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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 16:04:21 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 16:04:21 +0000 |
commit | 8a754e0858d922e955e71b253c139e071ecec432 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 2.14.3.upstream/2.14.3upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_rest_scenarios/authentication.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_rest_scenarios/authentication.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f09cbe --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_rest_scenarios/authentication.rst @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.. _vmware_rest_authentication: + +******************************************* +How to configure the vmware_rest collection +******************************************* + +.. contents:: + :local: + + +Introduction +============ + +The vcenter_rest modules need to be authenticated. There are two different + +Environment variables +===================== + +.. note:: + This solution requires that you call the modules from the local machine. + +You need to export some environment variables in your shell before you call the modules. + +.. code-block:: shell + + $ export VMWARE_HOST=vcenter.test + $ export VMWARE_USER=myvcenter-user + $ export VMWARE_password=mypassword + $ ansible-playbook my-playbook.yaml + +Module parameters +================= + +All the vcenter_rest modules accept the following arguments: + +- ``vcenter_hostname`` +- ``vcenter_username`` +- ``vcenter_password`` + + +Ignore SSL certificate error +============================ + +It's common to run a test environment without a proper SSL certificate configuration. + +To ignore the SSL error, you can use the ``vcenter_validate_certs: no`` argument or +``export VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS=no`` to set the environment variable. |