vsphere-sddc

Project to deploy complete SDDC stack using Ansible. Initial execution of the workflow will rely upon a hard-coded variables YAML file for ingestion of values.

Ansible Roles

• esxi-adv-settings - Configure advanced ESXi settings on an ESXi node
• esxi-host-config - Configure DNS, hostname and NTP settings on an ESXi node
• esxi-services - Configure ESXi services on an ESXi node
• esxi-vmk-interfaces - Create/delete VMkernel interfaces on an ESXi node
• nsxv-cluster-prep - Prepare vCenter cluster for NSX-v
• nsxv-controllers - Create/delete NSX-v controllers
• nsxv-license - Assign NSX-v license
• nsxv-logical-switch - Create/delete NSX-v logical switch
• nsxv-manager-config - Configure NSX-v Manager
• nsxv-manager-deploy - Deploy NSX-v Manager OVA to vCenter Server
• nsxv-manager-roles - Configure NSX-v Manager user roles
• nsxv-transport-zone - Create/delete NSX-v transport zone
• vcenter-add-hosts - Add or remove ESXi nodes to vCenter Server
• vcenter-cluster - Create/delete/modify vCenter cluster
• vcenter-datacenter - Create/delete vCenter datacenter object
• vcenter-dvs-migrate - Migrate ESXi nodes to DVS, including VMkernel interfaces
• vcenter-maintenance-mode - Manage the maintenance mode state of an ESXi node
• vcenter-networking - Create/delete a Distributed Virtual Switch
• vcenter-portgroups - Create/delete port groups
• vcsa-deploy - Deploy vCenter Server Appliance OVA

Ansible Playbooks

• esxi_sddc_configure.yml - Configure ESXi nodes
• nsxv_sddc_deploy - Deploy and configure NSX-v Manager and controllers

Identified holes in Ansible VMware modules

• Setting up AD authentication for stateful ESXi hosts ** (https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/blob/master/docs/vim/host/ActiveDirectorySpec.rst)
• Support for creating VMkernel interfaces on a DVS.
• Support for NIOC settings