NSX for vSphere Ansible Modules

This repository contains a number of Ansible modules, written in Python, that can be used to create, read, update and delete objects in NSX for vSphere.

Version notice

Due to the latest changes to the way schemas are handled in the nsxraml file starting with NSX-v version 6.2.3, nsxansible requires nsxramlclient 2.0.0 or later. To upgrade the nsxramlclient you can do a sudo pip install --upgrade nsxramlclient. Also please use the latest version of the RAML spec.

Requirements

This module requires the NSX for vSphere RAML spec (RAML based documentation). The latest version of the NSX for vSphere RAML spec (raml file + schema files) can be found and downloaded here: http://github.com/vmware/nsxraml.

The Python based nsxramlclient must also be installed and needs to be on version 2.0.0. Example of installing using pip:

sudo pip install nsxramlclient

More details on this Python client for the NSX for vSphere API can be found here: http://github.com/vmware/nsxramlclient. Additional details on installation is also available.

In addition, the 'vcenter_gather_facts' and 'deploy_nsx_ova' modules require that you have the vCenter python client 'Pyvmomi' installed. Example of installing PyVmomi using pip:

sudo pip install pyvmomi

More details on this Python client for vCenter can be found here: http://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi. Additional details on installation is also available.

The 'deploy_nsx_ova' module also requires that the machine on which the play is executed has ovftool installed. Ovftool is part of VMware Fusion on Mac, and can be installed on most Linux systems. For more information see https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/

How to use these modules

Before using these modules the library from nsxansible needs to be either copied into the top level ansible directory where playbooks are stored or there needs to be a soft link to the library directory.

All modules need to be executed on a host that has nsxramclient installed and the host must have access to a copy of the NSX RAML File. In most deployments this likely to be localhost.

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

Each module needs an array called nsxmanager_spec with following parameters supplied:

• The location of the NSX-v RAML file describing the NSX for vSphere API
• The NSX Manager where the API is running. Can be referenced by either a hostname or an IP Address.
• The NSX Manager username
• The NSX Manager password for the above user

These parameters are usually placed in a common variables file:

answerfile.yml

nsxmanager_spec:
  raml_file: '/raml/nsxraml/nsxvapiv614.raml'
  host: 'nsxmanager.invalid.org'
  user: 'admin'
  password: 'vmware'

test_logicalswitch.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile.yml
  tasks:
  - name: logicalSwitch Operation
    nsx_logical_switch:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      transportzone: "TZ"
      name: "TestLS"
      controlplanemode: "UNICAST_MODE"
      description: "My Great Logical Switch"
    register: create_logical_switch

  - debug: var=create_logical_switch

The example shows thes nsxmanager_spec is read out of the file answerfile.yml.

Module specific parameters

Every module has specific parameters that are explained in the following sections:

Module nsx_logical_switch

Create, update and delete logical Switches

• state: present or absent, defaults to present
• name: Mandatory: Name of the logical switch. Updating the name creates a new switch as it is the unique identifier.
• transportzone: Mandatory: Name of the transport zone in which the logical switch is created.
• controlplanemode: Mandatory: Control plane mode for the logical switch. The value can be 'UNICAST_MODE', 'HYBRID_MODE' or 'MULTICAST_MODE'. Default is 'UNICAST_MODE'.
• description: Optional: Free text description for the logical switch.

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile.yml
  tasks:
  - name: logicalSwitch Operation
    nsx_logical_switch:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: absent
      transportzone: "TZ"
      name: "TestLS"
      controlplanemode: "UNICAST_MODE"
      description: "My Great Logical Switch"
    register: create_logical_switch

  #- debug: var=create_logical_switch

Module vcenter_nsx_license

Adds a license key to the vCenter license manager and applies it to NSX

• vcenter: Mandatory: Hostname or IP address of the vCenter server
• vcusername: Mandatory: Username on the vCenter
• vcpassword: Mandatory: Password of the vCenter
• license_key: Mandatory: License to be added and attached to NSX

Note: vcenter_nsx_license should only be run after vcenter_vc_registation is complete.

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_TPM_Lab_deploy.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Apply NSX License
    vcenter_nsx_license:
      vcenter: "{{ vcHostname }}"
      vcenter_user: "{{ vcUser }}"
      vcenter_passwd: '"{{ vcPassword }}"'
      license_key: "L029P-JLL8K-28089-0UCK6-1TCH1"
      # Note: The above license is an old time bombed license. Don't apply it to production!
    register: nsxlic
    tags: nsx_license

  - debug: msg="{{ nsxlic }}"

Module nsx_vc_registration

Registers NSX Manager to VC or changes the registration

• vcenter: Mandatory: Hostname or IP address of the vCenter server to which NSX Manager should be registered/
• vcusername: Mandatory: Username on the vCenter that should be used to register NSX Manager.
• vcpassword: Mandatory: Password of the vCenter user used to register NSX Manager.
• vccertthumbprint: Mandatory if 'accept_all_certs' is not 'True': Certificate thumbprint of vCenter service.
• accept_all_certs: Mandatory if 'vccertthumbprint' is not supplied: If set to 'True', NSX Manager will be connected to any vCenter Server without checking the certificate thumbprint

Note: 'accept_all_certs' and 'vccertthumbprint' are mutualy exclusive

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: NSX Manager VC Registration
    nsx_vc_registration:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      vcenter: 'testvc.emea.nicira'
      vcusername: '[email protected]'
      vcpassword: 'vmware'
      #vccertthumbprint: '04:9D:9B:64:97:73:89:AF:16:4F:60:A0:F8:59:3A:D3:B8:C4:4B:A2'
      accept_all_certs: true
    register: register_to_vc

