VMware: standardization

VMware parameter standardization

Connection plugins

vcenter

Question: Should we call this plugin vsphere or vmomi instead ?

ansible_vcenter_host

The vCenter or ESXi hostname or IP address to use for the VMOMI connection. (Fallback: ansible_host or remote_addr)

ansible_vcenter_port

The vCenter or ESXi port to use for the VMOMI connection. (Fallback: ansible_port)

ansible_vcenter_user

The vCenter or ESXi user to use for the VMOMI connection. (Fallback: ansible_user or remote_user)

ansible_vcenter_password

The vCenter or ESXi user password to use for the VMOMI connection. (Fallback: ansible_password)

ansible_vcenter_cert_validation

Whether SSL certificates need to be validated on connections. (defaults: no)

ansible_vcenter_proxy

The proxy settings to use for the VMOMI connection.

ansible_vcenter_use_proxy

Whether to use the system proxy configuration for VMOMI connections (defaults: yes)

vmwaretools

The vmwaretools connection plugin would be using the same variables for the VMOMI connection as the vcenter connection plugin.

ansible_vmwaretools_host

The VM guest hostname or IP address to connect to. (Fallback: ansible_host or remote_addr)

ansible_vmwaretools_user

The VM guest username. (Fallback: ansible_user or remote_user)

ansible_vmwaretools_password

The VM guest user password. (Fallback: ansible_password)

ansible_vmwaretools_folder

The VM guest folder location.

ansible_vmwaretools_operation_delay

The delay between VMOMI operations in seconds. (Default: 5)

ansible_vmwaretools_file_chunksize

The file chunksize to be used for VMOMI file operations. (Default: ?)

Module parameters

connection-related

The below parameters will disappear when we have a working connection plugin.

• host -- (this replaces hostname, standardized in Ansible already)
• port
• username
• password
• validate_certs
• proxy
• use_proxy

common

• cluster
• datacenter
• datastore
• disk
• esxi_hostname
• folder
• resource_pool