Terraform VMware Cloud Director Provider v3.11.0

Terraform VMware Cloud Director Provider v3.11.0 is accessible now, including help for VMware Cloud Director 10.5.1 and dropping compatibility with 10.3, in addition to introducing many new options and enhancements.

Adding help for Container Service Extension (CSE) 4.1

This new model of the supplier updates each the installation information and the cluster administration information to mirror the brand new parts which are required for patrons to start out utilizing CSE 4.1, akin to the brand new information supply vcd_rde_behavior_invocation.
This information supply is used to invoke the Runtime Defined Entity Behavior that enables to retrieve the Kubeconfig of the provisioned Kubernetes clusters.

All the examples that had been supplied in earlier releases have been upgraded with the brand new info and assets from v3.11.0.

Extending the Runtime Defined Entity (RDE) framework with new capabilities

This launch features a new information supply and a number of other enhancements of the present RDE assets and information sources:

• Users can now automate RDE Behavior invocation with the brand new vcd_rde_behavior_invocation information supply, which invokes an present Behavior (outlined with both vcd_rde_interface_behavior or vcd_rde_type_behavior) and saves the consequence into Terraform state.
• The present rde_type useful resource and information supply now help Behavior hooks with the brand new hook blocks, that permit to routinely invoke Behaviors on sure RDE lifecycle occasions.
• The vcd_rde useful resource and information supply now help metadata with the brand new metadata_entry blocks.

This launch additionally contains a number of enhancements on RDE assets and information sources which you can examine within the project’s changelog.

NSX-T Segment Profiles get full help in v3.11.0

Terraform VCD Provider v3.11 will get a bundle of assets and information sources to handle NSX-T Segment Profiles. Here is a whole format of what’s out there:

5 new wealthy information sources that not solely permit customers to lookup IDs for referencing functions, but additionally expose each configuration side for every kind of Segment Profile:

Going additional, a brand new useful resource vcd_nsxt_segment_profile_template is accessible to construct VCD Segment Profile Templates utilizing the above talked about information sources.

And lastly, 3 new assets that may set default Segment Profiles at completely different layers of VCD infrastructure:

Note: every of the lower-level useful resource can override the higher-level configuration.

NSX-T Edge Gateway will get help for Segment Backed Uplinks

Resource and information supply vcd_nsxt_edgegateway proceed to develop and this launch provides help for Segment Backed External Network configuration by way of new configuration block
external_network

IP Space help enhancements

• Resource and information supply vcd_ip_space now help NAT and Firewall creation configuration utilizing fields default_firewall_rule_creation_enabled,
  default_no_snat_rule_creation_enabled, default_snat_rule_creation_enabled.
• vcd_ip_space_ip_allocation provides new discipline worth for allocating a person specified IP or Prefix on VCD 10.4.2+.

New experimental options: vGPU Policies and improved Terraform Imports

This launch provides a brand new useful resource, vcd_vm_vgpu_policy, and two information sources, vcd_vm_vgpu_policy and vcd_vgpu_profile, to create, handle and eat vGPU Policies.

It additionally provides help for the experimental Config-driven Import characteristic. This considerably eases importing of present VCD environments into Terraform administration by automating technology of HCL configuration information. There is a brand new information on use this characteristic preview (requires Terraform v1.5.0+).

Provider-side enhancements

Terraform VCD Provider v3.11 provides new enhancements to the Provider tooling set:

• A brand new useful resource and information supply vcd_network_pool to handle Network Pools.
• The present vcd_provider_vdc helps metadata administration with the metadata_entry blocks.

vApp and VM enhancements

This launch additionally introduces new options to the already present vcd_vm and vcd_vapp_vm assets and information sources:

• Added help for the metadata that’s auto-generated in standalone VMs and vApp VMs in VCD 10.5.1+, with the brand new inherited_metadata map. The entries
  saved there give details about the origin of the VM.
• Added choice to specify Boot Firmware (BIOS/EFI) and Secure Boot (VCD 10.4.1+) within the boot_options block of those assets.
• Added Lease settings for vcd_catalog_vapp_template with the lease block, the place customers can specify how lengthy the vApp Template is accessible earlier than being routinely deleted or marked as expired.

List of latest assets and information sources

• 8 new assets:
• 14 new information sources:

There are extra options and enhancements, which you’ll see within the project’s changelog.
And, as at all times, we’re awaiting your suggestions and ideas in GitHub Issues and #vcd-terraform-dev Slack channel (vmwarecode.slack.com).