#  - debug: var=register_to_vc

Module nsx_sso_registration

Registers NSX Manager to SSO or changes and deletes the SSO Registration

• state: present or absent, defaults to present
• sso_lookupservice_url: Mandatory: SSO Lookup Service url. Example format: 'lookupservice/sdk'
• sso_lookupservice_port: Mandatory: SSO Lookup Service port. E.g. '7444'
• sso_lookupservice_server: Mandatory: SSO Server Hostname, FQDN or IP Address. E.g. 'testvc.emea.nicira'
• sso_admin_username: Mandatory: Username to register to SSO. Typically thi sis [email protected]
• sso_admin_password: Mandatory: Password of the SSO user used to register.
• sso_certthumbprint: Mandatory if 'accept_all_certs' is not 'True': Certificate thumbprint of SSO service.
• accept_all_certs: Mandatory if 'sso_certthumbprint' is not supplied: If set to 'True', NSX Manager will be connected to any SSO Server without checking the certificate thumbprint

Note: 'accept_all_certs' and 'vccertthumbprint' are mutualy exclusive

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: NSX Manager SSO Registration
    nsx_sso_registration:
      state: present
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      sso_lookupservice_url: 'lookupservice/sdk'
      sso_lookupservice_port: 7444
      sso_lookupservice_server: 'testvc.emea.nicira'
      sso_admin_username: '[email protected]'
      sso_admin_password: 'vmware'
      #sso_certthumbprint: 'DE:D7:57:DC:D3:E4:40:4E:AA:4A:3A:56:91:B0:48:92:6E:68:E6:03'
      accept_all_certs: true
    register: register_to_sso

#  - debug: var=register_to_sso

Module nsx_manager_roles

Configures user role permission within NSX Manager

• state: present, update, or absent, defaults to present
• name: Mandatory: User ID. To specify a domain user, use user@domain not domain\user
• role_type: User assigned role. Possible roles are super_user, vshield_admin, enterprise_admin, security_admin, auditor
• is_group: Set to true to apply to a group; set to false to apply to an individual user. Default is false.

Example:

---
- hosts: all
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:
    - name: Configure NSX Manager roles
      nsx_manager_roles:
        nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
        state: present
        name: "{{ nsx_uid }}"
        is_group: "{{ nsx_role_group }}"
        role_type: "{{ nsx_role }}"
      register: add_nsx_role

Module nsx_manager_syslog

Add and delete a syslog server configuration in NSX Manager

• state: present or absent, defaults to present
• syslog_server: Mandatory: FQDN or IP address of remote syslog server
• syslog_port: Remote syslog server port. Defaults to 514
• syslog_protocol: Remote syslog server protocol. Choices are udp or tcp. Defaults to udp.

Example:

---
- hosts: all
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:
    - name: Configure NSX Manager syslog
      nsx_manager_syslog:
        nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
        state: present
        syslog_server: "{{ syslog_server }}"
        syslog_port: "{{ syslog_port }}"
        syslog_protocol: "{{ syslog_protocol }}"
      register: nsxv_syslog 

Module nsx_ippool

Create, update and delete an IP Pool in NSX Manager

• state: present or absent, defaults to present
• name: Mandatory: Name of the IP Pool. Updating the name creates a new IP Pool as it is the unique identifier.
• start_ip: Mandatory: Start IP address in the pool.
• end_ip: Mandatory: End IP address in the pool.
• prefix_length: Mandatory: Prefix length of the IP pool (i.e. the number of bits in the subnet mask).
• gateway: Optional: Default gateway in the IP pool.
• dns_server_1: Optional: First DNS server in the pool.
• dns_server_2: Optional: Second DNS server in the pool.

Returns: ippool_id variable will contain the IP Pool Id in NSX (e.g. "ipaddresspool-2") if the ippool is created, updates or un-changed. None will be returned when the IP Pool state is absent.

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Controller IP Pool creation
    nsx_ippool:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      name: 'ansible_controller_ip_pool'
      start_ip: '172.17.100.65'
      end_ip: '172.17.100.67'
      prefix_length: '24'
      gateway: '172.17.100.1'
      dns_server_1: '172.17.100.11'
      dns_server_2: '172.17.100.12'
    register: create_ip_pool

  #- debug: var=create_ip_pool

Example return:

- debug: var=controller_ip_pool.ippool_id

ok: [localhost] => {
    "var": {
        "controller_ip_pool.ippool_id": "ipaddresspool-10"
    }
}

Module nsx_controllers

Deploy individual controllers, full 3 node clusters as well as 1 node lab deployments including syslog configuration

• state: present or absent, defaults to present
• deploytype: lab, single of full, defaults to full
• lab: Only a single controller gets deployed. If there are already controllers deployed in the setup, 'lab' will leave the environment unchanged, and will only apply changes to syslog if needed
• single: This will create a new controller if the number of existing controllers in the setup is 0, 1 or 2. If the number of existing controllers is 3, 'single' will leave the environment unchanged, and only apply changes to syslog if needed. You can use this option if you want to deploy a controller cluster with individual nodes placed into e.g. different datastores, clusters or networks
• full: This will create a full cluster of 3 controller nodes. If there is any existing controller found, 'full' will leave the environment unchanged and only apply changes to syslog if needed. Use this option if you want to deploy a full 3 node cluster, and all node should be placed on the the same datastore, cluster, network, etc.
• name: Optional: Name to be used for the Controller (This will be seen as a prefix in the NSX-UI). Defaults to 'Ansible'
• syslog_server: Optional: This will set the syslog server on all controller nodes found in the setup.
  • If not set or left out in the play: If no value is set, but existing controllers have syslog configured, all controller syslog configuration will be blanked out
  • SyslogIP: If the IP of the syslog server is passed, if will be configured on all controller nodes found in the setup
• ippool_id: Mandatory: The IP Pool used to assign IP Addresses to controller nodes
• resourcepool_moid: Mandatory: The vSphere Managed Object Id of the vSphere cluster or resource pool to deploy the controller into
• host_moid: Optional: The vSphere Managed Object Id of an individual host where to place the controller in
• datastore_moid: Mandatory: The vSphere Managed Object Id of a datastore to deploy the controller into
• network_moid: Mandatory: The vSphere Managed Object Id of the management network the controller should be using
• password: Mandatory: The controller CLI and SSH password of the 'admin' user

