vmware_host_passthrough by id

[holmesb]

SUMMARY

Hi,

Currently if multiple PCI devices exist of the same name, can only passthrough all or none. vmware_host_passthrough only supports device name, not ID. So if only some NICs\GPUs need to be passedthrough, can't be done.

Cheers.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

module: vmware_host_passthrough

[sky-joker]

Thanks, @holmesb for requesting the feature!
I will examine to add the parameter for specifying an id.

[sky-joker]

resolved_by_pr #1365

[sky-joker]

Hi @holmesb

I made a patch(#1365) to fix the issue.
Could you please test the fixed module works well in your environment?
And please let me know the result.

You can test by the below procedure.

$ mkdir something_work_dir
$ cd something_work_dir
$ git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware.git
$ cd community.vmware
$ git fetch origin pull/1365/head:fix_issue1364 && git checkout fix_issue1364
$ cd ..
$ mkdir -p collections/ansible_collections/community
$ mv community.vmware collections/ansible_collections/community/vmware
$ ls
collections
$ vi playbook.yml

playbook.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Enable passthrough of PCI device with ID
      community.vmware.vmware_host_passthrough:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: false
        esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}"
        devices:
          - device: "{{ target_pci_device }}"

[mariolenz]

@holmesb Did you have the time yet to test if #1365 fixes your issue?

[holmesb]

@mariolenz @sky-joker sorry, but I got this working in Terraform instead, and haven't found any time to test since. Glad it's added anyway.

[fs30000]

So, after enabling passthrought for a device, how can it be mapped to a guest with ansible? On my particular case, a NIC.