» vsphere_network

The vsphere_network data source can be used to discover the ID of a network in vSphere. This can be any network that can be used as the backing for a network interface for vsphere_virtual_machine or any other vSphere resource that requires a network. This includes standard (host-based) port groups, DVS port groups, or opaque networks such as those managed by NSX.

» Example Usage 

data "vsphere_datacenter" "datacenter" {
  name = "dc1"
}

data "vsphere_network" "net" {
  name          = "terraform-test-net"
  datacenter_id = "${data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id}"
}

» Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

  • name - (Required) The name of the network. This can be a name or path.
  • datacenter_id - (Optional) The managed object reference ID of the datacenter the network is located in. This can be omitted if the search path used in name is an absolute path. For default datacenters, use the id attribute from an empty vsphere_datacenter data source.

» Attribute Reference

The following attributes are exported:

  • id: The managed object ID of the network in question.
  • type: The managed object type for the discovered network. This will be one of DistributedVirtualPortgroup for DVS port groups, Network for standard (host-based) port groups, or OpaqueNetwork for networks managed externally by features such as NSX.