@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ def vmware_argument_spec():
hostname = dict ( type = ' str ' , required = True ) ,
username = dict ( type = ' str ' , aliases = [ ' user ' , ' admin ' ] , required = True ) ,
password = dict ( type = ' str ' , aliases = [ ' pass ' , ' pwd ' ] , required = True , no_log = True ) ,
port = dict ( type = ' int ' , default = 443 ) ,
validate_certs = dict ( type = ' bool ' , required = False , default = True ) ,
)
@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ def connect_to_api(module, disconnect_atexit=True):
hostname = module . params [ ' hostname ' ]
username = module . params [ ' username ' ]
password = module . params [ ' password ' ]
port = module . params [ ' port ' ] or 443
validate_certs = module . params [ ' validate_certs ' ]
if validate_certs and not hasattr ( ssl , ' SSLContext ' ) :
@ -458,23 +460,23 @@ def connect_to_api(module, disconnect_atexit=True):
service_instance = None
try :
service_instance = connect . SmartConnect ( host = hostname , user = username , pwd = password , sslContext = ssl_context )
service_instance = connect . SmartConnect ( host = hostname , user = username , pwd = password , sslContext = ssl_context , port = port )
except vim . fault . InvalidLogin as e :
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unable to log on to vCenter or ESXi API at %s as %s : %s " % ( hostname , username , e . msg ) )
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unable to log on to vCenter or ESXi API at %s :%s as %s : %s " % ( hostname , port , username , e . msg ) )
except vim . fault . NoPermission as e :
module . fail_json ( msg = " User %s does not have required permission "
" to log on to vCenter or ESXi API at %s : %s " % ( username , hostname , e . msg ) )
" to log on to vCenter or ESXi API at %s : %s : %s " % ( username , hostname , port , e . msg ) )
except ( requests . ConnectionError , ssl . SSLError ) as e :
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unable to connect to vCenter or ESXi API at %s on TCP/ 443 : %s " % ( hostname , e ) )
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unable to connect to vCenter or ESXi API at %s on TCP/ %s : %s " % ( hostname , port , e ) )
except vmodl . fault . InvalidRequest as e :
# Request is malformed
module . fail_json ( msg = " Failed to get a response from server %s as "
" request is malformed: %s " % ( hostname , e. msg ) )
module . fail_json ( msg = " Failed to get a response from server %s :%s as "
" request is malformed: %s " % ( hostname , port, e. msg ) )
except Exception as e :
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi API at %s : %s " % ( hostname , e ) )
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi API at %s : %s : %s " % ( hostname , port , e ) )
if service_instance is None :
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi API at %s " % hostname )
module . fail_json ( msg = " Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi API at %s :%s " % ( hostname , port ) )
# Disabling atexit should be used in special cases only.
# Such as IP change of the ESXi host which removes the connection anyway.