While working with my VMware team we had to audit and create or delete TCP/IP network stack, Here on the ESXi server under Networking >> TCP/IP Configuration you cannot create new custom stack using vSphere client. I was able to automate almost all infrastructure using PowerCLI scripts, but few of the ESXi servers we were not able to update/edit TCP/IP configuration, due to no direct connection to the server. So me and my team had to manually configure those server through PowerCLI command to add new TCP/IP custom stack.
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I have written written this script for my junior colleagues who are bit hesitant to use script but wants to provision/deploy ESXi servers, Instead of command line script they want some interface so they can track the TCP/IP stack configuration while adding or removing it.
This is how the script works, It is built using PowerShell and WPF XAML codes using PowerCLI module.
There is by default 'default' named stack is used for management traffic. By default same stack (gateway) is used by other traffic, for example: vMotion and provisioning (cold migration, VM clones, and snapshots), Using TCP/IP netstack configuration I can assign dedicated gateway, routing table and DNS configuration to such traffic, And isolate network traffic.
This script is built and based on PowerCLI Get-EsxCLI command line to add or remove TCP/IP netstack on ESXi Server.
$esxcli.network.ip.netstack.add.invoke(@{netstack = "test"})
$esxcli.network.ip.netstack.remove.invoke(@{netstack = 'test'})
Download this script Esxi_TCP/IP_configuration here, or this script is also available on github.com.
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#Load required libraries Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework, PresentationCore, WindowsBase, System.Windows.Forms, System.Drawing #Website: http://vcloud-lab.com #Written By: vJanvi #Date: 14 Aug 2021 #Tested Environment: #Microsoft Windows 10 #PowerShell Version 5.1 #PowerCLI Version 12.3.0 #vSphere 7 #Read xaml file #$xamlFile = 'D:\Projects\PowerShell\WPF\Esxi_TCP-IP_Configuration\Esxi_TCP-IP_Configuration\MainWindow.xaml' #<# $xamlContent = @' <Window x:Class="Esxi_TCP_IP_Configuration.MainWindow" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Esxi_TCP_IP_Configuration" mc:Ignorable="d" Title="ESXi server TCP/IP configuration - http://vcloud-lab.com" Height="480" Width="800"> <Grid> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="28*"/> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="28*"/> <RowDefinition Height="10*"/> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <GroupBox x:Name="groupBox_Authentication" Header="VC/ESXi Authentication" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.RowSpan="6" Margin="5,5,5,0"> <StackPanel> <Label x:Name="label_vCenter" Content="vCenter or ESXi Server:" Height="23" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="5,0,5,0"/> <TextBox x:Name="textBox_vCenter" Height="23" Text="marvel.vcloud-lab.com" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,0,5,0"/> <Label x:Name="label_UserName" Height="23" Content="UserName:" Margin="5,0,5,0"/> <TextBox x:Name="textBox_UserName" Height="23" Text="[email protected]" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,0,5,0"/> <Label x:Name="label_Password" Content="Password:" Height="23" Margin="5,0,5,0"/> <PasswordBox x:Name="passwordBox_Password" Height="23" Password="Password" Margin="5,0,5,0"/> <Button x:Name="button_Login" Content="Login" Height="21" Margin="5,2,5,2" Width="70" HorizontalAlignment="Right"/> </StackPanel> </GroupBox> <TextBlock x:Name="textBlock_ESXiList" Grid.Column="2" Text="ESXi Server List:" TextWrapping="Wrap" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="5,10,0,0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/> <Button x:Name="button_ESXiList" Content="ESXi List" Height="22" Grid.Column="4" Margin="5,5,5,5" IsEnabled="False"/> <ListBox x:Name="listBox_ESXiList" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1" Margin="5,0,5,5" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.RowSpan="5"/> <DataGrid x:Name="dataGrid_TcpIpConf" Grid.Row="7" Margin="5,0,5,5" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" Grid.RowSpan="3"/> <Button x:Name="button_TCPIPConf" Content="Get TCP/IP Conf" Height="22" Grid.Column="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="5,5,5,5" IsEnabled="False" Grid.Row="6"/> <TextBlock