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Controller Cluster Creation
    nsx_controllers:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      deploytype: 'lab'
      name: 'Lab-Ctrl'
      syslog_server: '172.17.100.129'
      ippool_id: 'ipaddresspool-2'
      resourcepool_moid: 'domain-c26'
      #host_moid: 'host-29'
      datastore_moid: 'datastore-37'
      network_moid: 'dvportgroup-36'
      password: 'VMware1!VMware1!'
    register: create_controller_cluster

  #- debug: var=create_controller_cluster

Module nsx_segment_id_pool

Configure or delete the VXLAN Segment Id Pool (VXLAN Id space) and optionally associated Multicast Range

• state: present or absent, defaults to present
• idpoolstart: Id Pool start Id. Defaults to 5000 if not supplied
• idpoolend: Id Pool end Id. Defaults to 15000 if not supplied
• mcast_enabled: If set to true, a multicast range will be configured alongside the Segment Id. Defaults to false if not set. Setting mcast_enabled to false for an existing segment pool will remove the multicast pool but keep the segment pool
• mcastpoolstart: Starting Multicast IP Address. Defaults to '239.0.0.0' if not set explicitly. Only used if 'mcast_enabled' is 'true'
• mcastpoolend: Ending Multicast IP Address. Defaults to '239.255.255.255' if not set explicitly. Only used if 'mcast_enabled' is 'true'

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Segment Pool Configuration
    nsx_segment_id_pool:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      #idpoolstart: 5000
      #idpoolend: 15000
      mcast_enabled: true
      #mcastpoolstart: '239.0.0.0'
      #mcastpoolend: '239.255.255.255'
    register: create_segment_pool

  #- debug: var=create_segment_pool

Module nsx_cluster_prep

Prepares the vSphere Clusters for the use with NSX (Installs the VIBs)

• state: present or absent, defaults to present. Present will start the cluster prep (install VIBs) if the cluster is in the 'UNKNOWN' state. If the cluster is in 'RED' or 'YELLOW' state, the module will fail and ask for manual intervention. Absent will un-prep the cluster (uninstall the VIBs). This will leave the cluster in the 'RED' state, requiring the vSphere Admin to reboot the hypervisors to complete the VIB uninstall
• cluster_moid: Mandatory: The vSphere managed object Id of the cluster to prep or un-prep

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Cluster preparation
    nsx_cluster_prep:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      cluster_moid: 'domain-c26'
    register: cluster_prep

  #- debug: var=cluster_prep

Module nsx_vxlan_prep

Prepares the vSphere Cluster and VDS for VXLAN (Configures VTEP Interfaces)

• state: present or absent, defaults to present. Present will configure VXLAN according to the passed details or defaults, Absent will un-configure VXLAN (remove the VTEPs).
• cluster_moid: Mandatory: The vSphere managed object Id of the cluster to configure VXLAN VTEPs on
• dvs_moid: Mandatory: The vSphere managed object Id of the distributed vSwitch (dvs) used as the transport network dvs
• ippool_id: Optional: If not passed the VTEPs will be set to receive its IP Address via DHCP. If set to an valid nsx ippool id, the VTEP IP will be allocated from the IP Pool
• vlan_id: Optional: Defaults to 0 (untagged), if set to a value this specifies the VLAN Id for the VTEP
• vmknic_count: Optional: Defaults to 1, number of VTEP Interfaces to deploy. This is only working for the teaming modes 'LOADBALANCE_SRCID' and 'LOADBALANCE_SRCMAC' and when multiple uplinks are present
• teaming: Optional: Defaults to 'FAILOVER_ORDER'. This specifies the uplink teaming mode for the VTEP port-group. Valid values are: FAILOVER_ORDER,ETHER_CHANNEL,LACP_ACTIVE,LACP_PASSIVE,LOADBALANCE_SRCID,LOADBALANCE_SRCMAC & LACP_V2
• mtu: Optional: Defaults to 1600, the MTU configured for the VTEP and VTEP port-group

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Cluster VXLAN Preparation
    nsx_vxlan_prep:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      cluster_moid: 'domain-c26'
      dvs_moid: 'dvs-34'
      ippool_id: 'ipaddresspool-3'
      #vlan_id: 100
      #vmknic_count: 1
      #teaming: 'ETHER_CHANNEL'
      #mtu: 9000
    register: vxlan_prep

  #- debug: var=vxlan_prep

Module vcenter_gather_moids

Retrieves Managed Object Ids (moids) from vCenter to use them in the NSX plays

The NSX modules often need vCenter moids to be presented to them. To retrieve them dynamically from vCenter in a playbook, you can use the vcenter_gather_moids module.

