Add VMware vCenter Upgrade Module

[scottd018]

SUMMARY

Add a module that will allow users to upgrade VMware vCenter appliances. I have a working POC for the module located at https://github.com/scottd018/ansible-vmware-vcenter-upgrade. I wanted to gauge interest if this would be able to be supported by the community. The one problem I foresee is support for testing as the API and versions progress, which could be challenging.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

• vmware_vcenter_upgrade

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Would allow users to upgrade vCenter Server appliances

From the example located in my POC repo at https://github.com/scottd018/ansible-vmware-vcenter-upgrade:

- name: upgrade vmware vcenter to latest version
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_upgrade:
      hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
      username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
      password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
      action:   'upgrade'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: upgrade vmware vcenter to specific version
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_upgrade:
      hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
      username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
      password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
      state:    'upgrade'
      version:  '7.0.3.00100'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: stage vmware vcenter specific version upgrade
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_upgrade:
      hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
      username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
      password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
      state:    'stage'
      version:  '7.0.3.00100'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: list vmware vcenter upgrade information
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_upgrade:
      hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
      username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
      password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
      state:    'query'
  delegate_to: localhost

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[MallocArray]

This is certainly a needed module

[Akasurde]

I feel the same. Feel free to open a new PR and let's get it reviewed. What do you think @sky-joker @goneri @mariolenz @tejaswi-bachu @Tomorrow9?

[sky-joker]

Thanks for requesting a new module!

I think it is a useful module if there is one.
But, I look that the module is required vCenter REST API, not SOAP API.
I'm not sure, maybe it might be better to request to vmware.rest_vmware.
If vmware.rest_vmware maintainers can't handle the module requesting, I think it's ok that we will handle it here.