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vca_nat – add remove nat rules in a gateway in a vca
New in version 2.0.
Synopsis
- Adds or removes nat rules from a gateway in a vca environment
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "5.7"
         | 
      
        
        The API version to be used with the vca.
         | 
     
| gateway_name
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "gateway"
         | 
      
        
        The name of the gateway of the vdc where the rule should be added.
         | 
     
| host
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The authentication host to be used when service type is vcd.
         | 
     |
| instance_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The instance ID in a vchs environment to be used for creating the vapp.
         | 
     |
| nat_rules
        
        - / required
         | 
      Default: 
        "no"
         | 
      
        
        A list of rules to be added to the gateway, Please see examples on valid entries
         | 
     
| org
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The org to login to for creating vapp.
        
       
        This option is required when the  service_type is vdc.
        | 
     |
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The vca password, if not set the environment variable  
       VCA_PASS is checked for the password.
       aliases: pass, passwd  | 
     |
| purge_rules
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If set to true, it will delete all rules in the gateway that are not given as parameter to this module.
         | 
     
| service_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The type of service we are authenticating against.
         | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the object should be added or removed.
         | 
     
| username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The vca username or email address, if not set the environment variable  
       VCA_USER is checked for the username.
       aliases: user  | 
     |
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If the certificates of the authentication is to be verified.
        
       aliases: verify_certs  | 
     
| vdc_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name of the vdc where the gateway is located.
         | 
     
Examples
#An example for a source nat
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
   - vca_nat:
       instance_id: 'b15ff1e5-1024-4f55-889f-ea0209726282'
       vdc_name: 'benz_ansible'
       state: 'present'
       nat_rules:
         - rule_type: SNAT
           original_ip: 192.0.2.42
           translated_ip: 203.0.113.23
#example for a DNAT
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
   - vca_nat:
       instance_id: 'b15ff1e5-1024-4f55-889f-ea0209726282'
       vdc_name: 'benz_ansible'
       state: 'present'
       nat_rules:
         - rule_type: DNAT
           original_ip: 203.0.113.23
           original_port: 22
           translated_ip: 192.0.2.42
           translated_port: 22
  Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
 - This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
 
Authors
- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)
 
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