• hostname: Mandatory: The Hostname, FQDN or IP Address of your vCenter Server
• username: Mandatory: The Username used to access you vCenter
• password: Mandatory: The password of your vCenter users
• datacenter_name: Mandatory: The name of the datacenter object to search, and to search subsequent objects in
• cluster_names: Optional: The name of the searched cluster object
• resourcepool_names: Optional: The name of the searched resourcepool object
• dvs_names: Optional: The name of the searched dvs object
• portgroup_names: Optional: The name of the searched portgroup object
• datastore_names: Optional: The name of the searched datastore object

NOTE: All Optional Parameters are single strings. One of the optional parameters needs to be present. Only one parameters can be searched in a single task:

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Gather vCenter MOIDs
    vcenter_gather_moids:
      hostname: 'testvc.emea.nicira'
      username: '[email protected]'
      password: 'vmware'
      datacenter_name: 'nsxlabdc'
      cluster_name: 'compute'
      #resourcepool_name: 'test_rp'
      #dvs_name: 'TransportVDS'
      #portgroup_name: 'VM Network'
      #datastore_name: 'NFS-Storage03'
    register: gather_moids_output

  - debug: msg="The searched moid is {{ gather_moids_output.object_id }}"

The output of the above example is:

ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "The searched moid is domain-c28"
}

The moid of the searched object can be accessed using the 'object_id' attribute of the registered variable. E.g. in the above example you can reference to the cluster with {{ gather_moids_output.object_id }}

Module nsx_deploy_ova

Deploys the OVA of NSX Manager into a vSphere Cluster

This module uses 'ovftool' to deploy the NSX Manager OVA into a vSphere Cluster. It also uses PyVmomi to check the cluster for VMs with the same name to make this module idempotent. In addition it checks if the NSX Manager API is reachable and response both on a fresh deployment, as well as if NSX Manager already exists

• ovftool_path: Mandatory: The filesystem path to the ovftool. This should be '/usr/bin' on most Linux systems, and '/Applications' on Mac
• vcenter: Mandatory: The vCenter Server in which the OVA File will be deployed
• vcenter_user: Mandatory: The vCenter user to use
• vcenter_passwd: Mandatory: The vCenter user password
• datacenter: Mandatory: The vCenter datacenter object to deploy NSX Manager into
• datastore: Mandatory: The datastore used to place the NSX Manager root disk
• portgroup: Mandatory: The portgroup of the management network to patch NSX Manager into
• cluster: Mandatory: The cluster in which NSX Manager will be deployed
• vmname: Mandatory: The VM name of NSX Manager in the vCenter Inventory
• hostname: Mandatory: The Hostname NSX Manager will be configured to use
• dns_server: Mandatory: The DNS Server NSX Manager will be configured to use
• dns_domain: Mandatory: The DNS Domain NSX Manager will be configured to use
• gateway: Mandatory: The default gateway on the management network
• netmask: Mandatory: The netmask of the management network
• ip_address: Mandatory: The netmask of the management network
• admin_password: Mandatory: The password of the 'admin' user in NSX Manager
• enable_password: Mandatory: The 'enable' password for the NSX Manager CLI
• path_to_ova: Mandatory: The filesystem path in which the NSX Manager OVA file can be found
• ova_file: Mandatory: The NSX Manager OVA File to deploy

Example:

---
- hosts: jumphost
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: deploy nsx-man
    nsx_deploy_ova:
      ovftool_path: '/usr/bin'
      datacenter: 'YF-Sofia-Lab'
      datastore: 'storage03-NFS-10GE'
      portgroup: 'vlan100'
      cluster: 'management-and-edge'
      vmname: 'testnsx'
      hostname: 'testnsx.emea.nicira'
      dns_server: '172.17.100.11'
      dns_domain: 'emea.nicira'
      gateway: '172.17.100.1'
      ip_address: '172.17.100.61'
      netmask: '255.255.255.0'
      admin_password: 'vmware'
      enable_password: 'vmware'
      path_to_ova: '/home/nicira/ISOs'
      ova_file: 'VMware-NSX-Manager-6.1.4-2691049.ova'
      vcenter: '172.17.100.130'
      vcenter_user: '[email protected]'
      vcenter_passwd: 'vmware'
    register: deploy_nsx_man

#  - debug: var=deploy_nsx_man

Module nsx_transportzone

Deploys, updates or deletes a new transport zone in NSX

• name: Mandatory: name of the transport zone. Updating the name creates a new switch as it is the unique identifier
• state: present or absent, defaults to present
• controlplanemode: Mandatory: Default Control plane mode for logical switches in the transport zone. The value can be 'UNICAST_MODE', 'HYBRID_MODE' or 'MULTICAST_MODE'. Default is 'UNICAST_MODE'.
• cluster_moid_list: Mandatory: A list of vSphere managed object ids of clusters that are part of the transport zone. The list can either be a single cluster like 'domain-c26', or a python list ['domain-c26', 'domain-c28'] or list items in the yaml format as documented in the example bellow. Changing the list will add or remove clusters from the TZ.

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_new_nsxman.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Transport Zone Creation
    nsx_transportzone:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: 'present'
      name: 'TZ1'
      controlplanemode: 'HYBRID_MODE'
      description: 'My Transport Zone'
      cluster_moid_list:
        - 'domain-c28'
        - 'domain-c26'
    register: transport_zone

