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Create a VMware connection plugin #43428

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dagwieers opened this issue Jul 30, 2018 · 13 comments
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Create a VMware connection plugin #43428

dagwieers opened this issue Jul 30, 2018 · 13 comments
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affects_2.7 This issue/PR affects Ansible v2.7 bot_closed c:module_utils/vmware cloud collection:ansible.vmware_rest collection:community.vmware collection Related to Ansible Collections work deprecated This issue/PR relates to a deprecated module. feature This issue/PR relates to a feature request. has_pr This issue has an associated PR. module_utils/vmware module This issue/PR relates to a module. needs_collection_redirect https://github.com/ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/docs/collection_migration.md support:community This issue/PR relates to code supported by the Ansible community. vmware VMware community

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dagwieers commented Jul 30, 2018 •
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SUMMARY

Nowadays we are moving towards connection plugins and inventory-based connection information.

This would have a few benefits:

  • Connection information is stored in the inventory (cleaner)
  • Modules no longer require repeated connection-parameters when called (cleaner)
  • The connection is made to persist over tasks (more efficient)
  • The connection can survive network-related issues without affecting playbook run (reliable)
  • Facts gathering would be supported (so a set of standard facts could be exposed to playbooks)
  • Additional connection-related features (e.g. proxy-support) could be supported VMware: Proxy support for vmware connection #42221

PS This is not the same as the VMware VM connection plugin discussed in #38648

The inventory would look like:

all:
    vcenter01:
        ansible_host: 10.1.2.1
        ansible_connection: vmware
        ansible_user: admin
        ansible_password: SuperSecret
        proxy_env:
          http_proxy: http://proxy.example.com:8080

And a typical playbook would be like:

- hosts: vcenter01
  tasks:
  - vmware_datacenter:
      datacenter: dc01
      state: present

  - vmware_cluster:
      datacenter: dc01
      cluster: cl01
      enable_ha: yes
      enable_drs: yes
      enable_vsan: yes
      state: present
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ANSIBLE VERSION

v2.8
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Also, #43084

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@Akasurde #43084 relates to #38648, which is about having a connection plugin to connect to individual VMs. This PR is about having a connection plugin to connect to vCenter, similar to #36100

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