity Rule for VM-VM
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    enabled: true
    vms:
        - vm1
        - vm2
    drs_rule_name: vm1-vm2-affinity-rule-001
    mandatory: true
    affinity_rule: false
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete DRS Affinity Rule for VM-VM
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    drs_rule_name: vm1-vm2-affinity-rule-001
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

result

dictionary

metadata about DRS VM and VM rule

Returned: when state is present

Sample: {"rule_enabled": false, "rule_key": 20, "rule_mandatory": true, "rule_name": "drs_rule_0014", "rule_uuid": "525f3bc0-253f-825a-418e-2ec93bffc9ae", "rule_vms": ["VM_65", "VM_146"]}

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)