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_dvswitch_info.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| folder string | Specify a folder location of dvswitch to gather information from. Examples: folder: /datacenter1/network folder: datacenter1/network folder: /datacenter1/network/folder1 folder: datacenter1/network/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/network folder: folder1/datacenter1/network folder: /folder1/datacenter1/network/folder2 | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| properties list / elements=string | Specify the properties to retrieve. If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply). Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API. Example: properties: [ "summary.name", "summary.numPorts", "config.maxMtu", "overallStatus" ] Only valid when schema is vsphere. | |
| 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. | |
| schema string |
| Specify the output schema desired. The 'summary' output schema is the legacy output from the module The 'vsphere' output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1 |
| switch_name string | Name of a dvswitch to look for. If switch_name not specified gather all dvswitch information.aliases: switch, dvswitch | |
| 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 |
| 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. |
Note
- name: Gather all registered dvswitch
community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
delegate_to: localhost
register: dvswitch_info
- name: Gather info about specific dvswitch
community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
switch_name: DVSwitch01
delegate_to: localhost
register: dvswitch_info
- name: Gather info from folder about specific dvswitch
community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
folder: /datacenter1/network/F01
switch_name: DVSwitch02
delegate_to: localhost
register: dvswitch_info
- name: Gather some info from a dvswitch using the vSphere API output schema
community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
schema: vsphere
properties:
- summary.name
- summary.numPorts
- config.maxMtu
- overallStatus
switch_name: DVSwitch01
register: dvswitch_info
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| distributed_virtual_switches list / elements=string | always | list of dictionary of dvswitch and their information Sample: [{'configure': {'folder': 'network', 'hosts': ['esxi-test-02.local', 'esxi-test-01.local'], 'settings': {'healthCheck': {'TeamingHealthCheckConfig': False, 'VlanMtuHealthCheckConfig': False}, 'netflow': {'activeFlowTimeout': 60, 'collectorIpAddress': '', 'collectorPort': 0, 'idleFlowTimeout': 15, 'internalFlowsOnly': False, 'observationDomainId': 0, 'samplingRate': 0, 'switchIpAddress': None}, 'privateVlan': [], 'properties': {'administratorContact': {'contact': None, 'name': None}, 'advanced': {'maxMtu': 1500, 'multicastFilteringMode': 'legacyFiltering'}, 'discoveryProtocol': {'operation': 'listen', 'protocol': 'cdp'}, 'general': {'ioControl': True, 'name': 'DVSwitch01', 'numPorts': 10, 'numUplinks': 1, 'vendor': 'VMware, Inc.', 'version': '6.6.0'}}}}, 'uuid': '50 30 99 9c a7 60 8a 4f-05 9f e7 b5 da df 8f 17'}] |
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