vmware_cluster_vsan – Manages virtual storage area network (vSAN) configuration on VMware vSphere clusters

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Manages vSAN on VMware vSphere clusters.
  • All values and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

  • Tested on ESXi 5.5 and 6.5.
  • PyVmomi installed.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster_name
string / required
The name of the cluster to be managed.
datacenter
string / required
The name of the datacenter.

aliases: datacenter_name
enable_vsan
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to enable vSAN.
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
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 Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host
string
added in 2.9
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
added in 2.9
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.
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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vsan_auto_claim_storage
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether the VSAN service is configured to automatically claim local storage on VSAN-enabled hosts in the cluster.

Examples

- name: Enable vSAN
  vmware_cluster_vsan:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: datacenter
    cluster_name: cluster
    enable_vsan: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enable vSAN and claim storage automatically
  vmware_cluster_vsan:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter_name: DC0
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    enable_vsan: True
    vsan_auto_claim_storage: True
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

Authors

  • Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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