#  - debug: var=transport_zone

Module nsx_edge_router

Deploys, updates or deletes a NSX Edge Services Gateway in NSX

• name: Mandatory: name of the Edge Services Gateway to be deployed
• state: Optional: present or absent, defaults to present
• description: Optional: A free text description for the ESG
• appliance_size: Optional: The ESG size, choices=['compact', 'large', 'xlarge', 'quadlarge'], defaults to 'large'
• resourcepool_moid: Mandatory: The vCenter MOID of the ressource pool to deploy the ESG in
• datastore_moid: Mandatory: The vCenter MOID of the datatore to deploy the ESG on
• datacenter_moid: Mandatory: The vCenter MOID of the datacenter to deploy the ESG in
• interfaces: Mandatory: A dictionary that holds the configuration of each vnic as a sub-dictionary. See the interfaces details section for more information
• default_gateway: Optional: The IP Address of the default gateway
• default_gateway_adminDistance: Optional: The Admin Distance for the default gateway
• routes: Optional: A list of dictionaries holding static route configurations. See the route details section for more information
• username: Optional: The username used for the CLI access to the ESG
• password: Optional: The password used for the CLI access to the ESG
• remote_access: Optional: true / false, is SSH access to the ESG enabled, defaults to false
• firewall: Optional: true / false, is the ESG Firewall enabled, defaults to true
• ha_enabled: Optional: true / false, deploy ESG as an HA pair, defaults to false
• ha_deadtime: Optional: Sets the deadtime for Edge HA, defaults to 15

Example:

- name: ESG creation
    nsx_edge_router:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      name: 'ansibleESG_testplay'
      description: 'This ESG is created by nsxansible'
      resourcepool_moid: "{{ gather_moids_cl.object_id }}"
      datastore_moid: "{{ gather_moids_ds.object_id }}"
      datacenter_moid: "{{ gather_moids_cl.datacenter_moid }}"
      interfaces:
        vnic0: {ip: '10.114.209.94', prefix_len: 27, portgroup_id: "{{ gather_moids_upl_pg.object_id }}", name: 'Uplink vnic', iftype: 'uplink', fence_param: 'ethernet0.filter1.param1=1'}
        vnic1: {ip: '192.168.178.1', prefix_len: 24, logical_switch: 'transit_net', name: 'Internal vnic', iftype: 'internal', fence_param: 'ethernet0.filter1.param1=1'}
      default_gateway: '10.114.209.65'
      # default_gateway_adminDistance: 5
      routes:
        - {network: '10.11.12.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2', admin_distance: '1', mtu: '1500', description: 'very important route'}
        - {network: '10.11.13.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2', mtu: '1600'}
        - {network: '10.11.14.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2'}
      remote_access: 'true'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'VMware1!VMware1!'
      firewall: 'false'
      ha_enabled: 'true'
    register: create_esg
    tags: esg_create

Interfaces Dict

Each vnic passed to the module in the interfaces dictionary variable is defined as a sub-dictionary with the following key / value pairs:

dict key: Each parent disctionary has the key set to the vnic id (e.g. vnic0), followed by a sub-directory with the vnic settings.

Sub-Directory:

• ip: Mandatory: The IP Address of the vnic
• prefix_len: Mandatory: The prefix length for the IP on the vnic, e.g. 24 for a /24 (255.255.255.0)
• iftype: Mandatory: The interface type, either 'uplink' or 'internal'
• logical_switch: Optional: The logical switch id to attach the ESG vnic to, e.g. virtualwire-10. NOTE: Either logical_switch or portgroupid need to be supplied.
• portgroupid: Optional: The Portgroup MOID to attach the ESG vnic to, e.g. network-10. NOTE: Either logical_switch or portgroupid need to be supplied.
• fence_param: Optional: Additional fence parameters supplied to the vnic, e.g. 'ethernet0.filter1.param1=1'

Example:

interfaces:
  vnic0: {ip: '10.114.209.94', prefix_len: 27, portgroup_id: "{{ gather_moids_upl_pg.object_id }}", name: 'Uplink vnic', iftype: 'uplink', fence_param: 'ethernet0.filter1.param1=1'}
  vnic1: {ip: '192.168.178.1', prefix_len: 24, logical_switch: 'transit_net', name: 'Internal vnic', iftype: 'internal', fence_param: 'ethernet0.filter1.param1=1'}

Routes list

Each route is passed to the module as a dictionary in a list. Each dictionary has the following key / value pairs:

• network: Mandatory: The target network for the route, e.g. '10.11.12.0/24'
• next_hop: Mandatory: The next hop IP for the route, e.g. '192.168.178.2'
• admin_distance: Optional: The admin_distance to be used for this route
• mtu: Optional: The MTU supported by this route
• description: Optional: A free text description for the static route

Example:

routes:
  - {network: '10.11.12.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2', admin_distance: '1', mtu: '1500', description: 'very important route'}
  - {network: '10.11.13.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2', mtu: '1600'}
  - {network: '10.11.14.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2'}

Module nsx_edge_nat

Create, delete, or append a NAT rule in an Edge Service Gateway

• name: Mandatory: name of the Edge Services Gateway to be modified
• mode: Mandatory: create or delete
• state: Optional: present or absent, defaults to present
• nat_enabled: Optional: true or false, defaults to true
• loggingEnabled: Optional: true or false, defaults to false
• rule_type: Optional: type of NAT rule to create. dnat or snat.
• description: Optional: A user-defined description for the rule
• vnic: Optional: Interface on which the translation is applied
• originalAddress: Optional: Original address or range, default is 'any'
• translatedAddress: Optional: Translated address or range, default is 'any'
• matchAddress: Optional: Either dnatMatchSourceAddress or snatMatchSourceAddress, default is 'any'
• protocol: Optional: Network protocol, default is 'any'
• icmpType: Optional: ICMP type. Only supported when protocol == 'icmp'. Default is 'any'
• originalPort: Optional: Source port for SNAT, destination port for DNAT. Default is 'any'
• translatedPort: Optional: Translated port. Default is 'any'
• matchPort: Optional: Used for either dnatMatchSourcePort or snatMatchDestinationPort. Default is 'any'
• ruleTag: Optional: This can be used to specify user-controlled ruleId. Must be between 65537-131072
• description: Optional: User-defined description field.

Create NAT rules

This method will remove any existing NAT rules on the Edge and replace them with the defined set.

