diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_nics.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_nics.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible. If not, see .
+#
+
+try:
+ import ovirtsdk4.types as otypes
+except ImportError:
+ pass
+
+import traceback
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ovirt import (
+ BaseModule,
+ check_sdk,
+ create_connection,
+ equal,
+ get_link_name,
+ ovirt_full_argument_spec,
+ search_by_name,
+)
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: ovirt_nics
+short_description: Module to manage network interfaces of Virtual Machines in oVirt
+version_added: "2.3"
+author: "Ondra Machacek (@machacekondra)"
+description:
+ - "Module to manage network interfaces of Virtual Machines in oVirt."
+options:
+ name:
+ description:
+ - "Name of the network interface to manage."
+ required: true
+ vm:
+ description:
+ - "Name of the Virtual Machine to manage."
+ required: true
+ state:
+ description:
+ - "Should the Virtual Machine NIC be present/absent/plugged/unplugged."
+ choices: ['present', 'absent', 'plugged', 'unplugged']
+ default: present
+ network:
+ description:
+ - "Logical network to which the VM network interface should use,
+ by default Empty network is used if network is not specified."
+ profile:
+ description:
+ - "Virtual network interface profile to be attached to VM network interface."
+ interface:
+ description:
+ - "Type of the network interface."
+ choices: ['virtio', 'e1000', 'rtl8139', 'pci_passthrough', 'rtl8139_virtio', 'spapr_vlan']
+ default: 'virtio'
+ mac_address:
+ description:
+ - "Custom MAC address of the network interface, by default it's obtained from MAC pool."
+extends_documentation_fragment: ovirt
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Examples don't contain auth parameter for simplicity,
+# look at ovirt_auth module to see how to reuse authentication:
+
+# Add NIC to VM
+- ovirt_nics:
+ state: present
+ vm: myvm
+ name: mynic
+ interface: e1000
+ mac_address: 00:1a:4a:16:01:56
+ profile: ovirtmgmt
+ network: ovirtmgmt
+
+# Plug NIC to VM
+- ovirt_nics:
+ state: plugged
+ vm: myvm
+ name: mynic
+
+# Unplug NIC from VM
+- ovirt_nics:
+ state: unplugged
+ vm: myvm
+ name: mynic
+
+# Remove NIC from VM
+- ovirt_nics:
+ state: absent
+ vm: myvm
+ name: mynic
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+id:
+ description: ID of the network interface which is managed
+ returned: On success if network interface is found.
+ type: str
+ sample: 7de90f31-222c-436c-a1ca-7e655bd5b60c
+nic:
+ description: "Dictionary of all the network interface attributes. Network interface attributes can be found on your oVirt instance
+ at following url: https://ovirt.example.com/ovirt-engine/api/model#types/nic."
+ returned: On success if network interface is found.
+'''
+
+
+class VmNicsModule(BaseModule):
+
+ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+ super(VmNicsModule, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+ self.vnic_id = None
+
+ @property
+ def vnic_id(self):
+ return self._vnic_id
+
+ @vnic_id.setter
+ def vnic_id(self, vnic_id):
+ self._vnic_id = vnic_id
+
+ def build_entity(self):
+ return otypes.Nic(
+ name=self._module.params.get('name'),
+ interface=otypes.NicInterface(
+ self._module.params.get('interface')
+ ) if self._module.params.get('interface') else None,
+ vnic_profile=otypes.VnicProfile(
+ id=self.vnic_id,
+ ) if self.vnic_id else None,
+ mac=otypes.Mac(
+ address=self._module.params.get('mac_address')
+ ) if self._module.params.get('mac_address') else None,
+ )
+
+ def update_check(self, entity):
+ return (
+ equal(self._module.params.get('interface'), str(entity.interface)) and
+ equal(self._module.params.get('profile'), get_link_name(self._connection, entity.vnic_profile)) and
+ equal(self._module.params.get('mac_address'), entity.mac.address)
+ )
+
+
+def main():
+ argument_spec = ovirt_full_argument_spec(
+ state=dict(
+ choices=['present', 'absent', 'plugged', 'unplugged'],
+ default='present'
+ ),
+ vm=dict(required=True),
+ name=dict(required=True),
+ interface=dict(default=None),
+ profile=dict(default=None),
+ network=dict(default=None),
+ mac_address=dict(default=None),
+ )
+ module = AnsibleModule(
+ argument_spec=argument_spec,
+ supports_check_mode=True,
+ )
+ check_sdk(module)
+
+ try:
+ # Locate the service that manages the virtual machines and use it to
+ # search for the NIC:
+ connection = create_connection(module.params.pop('auth'))
+ vms_service = connection.system_service().vms_service()
+
+ # Locate the VM, where we will manage NICs:
+ vm_name = module.params.get('vm')
+ vm = search_by_name(vms_service, vm_name)
