vsphere_distributed_virtual_switch

The vsphere_distributed_virtual_switch data source can be used to discover the ID and uplink data of a of a vSphere distributed virtual switch (DVS). This can then be used with resources or data sources that require a DVS, such as the vsphere_distributed_port_group resource, for which an example is shown below.

NOTE: This data source requires vCenter and is not available on direct ESXi connections.

Example Usage

The following example locates a DVS that is named terraform-test-dvs, in the datacenter dc1. It then uses this DVS to set up a vsphere_distributed_port_group resource that uses the first uplink as a primary uplink and the second uplink as a secondary.

data "vsphere_datacenter" "datacenter" {
  name = "dc1"
}

data "vsphere_distributed_virtual_switch" "dvs" {
  name          = "terraform-test-dvs"
  datacenter_id = "${data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id}"
}

resource "vsphere_distributed_port_group" "pg" {
  name                            = "terraform-test-pg"
  distributed_virtual_switch_uuid = "${data.vsphere_distributed_virtual_switch.dvs.id}"

  active_uplinks  = ["${data.vsphere_distributed_virtual_switch.dvs.uplinks[0]}"]
  standby_uplinks = ["${data.vsphere_distributed_virtual_switch.dvs.uplinks[1]}"]
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• name - (Required) The name of the distributed virtual switch. This can be a name or path.
• datacenter_id - (Optional) The managed object reference ID of the datacenter the DVS is located in. This can be omitted if the search path used in name is an absolute path. For default datacenters, use the id attribute from an empty vsphere_datacenter data source.

Attribute Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• id: The UUID of the distributed virtual switch.
• uplinks: The list of the uplinks on this DVS, as per the uplinks argument to the vsphere_distributed_virtual_switch resource.