community.vmware.vmware_vm_host_drs_rule – Creates vm/host group in a given cluster

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).

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_host_drs_rule.

Synopsis

This module can be used to create VM-Host rules in a given cluster.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
affinity_rule boolean	Choices: no yes ←	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` is set to `present`.
cluster_name string / required		Cluster to create VM-Host rule.
datacenter string		Datacenter to search for given cluster. If not set, we use first cluster we encounter with `cluster_name`. aliases: datacenter_name
drs_rule_name string / required		Name of rule to create or remove.
enabled boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If set to `True`, the DRS rule will be enabled. Effective only if `state` is set to `present`.
host_group_name string		Name of Host group to use with rule. Effective only if `state` is set to `present`.
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. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
mandatory boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If set to `True`, the DRS rule will be mandatory. Effective only if `state` is set to `present`.
password 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. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer	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 Ansible 2.6.
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. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
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	Choices: present ← absent	If set to `present` and the rule does not exist then the rule will be created. If set to `absent` and the rule exists then the rule will be deleted.
username 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. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	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 Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vm_group_name string		Name of VM group to use with rule. Effective only if `state` is set to `present`.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5 and 6.7
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

---
- name: "Create mandatory DRS Affinity rule for VM/Host"
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_host_drs_rule:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    cluster_name: DC0_C0
    drs_rule_name: drs_rule_host_aff_0001
    host_group_name: DC0_C0_HOST_GR1
    vm_group_name: DC0_C0_VM_GR1
    mandatory: True
    enabled: True
    affinity_rule: True

Authors

Karsten Kaj Jakobsen (@karstenjakobsen)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_vm_host_drs_rule_module.html

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