Example:

  tasks:
  - name: Create NAT rules
      nsx_edge_nat:
        nsxmanager_spec: '{{ nsxmanager_spec }}'
        mode: 'create'
        name: '{{ edge_name }}'
        rules:
          dnat0: { description: 'Ansible created HTTP NAT rule',
              loggingEnabled: 'true',
              rule_type: 'dnat',
              nat_enabled: 'true',
              dnatMatchSourceAddress: 'any',
              dnatMatchSourcePort: 'any',
              vnic: '0',
              protocol: 'tcp',
              originalAddress: '10.180.138.131',
              originalPort: '80',
              translatedAddress: '192.168.0.2',
              translatedPort: '80'
            }
          dnat1: { description: 'Ansible created HTTPS NAT rule',
              loggingEnabled: 'true',
              rule_type: 'dnat',
              vnic: '0',
              nat_enabled: 'true',
              dnatMatchSourceAddress: 'any',
              dnatMatchSourcePort: 'any',
              protocol: 'tcp',
              originalAddress: '10.180.138.131',
              originalPort: '443',
              translatedAddress: '192.168.0.2',
              translatedPort: '443'
            }

Append NAT rule

Example:

  tasks:
    - name: Add new HTTP DNAT rule
      nsx_edge_nat:
        nsxmanager_spec: '{{ nsxmanager_spec }}'
        mode: 'append'
        name: '{{ edge_name }}'
        description: 'Ansible created NAT rule'
        loggingEnabled: 'true'
        rule_type: 'dnat'
        vnic: '0'
        protocol: 'tcp'
        originalAddress: '10.180.138.131'
        originalPort: '8888'
        translatedAddress: '192.168.0.2'
        translatedPort: '8888'

Delete NAT rule

Example:

  tasks:
  - name: Delete HTTP DNAT rule
    nsx_edge_nat:
      nsxmanager_spec: '{{ nsxmanager_spec }}'
      mode: 'delete'
      name: '{{ edge_name }}'
      ruleId: '196622'

Module nsx_edge_dhcp

Creates a DHCP scope in an Edge Services Gateway

• name: Mandatory: name of the ESG to be modified
• ip_range: Optional: An IP range for the IP pool
• default_gateway: Optional: The default gateway for the IP pool
• subnet: Optional: The subnet of the IP pool
• domain_name: Optional: The DNS domain name
• dns_server_1: Optional: The primary DNS for the IP pool
• dns_server_2: Optional: The secondary DNS for the IP pool
• lease_time: Optional: The DHCP lease time value, default is 1 day
• auto_dns: Optional: If set to true, the DNS servers from the NSX Manager will be used
• next_server: Optional: Global TFTP server setting
• bootfile: Optional: File to be downloaded from the TFTP server (option 67)

Example:

  tasks:
  - name: Create DHCP pool on NSX Edge
    nsx_edge_dhcp:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      name: '{{ edge_name }}'
      mode: 'create_pool'
      ip_range: '{{ ip_range }}'
      subnet: '{{ netmask }}'
      default_gateway: '{{ gateway }}'
      domain_name: '{{ domain }}'
      dns_server_1: '{{ dns1_ip }}'
      dns_server_2: '{{ dns2_ip }}'
      lease_time: '{{ lease_time }}'
      next_server: '{{ tftp_server }}'
      bootfile: '{{ bootfile }}'

Module nsx_dlr

Deploys, updates or deletes a Distributed Logical Router (DLR) in NSX

• name: Mandatory: name of the DLR to be deployed
• state: Optional: present or absent, defaults to present
• description: Optional: A free text description for the DLR
• resourcepool_moid: Mandatory: The vCenter MOID of the ressource pool to deploy the DLR control VM in
• datastore_moid: Mandatory: The vCenter MOID of the datatore to deploy the DLR control VM on
• datacenter_moid: Mandatory: The vCenter MOID of the datacenter to deploy the DLR control VM in
• mgmt_portgroup_moid: Mandatory: The vCenter MOID of the portgroup used for the HA network and control VM management
• interfaces: Mandatory: A list that holds the configuration of each interface as a dictionary. See the interfaces details section for more information
• default_gateway: Optional: The IP Address of the default gateway
• default_gateway_adminDistance: Optional: The Admin Distance for the default gateway
• routes: Optional: A list of dictionaries holding static route configurations. See the route details section for more information
• username: Optional: The username used for the CLI access to the DLR Control VM
• password: Optional: The password used for the CLI access to the DLR Control VM
• remote_access: Optional: true / false, is SSH access to the DLR Control VM enabled, defaults to false
• ha_enabled: Optional: true / false, deploy DLR Control VM as an HA pair, defaults to false
• ha_deadtime: Optional: Sets the deadtime for Edge HA, defaults to 15

Example:

  - name: DLR creation
    nsx_dlr:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      name: 'ansibleDLR'
      description: 'This DLR is created by nsxansible'
      resourcepool_moid: "{{ gather_moids_cl.object_id }}"
      datastore_moid: "{{ gather_moids_ds.object_id }}"
      datacenter_moid: "{{ gather_moids_cl.datacenter_moid }}"
      mgmt_portgroup_moid: "{{ gather_moids_pg.object_id }}"
      interfaces:
        - {name: 'Uplink vnic', ip: '192.168.178.2', prefix_len: 24, logical_switch: 'edge_ls', iftype: 'uplink'}
        - {name: 'Internal iface', ip: '172.16.1.1', prefix_len: 24, portgroup_id: "{{ gather_moids_pg.object_id }}", iftype: 'uplink'}
        - {name: 'Internal new', ip: '172.16.4.1', prefix_len: 26, logical_switch: 'new_lswitch_name', iftype: 'internal'}
      routes:
        - {network: '10.11.22.0/24', next_hop: '172.16.1.2', admin_distance: '1', mtu: '1500', description: 'very important route'}
        - {network: '10.11.23.0/24', next_hop: '172.16.1.2', mtu: '1600'}
        - {network: '10.11.24.0/24', next_hop: '172.16.4.2'}
        - {network: '10.11.25.0/24', next_hop: '172.16.4.2'}
      default_gateway: '192.168.178.1'
      # default_gateway_adminDistance: 5
      remote_access: 'true'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'VMware1!VMware1!'
      ha_enabled: 'true'
    register: create_dlr
    tags: dlr_create

