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Introduced an option to disable physical nic updates in Netbox #442

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Introcuded an option to disable physical nic updates in Netbox
pto-centrica Feb 26, 2025
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Merge branch 'bb-Ricardo:main' into main
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions module/sources/vmware/config.py
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Expand Up @@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ def __init__(self):
The same behavior also applies for VM disk sizes.""",
default_value=True
),
ConfigOption("skip_host_nics",
bool,
description="""Skip creating or updating host physical nics in Netobx. Normal operation
will maintain all phisical nics in netbox. This option will skip this part.""" ,
default_value=False
),

# removed settings
ConfigOption("netbox_host_device_role",
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions module/sources/vmware/connection.py
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Expand Up @@ -1707,6 +1707,9 @@ def add_host(self, obj):
if len(host_custom_fields) > 0:
host_data["custom_fields"] = host_custom_fields

if self.settings.skip_host_nics is True:
return

# iterate over hosts virtual switches, needed to enrich data on physical interfaces
self.network_data["vswitch"][name] = dict()
for vswitch in grab(obj, "config.network.vswitch", fallback=list()):
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