create multiple vlan port groups on 5 esxi servers

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i got following task to create mul;tiple vlan ports groups on a vswitch on 5 esxi hosts

task playbok is

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any idea?

3

The simplest way would be add the vlans and portgroup names as a list in vars
Then loop through them using with_items

Like this

vlans:

  • portgroup_name: vlan 1
    vlan_id: 1

  • portgroup_name: vlan 2
    vlan_id: 2

  • portgroup_name: vlan 3
    vlan_id: 3

  • name: create_vss_vlan_PGs
    vmware_portgroup:
    hostname: ‘{{ vcenter_hostname }}’
    username: ‘{{ vcenter_username }}’
    password: ‘{{ vcenter_password }}’
    cluster_name: ‘{{ cluster_name }}’
    switch_name: ‘{{ vswitch_name }}’
    portgroup_name: ‘{{ item.portgroup_name }}’
    vlan_id: ‘{{ item.vlan_id }}’
    delegate_to: localhost
    with_items: ‘{{ vlans }}’

4

does the vlan Ids need to be in separate vars file? which file should they be in?

5

Nope, you can put them directly in the playbook in the vars section. Similar to this: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html

6

hi

Is it possible to override default failover NIC policy?

I need to have 2 active nics on each portgroup

7

Yeah sure can.
Check this out, the last example has what you’re looking for

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_portgroup_module.html