Interfaces list

Each interface passed to the module in the interfaces list variable is defined as a dictionary with the following key / value pairs:

• ip: Mandatory: The IP Address of the interface
• prefix_len: Mandatory: The prefix length for the IP on the interface, e.g. 24 for a /24 (255.255.255.0)
• iftype: Mandatory: The interface type, either 'uplink' or 'internal'
• logical_switch: Optional: The logical switch id to attach the DLR Interface to, e.g. virtualwire-10. NOTE: Either logical_switch or portgroupid need to be supplied.
• portgroupid: Optional: The Portgroup MOID to attach the DLR Interface to, e.g. network-10. NOTE: Either logical_switch or portgroupid need to be supplied.

Example:

interfaces:
  - {name: 'Uplink vnic', ip: '192.168.178.2', prefix_len: 24, logical_switch: 'edge_ls', iftype: 'uplink'}
  - {name: 'Internal iface', ip: '172.16.1.1', prefix_len: 24, portgroup_id: "{{ gather_moids_pg.object_id }}", iftype: 'uplink'}
  - {name: 'Internal new', ip: '172.16.4.1', prefix_len: 26, logical_switch: 'new_lswitch_name', iftype: 'internal'}

Routes list

Each route is passed to the module as a dictionary in a list. Each dictionary has the following key / value pairs:

• network: Mandatory: The target network for the route, e.g. '10.11.12.0/24'
• next_hop: Mandatory: The next hop IP for the route, e.g. '192.168.178.2'
• admin_distance: Optional: The admin_distance to be used for this route
• mtu: Optional: The MTU supported by this route
• description: Optional: A free text description for the static route

Example:

routes:
  - {network: '10.11.12.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2', admin_distance: '1', mtu: '1500', description: 'very important route'}
  - {network: '10.11.13.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2', mtu: '1600'}
  - {network: '10.11.14.0/24', next_hop: '192.168.178.2'}

Module nsx_ospf

enables, updates or deletes OSPF configurations in NSX for ESGs and DLRs

• state: Optional: present or absent, defaults to present
• edge_name: Mandatory: The name of the ESG or DLR to be configured for OSPF
• router_id: Mandatory: The ESG or DLR Router id to be configured, e.g. configured as an IP Address
• graceful_restart: Optional: true / false, is graceful restart enabled, defaults to true
• default_originate: Optional: true / false, will the ESG or DLR announce its default route into OSPF, defaults to false
• protocol_address: Unused for ESG, Mandatory for DLR: The IP address to be used to send OSPF message from
• forwarding_address: Unused for ESG, Mandatory for DLR: The IP address to be used as the next-hop for the traffic
• logging: Optional: true / false, will the ESG or DLR log state changes, defaults to false
• log_level: Optional: Log level for OSPF state changes, choices=['debug', 'info', 'notice', 'warning', 'error', 'critical', 'alert', 'emergency'], defaults to 'info'
• areas: Optional: A list of Dictionaries with Areas, See the Area details section for more information
• area_map: Optional: A list of Dictionaries with Area to interface mappings, See the area_map details section for more information
• ecmp: Optional: true / false, switches on or off ECMP support on the Edge Gateway

Example:

  - name: Configure OSPF DLR
    nsx_ospf:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      edge_name: 'ansibleDLR'
      router_id: '172.24.1.3'
      default_originate: True
      graceful_restart: False
      logging: True
      log_level: debug
      forwarding_address: '172.24.1.2'
      protocol_address: '172.24.1.3'
      areas:
        - { area_id: 10 }
      area_map:
        - { area_id: 10, vnic: "{{ dlr_uplink_index }}" }      
    register: ospf_dlr
    tags: ospf_dlr

Area list

Each Area is defined as a dictionary holding the following Key / Value pairs:

• area_id: Mandatory: The Area id, e.g. 0
• type: Optional: The area type, e.g. 'nssa' or 'normal', defaults to 'normal'
• authentication: Optional: Authentication type, 'none', 'password' or 'md5', defaults to 'none'
• password: Mandatory for Authentication types 'password' or 'md5', the password or md5 hash used to authenticate

NOTE: When Authentication types are used, the module will always report a change as the password can't be retrieved and check from NSX Manager

Example:

areas:
  - { area_id: 0 }
  - { area_id: 61 }
  - { area_id: 59, type: 'nssa' }
  - { area_id: 62, type: 'nssa', authentication: 'password', password: 'mysecret' }

Area mapping list

Each Area / Interface mapping list is holding the following Key / Value pairs:

• area_id: Mandatory: The Area Id, e.g. 0
• vnic: Mandatory: The vnic Id to map the Area to, e.g. 0 for vnic0
• ignore_mtu: Optional: true / false, Ignore MTU mismatches between OSPF interfaces, defaults to false
• hello: Optional: The Hello Interval, defaults to 10
• dead: Optional: The dead interval, defaults to 40
• cost: Optional: The Interface Cost, default to 1
• priority: Optional: The Interface Priority, defaults to 128