+ if vm is None:
+ raise Exception("VM '%s' was not found." % vm_name)
+
+ # Locate the service that manages the virtual machines NICs:
+ vm_service = vms_service.vm_service(vm.id)
+ nics_service = vm_service.nics_service()
+ vmnics_module = VmNicsModule(
+ connection=connection,
+ module=module,
+ service=nics_service,
+ )
+
+ # Find vNIC id of the network interface (if any):
+ profile = module.params.get('profile')
+ if profile and module.params['network']:
+ cluster_name = get_link_name(connection, vm.cluster)
+ dcs_service = connection.system_service().data_centers_service()
+ dc = dcs_service.list(search='Clusters.name=%s' % cluster_name)[0]
+ networks_service = dcs_service.service(dc.id).networks_service()
+ network = search_by_name(networks_service, module.params['network'])
+ for vnic in connection.system_service().vnic_profiles_service().list():
+ if vnic.name == profile and vnic.network.id == network.id:
+ vmnics_module.vnic_id = vnic.id
+
+ # Handle appropriate action:
+ state = module.params['state']
+ if state == 'present':
+ ret = vmnics_module.create()
+ elif state == 'absent':
+ ret = vmnics_module.remove()
+ elif state == 'plugged':
+ vmnics_module.create()
+ ret = vmnics_module.action(
+ action='activate',
+ action_condition=lambda nic: not nic.plugged,
+ wait_condition=lambda nic: nic.plugged,
+ )
+ elif state == 'unplugged':
+ vmnics_module.create()
+ ret = vmnics_module.action(
+ action='deactivate',
+ action_condition=lambda nic: nic.plugged,
+ wait_condition=lambda nic: not nic.plugged,
+ )
+
+ module.exit_json(**ret)
+ except Exception as e:
+ module.fail_json(msg=str(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+ finally:
+ connection.close(logout=False)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_nics_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_nics_facts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e913912647
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+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_nics_facts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible. If not, see .
+#
+
+import fnmatch
+import traceback
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ovirt import (
+ check_sdk,
+ create_connection,
+ get_dict_of_struct,
+ ovirt_full_argument_spec,
+ search_by_name,
+)
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: ovirt_nics_facts
+short_description: Retrieve facts about one or more oVirt virtual machine network interfaces
+author: "Ondra Machacek (@machacekondra)"
+version_added: "2.3"
+description:
+ - "Retrieve facts about one or more oVirt virtual machine network interfaces."
+notes:
+ - "This module creates a new top-level C(ovirt_nics) fact, which
+ contains a list of NICs."
+options:
+ vm:
+ description:
+ - "Name of the VM where NIC is attached."
+ required: true
+ name:
+ description:
+ - "Name of the NIC, can be used as glob expression."
+extends_documentation_fragment: ovirt
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Examples don't contain auth parameter for simplicity,
+# look at ovirt_auth module to see how to reuse authentication:
+
+# Gather facts about all NICs which names start with C(eth) for VM named C(centos7):
+- ovirt_nics_facts:
+ vm: centos7
+ name: eth*
+- debug:
+ var: ovirt_nics
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+ovirt_nics:
+ description: "List of dictionaries describing the network interfaces. NIC attribues are mapped to dictionary keys,
+ all NICs attributes can be found at following url: https://ovirt.example.com/ovirt-engine/api/model#types/nic."
+ returned: On success.
+ type: list
+'''
+
+
+def main():
+ argument_spec = ovirt_full_argument_spec(
+ vm=dict(required=True),
+ name=dict(default=None),
+ )
+ module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec)
+ check_sdk(module)
+
+ try:
+ connection = create_connection(module.params.pop('auth'))
+ vms_service = connection.system_service().vms_service()
+ vm_name = module.params['vm']
+ vm = search_by_name(vms_service, vm_name)
+ if vm is None:
+ raise Exception("VM '%s' was not found." % vm_name)
+
+ nics_service = vms_service.service(vm.id).nics_service()
+ if module.params['name']:
+ nics = [
+ e for e in nics_service.list()
+ if fnmatch.fnmatch(e.name, module.params['name'])
+ ]
+ else:
+ nics = nics_service.list()
+
+ module.exit_json(
+ changed=False,
+ ansible_facts=dict(
+ ovirt_nics=[
+ get_dict_of_struct(c) for c in nics
+ ],
+ ),
+ )
+ except Exception as e:
+ module.fail_json(msg=str(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+ finally:
+ connection.close(logout=False)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()