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vmware_datacenter - Manage VMware vSphere Datacenters

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to manage (create, delete) VMware vSphere Datacenters.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
datacenter_name
required
The name of the datacenter the cluster will be created in.
hostname
str
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 version 2.6.
password
str
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 version 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
int

(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 version 2.6.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
If the datacenter should be present or absent.
username
str
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 version 2.6.

aliases: admin, user
validate_certs
bool
    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 version 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

Examples

# Example vmware_datacenter command from Ansible Playbooks
- name: Create Datacenter
  local_action:
    module: vmware_datacenter
    hostname: "{{ ansible_ssh_host }}"
    username: root
    password: vmware
    datacenter_name: "datacenter"
    state: present

- name: Delete Datacenter
  vmware_datacenter:
    hostname: vcenter_hostname
    username: root
    password: pass
    datacenter_name: DC2
    state: absent
  register: datacenter_delete_result

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
  • Kamil Szczygiel (@kamsz)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/vmware_datacenter_module.html