Multiple Vcenters to same NetBox site

[srilaxmiwas]

Hello all,

Can you please help me, how to add multiple vcenter's to the same NetBox site.

Thanks

[bb-Ricardo]

Hi,

you have to use this setting:

netbox-sync/settings-example.ini

Lines 177 to 187 in b9e236d

	; This option defines which vCenter cluster is part of a NetBox site.
	; This is done with a comma separated key = value list.
	; key: defines the cluster name as regex
	; value: defines the NetBox site name (use quotes if name contains commas)
	; This is a quite important config setting as IP addresses, prefixes, VLANs
	; and VRFs are site dependent. In order to assign the correct prefix to an IP
	; address it is important to pick the correct site.
	; A VM always depends on the cluster site relation
	; a cluster can be specified as "Cluster-name" or
	; "Datacenter-name/Cluster-name" if multiple clusters have the same name
	;cluster_site_relation = Cluster_NYC = New York, Cluster_FFM.* = Frankfurt, Datacenter_TOKIO/.* = Tokio

You have to define each cluster which belongs to the same site in each vCenter section. That should do the trick.

[srilaxmiwas]

I have one environment/site with 4 vcenters with different IP addresses, usernames and passwords. can you please provide me one example with one site, different vcenters, usernames and passwords.

Thanks

[bb-Ricardo]

You have to add each vcenter as a separate source. And if all resources belong to the same site you could configure cluster_site_relation = .* = site name for each source.

[srilaxmiwas]

Example: In below example when I add only 1*vcenter it is working fine but when add 2nd vcenter, getting below error:
2023-07-14 01:21:54,549 - ERROR: Unable to connect to vCenter instance 'vcenter1, vcenter2' on port 443. Reason: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
2023-07-14 01:21:54,550 - INFO: Source 'vcenter1-Cluster1' is currently unavailable. Skipping
2023-07-14 01:21:54,550 - ERROR: No working sources found. Exit.

;;; [source/*]
;;;
;;; Controls the parameters of a defined source. The string past the slash will be used as
;;; a sources name. Sources can be defined multiple times to represent different sources.
;;;

[source/vcenter1-Cluster1],[source/vcenter1-Cluster2],[source/vcenter2-Cluster1]

; Defines if this source is enabled or not
enabled = True

; type of source. This defines which source handler to use
type = vmware

; host name / IP address of the vCenter
host_fqdn = vcenter1, vcenter2

; TCP port to connect to
port = 443

; username to use to log into vCenter
username = administrator, administrator

; password to use to log into vCenter
password = secret, secret

[bb-Ricardo]

Hi,

Almost 😄:

[source/vcenter1]

host_fqdn = vcenter1

[source/vcenter2]

host_fqdn = vcenter2

Just redefine a new source for each vcenter. Make sure the settings are configured in each source section.

[srilaxmiwas]

I am looking for a solution to add multiple Vcenter IP addresses and their username and passwords to single settings.ini file.

Thanks