ansible/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_rest_scenarios/authentication.rst
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.. _vmware_rest_authentication:
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How to configure the vmware_rest collection
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.. contents::
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Introduction
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The vcenter_rest modules need to be authenticated. There are two different
Environment variables
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.. 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_host``
- ``vcenter_username``
- ``vcenter_password``
Ignore SSL certificate error
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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.