Topics
- removed experiences setup.yml since experiences are not yet supported
- specified support is limited in the README since the collection is meant to be customized by customers
- Add variable provision_vcenter_vm_ntp_server to handle ntp server
- Added unused var provision_vcenter_vm_network_ip_family to template with default value of ipv4
- Fix role names in the README files to be consistent with the ansible-role-template
- Fix the example of guest_os in provision_vm README role to use RHEL guest OS
- Set default value of time.nist.gov
- Update the dependencies collections in galaxy.yml and in the execution-environment/requirements.yml
- Update the roles and playbooks in the README in the root directory
- cluster_settings - Use the correct module to apply DRS recommendations instead of cluster module
- cluster_settings - Use the vmware.vmware.cluster module instead of the community.vmware.vmware_cluster module
- cluster_settings - Use the vmware.vmware.cluster_vcls module instead of the community.vmware.vmware_cluster_vcls module
- deploy_ovf - Fixed the pre-check assertions for deploy_ovf_template var since it is required with content libraries and optional otherwise
- Fixed various typos and spelling issues in the README.md for this repo
- cluster_settings - Replaced community.vmware.vmware_cluster_drs module with vmware.vmware.cluster_drs module
- provision_vcenter - Replaced community.vmware.vmware_guest_info module with vmware.vmware.guest_info module
- provision_virtual_esxi - Replaced community.vmware.vmware_guest_info module with vmware.vmware.guest_info module
- cluster_settings - add role metadata
- cluster_settings - adding the integration test for cluster settings role
- content_library - add role metadata
- content_library - adding role, playbook, and tests for managing content libraries in a vcenter
- deploy_ovf - add role metadata
- deploy_ovf - added role, playbook, tests for deploying an OVF template to an ESXi or VCenter
- esxi_maintenance_mode - add role metadata
- esxi_maintenance_mode test - adding the integartion test for esxi_maintenance_mode role
- export_vm_as_ovf - add role metadata
- export_vm_as_ovf - added role, playbook, tests to export an existing VM from VCenter or ESXi as an OVF
- export_vm_as_ovf - adding check on ovf file in integration tests for export_vm_as_ovf role
- general change to the testing structure which duplicate runme.sh for each target instead of recreating it manually
- info - add role metadata
- info_test - adding a CI for validated content repo to run on a real vcenter env, and include this test within the pr
- manage_folder - Added new role, tests, and playbook to create or delete a folder in VCenter
- manage_folder - add role metadata
- manage_template - add playbook to manage templates using provision_vm role
- provision_vcenter - add role metadata
- provision_virtual_esxi - add role metadata
- provision_vm - Added parameter to set is_template and defaulted it to false to keep behavior consistent
- provision_vm - add role metadata
- snapshot_management - add role metadata
- system_settings - add role metadata
- vcenter_host_connection - add role metadata
- vcenter_host_connection_test - modified vcenter_host_connection_test to run on a real vcenter environment
- integration tests - Fixed vsphere automation sdk version in requirements.txt where packages could not properly resolve
- manage_template - Removed playbook because underlying module has a bug and does not support templates
- Fix the README file of snapshot_management role to be more clear about the parameters snapshot_management_folder and snapshot_management_vm_name
- add_esxi_host_to_vcenter - Added new playbook to add an ESXi host to a vCenter
- cluster_settings - Added new playbook to modify cluster settings
- cluster_settings - Added new role for managing different cluster settings including DRM, DRS, vCLS, HA, and vSAN. Added integration tests for role
- disable_high_availability - Added playbook to disable high availability in a vcenter cluster
- disable_maintenance_mode - Added new playbook to disable maintenance mode on an ESXi host
- enable_high_availability - Added playbook to enable and configure high availability in a vcenter cluster
- enable_maintenance_mode - Added new playbook to enable maintenance mode on an ESXi host
- esxi_maintenance_mode - Added new role for setting an ESXi host's maintenance mode status. Added integration tests for role
- info - Fix creation of temporary files
- info - Fix the incorrect documentation
- manage_all_settings - Renamed and moved
cluster_settings.ymlplaybook tocluster_settings\manage_all_settings.yml. New location is with other cluster settings related plays - provision_vcenter - Only use hdiutil to mount ISO on mac instead of hdiutil + mount. The new approach provides more consistent results when reading the ISO content as a file system
- provision_vcenter - Use OS specific binary when deploying the VCSA appliance (mac vs generic linux) instead of always using linux
- provision_vcenter - When running the playbook on MacOS, the iso9660 file system is not supported. Instead, Macs need to mount the ISO as a block device and then mount it as cd9660. Added new tasks to perform these actions when the os family is darwin
- provision_virtual_esxi - Added new role for provisioning a VM and installing ESXi on it. Added integration tests for role
- reconnect_esxi_host_in_vcenter - Added new playbook to reconnect an ESXi host in a vCenter
- remove_esxi_host_from_vcenter - Added new playbook to remove an ESXi host from a vCenter
- snapshot_management - Add a new role and playbooks to manages virtual machines snapshots in vCenter. (#24)
- vcenter_host_connection - Added role to manage the connection status of an ESXI host to a vcenter. Included integration tests for the role
- esxi_maintenance_mode - Fixed typo in the vmware_maintenancemode module's evacuate` attribute
- provision_vcenter - Added dedicated complexity check for VM password at beginning of role. Complexity requirements are normally validated by the VCSA installer but the error thrown can be confusing. Update integration test to use proper password
- provision_vcenter - Changed default ISO mount point from /mnt to /tmp, since /tmp is more likely to be writable
- provision_vcenter - Install libnsl if running on rhel flavored OS, since it is not included in OS version 8+ but needed for the vmware ovftool
- provision_vcenter - Remove leading slashes when a user provides a datacenter/target host path to the installer. These values are supposed to be vcenter folder paths (e.g. /cluster01/host01) but a leading slash would break the VCSA installer config
- provision_vcenter - missing parameters in the validate_inputs tasks. Added them so the user will be alerted sooner if required parameters are missing
- provision_vcenter - the vcsa deploy config was invalid json if dhcp was used. Re-ordered the network section of the config template to fix
- provision_vcenter - vcenter vm names containing a string marked for no_log no longer trigger an unexpected error when checking if the vm already exists
- provision_virtual_esxi - Added missing variable documentation
- provision_virtual_esxi - Role had redundant variable provision_virtual_esxi_iso_path that was left from a name refactor. It was updated to match the new name. The new variable name provision_virtual_esxi_datastore_iso_path is already mandatory