Example:

area_map:
  - { area_id: 0, vnic: 0, hello: 20}
  - { area_id: 61, vnic: 1, ignore_mtu: True , hello: 15, dead: 60, priority: 128, cost: 1}

Module nsx_redistribution

enables, updates or deletes routing protocol redistribution in NSX for ESGs and DLRs (OSPF & BGP)

• ospf_state: Mandatory: true / false, is redistribution enabled for OSPF
• bgp_state: Mandatory: true / false, is redistribution enabled for BGP
• prefixes: Optional: A list of dictionaries containing prefixes, See the prefixes details section for more information
• rules: Optional: A list of dictionaries containing redistribution rules, See the rules details section for more information

Example:

  - name: Configure OSPF ESG
    nsx_redistribution:
      ospf_state: present
      bgp_state: present
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      edge_name: 'ansibleESG'
      prefixes:
        - {name: 'testprfx1', network: '192.168.179.0/24'}
        - {name: 'testprfx2', network: '10.11.12.0/24'}
      rules:
        - {learner: 'ospf', priority: 0, static: false, connected: true, bgp: false, ospf: false, action: 'permit'}
        - {learner: 'ospf', priority: 1, static: 'true', connected: 'true', bgp: 'false', ospf: 'false', prefix: 'testprfx1', action: 'deny'}
        - {learner: 'bgp', priority: 1, connected: true, prefix: 'testprfx2', action: 'deny'}
        - {learner: 'bgp', priority: 0, connected: true, prefix: 'testprfx1'}
    register: redist
    tags: redist

Prefixes list

The prefixes variable holds a list of dictionaries with the following Key / Value pairs:

• name: Mandatory: The name of the prefix list
• network: Mandatory: The network to match, in the form of '/<prefix_len>', e.g. '192.168.179.0/24'

Example:

prefixes:
  - {name: 'testprfx1', network: '192.168.179.0/24'}
  - {name: 'testprfx2', network: '10.11.12.0/24'}

Rules list

The rules variable holds a list of dictionaries with the following Key / Value pairs:

• learner: Mandatory: The learner protocol, this can be 'bgp' or 'ospf'
• priority: Mandatory: The priority (order) in which rules are applied, e.g. 0,1,2,3,...
• static: Optional: true / false, reditribute static routes, defaults to false
• connected: Optional: true / false, reditribute connected routes, defaults to false
• bgp: Optional: true / false, reditribute bgp routes, defaults to false
• ospf: Optional: true / false, reditribute ospf routes, defaults to false
• prefix: Optional: A prefix list name to use as a filter for the routes
• action: Optional: The action to apply with this rule, can be 'permit', 'deny', defaults to 'permit'

Example:

rules:
  - {learner: 'ospf', priority: 0, static: false, connected: true, bgp: false, ospf: false, action: 'permit'}
  - {learner: 'ospf', priority: 1, static: 'true', connected: 'true', bgp: 'false', ospf: 'false', prefix: 'testprfx1', action: 'deny'}
  - {learner: 'bgp', priority: 1, connected: true, prefix: 'testprfx2', action: 'deny'}
  - {learner: 'bgp', priority: 0, connected: true, prefix: 'testprfx1'}

Module nsx_attach_vm_switch

Move (attach) a VM to a NSX logical Switch

• state: present or absent, defaults to present. Absent can be used to detach a VM from the logical-switch or port-group. In case of absent, portgroup_id and/or logicalswitch need to be unset
• portgroup_id: If portgroup_id is passed to the module, the VM will be moved to the VDS portgroup Id specified. Can only be set if logicalswitch is not set
• logicalswitch: If logicalswitch is passed to the module, the VM will be moved to the logicalswitch name specified. Can only be set if portgroup_id is not set
• object_moid: Mandatory: The moid of the VM to be moved to the port-group of logical-switch, e.g. vm-53

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_TPM_Lab.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Gather vCenter MOIDs PG
    vcenter_gather_moids:
      hostname: 'vc01.yves.local'
      username: '[email protected]'
      password: 'VMware1!'
      datacenter_name: 'tpm-lab'
      portgroup_name: vlan41
      validate_certs: False
    register: gather_moid_pg
  - name: Gather vCenter UUID VM
    vcenter_gather_moids:
      hostname: 'vc01.yves.local'
      username: '[email protected]'
      password: 'VMware1!'
      datacenter_name: 'tpm-lab'
      virtualmachine_name: test-rhel72-lcp
      validate_certs: False
    register: gather_uuid_vm

  - debug: msg="The searched VM uuid is {{ gather_uuid_vm.object_uuid }}"
  - debug: msg="The searched PG moid is {{ gather_moid_pg.object_id }}"

- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
     - answerfile_TPM_Lab.yml
  tasks:
  - name: vm switch migrate
    nsx_attach_vm_switch:
      nsxmanager_spec: "{{ nsxmanager_spec }}"
      state: present
      object_moid: "{{ gather_uuid_vm.object_uuid }}"
      logicalswitch: test_ls
      # portgroup_id: "{{ gather_moid_pg.object_id }}"
    register: create_logical_switch

  - debug: var=create_logical_switch

Example Playbooks and roles

As part of this repo you will find example playbooks and roles:

Playbooks

deployNsx.yml This is a playbook that can be used with the base-config-nsx and deploy-nsx-ova roles to deploy NSX in an existing vSphere cluster

Roles

deploy-nsx-ova: An example role that uses the nsx_deploy_ova module to deploy NSX Manager into a vSphere Cluster base-config-nsx: An example role that creates all needed NSX Objects, Controllers, VIB and configuration for a base NSX deployment

License

This project is dual licensed under the BSD 3-clause and GPLv3 licenses.

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IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.

If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in return for a fee.

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