vmware_vspan_session – Create or remove a Port Mirroring session

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status

Synopsis

• This module can be used to create, delete or edit different kind of port mirroring sessions.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python > = 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Create distributed mirroring session.
  vmware_vspan_session:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch_name: dvSwitch
    state: present
    name: Basic Session
    enabled: True
    description: "Example description"
    source_port_transmitted: 817
    source_port_received: 817
    destination_port: 815
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create remote destination mirroring session.
  vmware_vspan_session:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch_name: dvSwitch
    state: present
    name: Remote Session
    enabled: True
    description: "Example description"
    source_port_received: 105
    destination_port: 815
    session_type: "remoteMirrorDest"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create remote destination mirroring session.
  vmware_vspan_session:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch_name: dvSwitch
    state: absent
    name: Remote Session
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Peter Gyorgy (@gyorgypeter) <gyorgy.peter1996@gmail.com>