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-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# (c) 2015, Joseph Callen <jcallen () csc.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
----
-module: vmware_vmkernel_ip_config
-short_description: Configure the VMkernel IP Address
-description:
-    - Configure the VMkernel IP Address
-version_added: 2.0
-author: "Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac), Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)"
-notes:
-    - Tested on vSphere 5.5
-requirements:
-    - "python >= 2.6"
-    - PyVmomi
-options:
-    hostname:
-        description:
-            - The hostname or IP address of the ESXi server
-        required: True
-    username:
-        description:
-            - The username of the ESXi server
-        required: True
-        aliases: ['user', 'admin']
-    password:
-        description:
-            - The password of the ESXi server
-        required: True
-        aliases: ['pass', 'pwd']
-    vmk_name:
-        description:
-            - VMkernel interface name
-        required: True
-    ip_address:
-        description:
-            - IP address to assign to VMkernel interface
-        required: True
-    subnet_mask:
-        description:
-            - Subnet Mask to assign to VMkernel interface
-        required: True
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = '''
-# Example command from Ansible Playbook
-
-- name: Configure IP address on ESX host
-  local_action:
-    module: vmware_vmkernel_ip_config
-    hostname: esxi_hostname
-    username: esxi_username
-    password: esxi_password
-    vmk_name: vmk0
-    ip_address: 10.0.0.10
-    subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
-'''
-
-try:
-    from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
-    HAS_PYVMOMI = True
-except ImportError:
-    HAS_PYVMOMI = False
-
-
-def configure_vmkernel_ip_address(host_system, vmk_name, ip_address, subnet_mask):
-
-    host_config_manager = host_system.configManager
-    host_network_system = host_config_manager.networkSystem
-
-    for vnic in host_network_system.networkConfig.vnic:
-        if vnic.device == vmk_name:
-            spec = vnic.spec
-            if spec.ip.ipAddress != ip_address:
-                spec.ip.dhcp = False
-                spec.ip.ipAddress = ip_address
-                spec.ip.subnetMask = subnet_mask
-                host_network_system.UpdateVirtualNic(vmk_name, spec)
-                return True
-    return False
-
-
-def main():
-
-    argument_spec = vmware_argument_spec()
-    argument_spec.update(dict(vmk_name=dict(required=True, type='str'),
-                         ip_address=dict(required=True, type='str'),
-                         subnet_mask=dict(required=True, type='str')))
-
-    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec, supports_check_mode=False)
-
-    if not HAS_PYVMOMI:
-        module.fail_json(msg='pyvmomi is required for this module')
-
-    vmk_name = module.params['vmk_name']
-    ip_address = module.params['ip_address']
-    subnet_mask = module.params['subnet_mask']
-
-    try:
-        content = connect_to_api(module, False)
-        host = get_all_objs(content, [vim.HostSystem])
-        if not host:
-            module.fail_json(msg="Unable to locate Physical Host.")
-        host_system = host.keys()[0]
-        changed = configure_vmkernel_ip_address(host_system, vmk_name, ip_address, subnet_mask)
-        module.exit_json(changed=changed)
-    except vmodl.RuntimeFault as runtime_fault:
-        module.fail_json(msg=runtime_fault.msg)
-    except vmodl.MethodFault as method_fault:
-        module.fail_json(msg=method_fault.msg)
-    except Exception as e:
-        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
-
-from ansible.module_utils.vmware import *
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()