vmware_datacenter - Manage VMware vSphere Datacenters

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• This module can be used to manage (create, delete) VMware vSphere Datacenters.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Example vmware_datacenter command from Ansible Playbooks
- name: Create Datacenter
  local_action:
    module: vmware_datacenter
    hostname: "{{ ansible_ssh_host }}"
    username: root
    password: vmware
    datacenter_name: "datacenter"
    state: present

- name: Delete Datacenter
  vmware_datacenter:
    hostname: vcenter_hostname
    username: root
    password: pass
    datacenter_name: DC2
    state: absent
  register: datacenter_delete_result

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
• Kamil Szczygiel (@kamsz)