Make nic_name as optional parameter (#25990)

Fix adds support for adding VMWare vSwitch without
any physical NICs (uplinks). This makes nic_name as
an optional parameter. Also, updated documentation and
examples to reflect these changes.

Fixes #25632

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
pull/26112/head
Abhijeet Kasurde 7 years ago committed by jctanner
parent 91c1d8d8e2
commit d63cdcacc3

@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ options:
nic_name:
description:
- vmnic name to attach to vswitch
required: True
required: False
number_of_ports:
description:
- Number of port to configure on vswitch
@ -66,17 +66,24 @@ extends_documentation_fragment: vmware.documentation
'''
EXAMPLES = '''
# Example from Ansible playbook
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch
local_action:
module: vmware_vswitch
hostname: esxi_hostname
username: esxi_username
password: esxi_password
switch_name: vswitch_name
nic_name: vmnic_name
mtu: 9000
- name: Add a VMware vSwitch
local_action:
module: vmware_vswitch
hostname: esxi_hostname
username: esxi_username
password: esxi_password
switch_name: vswitch_name
nic_name: vmnic_name
mtu: 9000
- name: Add a VMWare vSwitch without any physical NIC attached
vmware_vswitch:
hostname: 192.168.10.1
username: admin
password: password123
switch_name: vswitch_0001
mtu: 9000
'''
try:
@ -138,7 +145,8 @@ class VMwareHostVirtualSwitch(object):
vss_spec = vim.host.VirtualSwitch.Specification()
vss_spec.numPorts = self.number_of_ports
vss_spec.mtu = self.mtu
vss_spec.bridge = vim.host.VirtualSwitch.BondBridge(nicDevice=[self.nic_name])
if self.nic_name:
vss_spec.bridge = vim.host.VirtualSwitch.BondBridge(nicDevice=[self.nic_name])
self.host_system.configManager.networkSystem.AddVirtualSwitch(vswitchName=self.switch_name, spec=vss_spec)
self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
@ -184,7 +192,7 @@ class VMwareHostVirtualSwitch(object):
def main():
argument_spec = vmware_argument_spec()
argument_spec.update(dict(switch_name=dict(required=True, type='str'),
nic_name=dict(required=True, type='str'),
nic_name=dict(required=False, type='str'),
number_of_ports=dict(required=False, type='int', default=128),
mtu=dict(required=False, type='int', default=1500),
state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'], type='str')))

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