x:Name="textBlock_TcpIpConf" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="5,0,5,5" Grid.Row="6" Text="Current TCP/IP Configuration:" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" /> <TextBlock x:Name="textBlock_Logs" Grid.Column="5" Text="Configuration Logs:" TextWrapping="Wrap" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="5,10,0,0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/> <TextBox x:Name="logTextBox" Grid.Column="5" Margin="5,0,5,5" Grid.Row="1" Text="Logs" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.RowSpan="5" IsReadOnly="True" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"/> <TextBox x:Name="textBox_Remove" Grid.Column="6" Margin="5,5,5,5" Grid.Row="7" Text="{Binding SelectedItem.Name, ElementName=dataGrid_TcpIpConf}" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsReadOnly="True"/> <Button x:Name="button_Add" Content="Add" Grid.Column="5" Grid.Row="8" Margin="15,7,15,10"/> <Button x:Name="button_Remove" Content="Remove" Grid.Column="5" Grid.Row="7" Margin="15,10,15,7" /> <TextBox x:Name="textBox_Add" Grid.Column="6" Margin="5,5,5,5" Grid.Row="8" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/> <TextBlock x:Name="textBlock_AddRemoveMessage" Grid.Column="5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Margin="15,0,5,5" Grid.Row="9" Text="Restriction: Don't Add/Remove stacks names with Default, Provisioning, vMotion, defaultTcpipStack" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Foreground="Maroon"/> </Grid> </Window> '@ #> #$xamlContent = Get-Content -Path $xamlFile -ErrorAction Stop #[xml]$xaml = $xamlContent -replace 'x:Class=".*?"', '' -replace 'xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"', '' -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"', '' [xml]$xaml = $xamlContent -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"', '' -replace "x:N", 'N' -replace 'x:Class=".*?"', '' -replace 'd:DesignHeight="\d*?"', '' -replace 'd:DesignWidth="\d*?"', '' #Read the forms in xaml $reader = (New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml) $form = [Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load($reader) #AutoFind all controls $xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@*[contains(translate(name(.),'n','N'),'Name')]]") | ForEach-Object { New-Variable -Name $_.Name -Value $form.FindName($_.Name) -Force } Function Confirm-Powercli { $AllModules = Get-Module -ListAvailable VMware.PowerCLI if (!$AllModules) { Show-MessageBox -Message "Install VMware Powercli 12.0 or Latest. `n`nUse either 'Install-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core' `nor download Powercli from 'http://my.vmware.com'" -Title 'VMware Powercli Missing error' | Out-Null } else { Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI $PowercliVer = Get-Module -ListAvailable VMware.VimAutomation.Core | Select-Object -First 1 $ReqVersion = New-Object System.Version('12.0.0.0') if ($PowercliVer.Version -gt $ReqVersion) { $logTextBox.Text = '' $logTextBox.AppendText("VMware PowerCLI Version: $($PowercliVer.Version).`r`n") $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 50)`r`n") #$textboxLogs.Text = "VMware PowerCLI Version: $($PowercliVer.Version)" } else { Show-MessageBox -Message "Install VMware Powercli 6.0 or Latest. `n`nUse either 'Install-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core' `nor download Powercli from 'http://my.vmware.com'" -Title 'Lower version Powercli' | Out-Null } } } function Show-MessageBox { param ( [string]$Message = "Show user friendly Text Message", [string]$Title = 'Title here', [ValidateRange(0, 5)] [Int]$Button = 0, [ValidateSet('None', 'Hand', 'Error', 'Stop', 'Question', 'Exclamation', 'Warning', 'Asterisk', 'Information')] [string]$Icon = 'Error' ) #Note: $Button is equl to [System.Enum]::GetNames([System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]) #Note: $Icon is equl to [System.Enum]::GetNames([System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]) $MessageIcon = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::$Icon [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show($Message, $Title, $Button, $MessageIcon) } Confirm-Powercli function Update-DataGrid { param ( [string]$ESXiName, [System.Windows.Controls.DataGrid]$DataGrid ) $Global:Esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue $tcpIpCompleteInfo = $esxcli.network.ip.netstack.list.invoke() #$tcpIpInfo = $tcpIpCompleteInfo| Select-Object Name, NetstackInstance, Enabled, Portgroup, PortSet, MTU $tcpIpInfoList = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList foreach ($tcpIpInfo in $tcpIpCompleteInfo) { #$Global:NetStackName = @{netstack = $tcpIpInfo.Name} #$tcpIpDetails = $Esxcli.network.ip.netstack.get.invoke($netStackName) $tcpIpDetails = $esxcli.network.ip.netstack.get.Invoke($tcpIpInfo.Name) $tcpIpInfoList += [PSCustomObject]@{ Name = $tcpIpDetails.Name; Enabled = $tcpIpDetails.Enabled; State = $tcpIpDetails.State; IPv6Enabled = $tcpIpDetails.IPv6Enabled } } $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.Clear() $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.ItemsSource = $tcpIpInfoList $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.IsReadOnly = $true } $button_Login.Add_click({ try { $Global:VCConnection = Connect-Viserver -Server $textBox_vCenter.Text -User $textBox_UserName.Text -Password $passwordBox_Password.Password -ErrorAction Stop $logTextBox.AppendText("Connected Server: $($VCConnection.Name) `nVersion: $($VCConnection.Version) `nUser: $($VCConnection.User)`r`n") $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 50)`r`n") $button_Login.IsEnabled = $false $button_ESXiList.isEnabled = $true $listBox_ESXiList.Clear() $Global:ESXiList = Get-VMHost $listBox_ESXiList.Items.Clear() foreach ($esxiServer in $ESXiList) { $listBox_ESXiList.Items.Add($esxiServer.Name) } #$listBox_ESXiList.ItemsSource = $ESXiList.Name $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedItem = $listBox_ESXiList.Items[0] $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue = $listBox_ESXiList.Items[0] $button_TCPIPConf.IsEnabled = $true } catch { $logTextBox.AppendText("Connection to vCenter/ESXi failed, Try again `nError: $($error[0].Exception.Message)`r`n") $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 50)`r`n") $button_Login.IsEnabled = $true } }) $button_ESXiList.Add_click({ $Global:ESXiList = Get-VMHost $listBox_ESXiList.Items.Clear() foreach ($esxiServer in $ESXiList) { $listBox_ESXiList.Items.Add($esxiServer.Name) } #$listBox_ESXiList.ItemsSource = $ESXiList.Name $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedItem = $listBox_ESXiList.Items[0] $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue = $listBox_ESXiList.Items[0] $button_TCPIPConf.IsEnabled = $true }) $button_TCPIPConf.Add_click({ <# $Global:Esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue $Global:TcpIpCompleteInfo = $esxcli.network.ip.interface.list.invoke() $tcpIpInfo = $tcpIpCompleteInfo| Select-Object Name, NetstackInstance, Enabled, Portgroup, PortSet, MTU $tcpIpInfoList = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList foreach ($tcpIpInfo in $tcpIpCompleteInfo) { $tcpIpInfoList += [PSCustomObject]@{ NetstackInstance = $tcpIpInfo.NetstackInstance; Name = $tcpIpInfo.Name; Enabled = $tcpIpInfo.Enabled; Portgroup = $tcpIpInfo.Portgroup; PortSet = $tcpIpInfo.PortSet; MTU = $tcpIpInfo.MTU } } $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.Clear() $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.ItemsSource = $tcpIpInfoList $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.IsReadOnly = $true #> Update-DataGrid -ESXiName $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue -DataGrid $dataGrid_TcpIpConf $logTextBox.AppendText("Selected ESXi host: $($listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue)`r`n") $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 50)`r`n") #foreach ($tcpip in $tcpIpInfo) #{ # $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.Items.Add($tcpip) #} #$esxcli.network.ip.interface.list.invoke() }) $button_Remove.Add_click({ #if (($textBox_Remove.Text -match "defaultTcpipStack|Default|Provisioning|vMotion")) if ($textBox_Remove.Text -in 'defaultTcpipStack', 'Default', 'Provisioning', 'vMotion') { Show-MessageBox -Message "Don't try to Add or Remove TCP/IP netstack name equal to 'defaultTcpipStack', 'Default', 'Provisioning', 'vMotion' `n`n`nChoose another TCP/IP netstack" -Title 'Choose different TCP/IP stack' -Button 0 -Icon Stop } elseif (($textBox_Remove.Text -eq $null) -or ($textBox_Remove.Text.trim() -eq '')) { Show-MessageBox -Message "Don't keep TCP/IP netstack name empty or null" -Title 'Choose correct TCP/IP stack' -Button 0 -Icon Stop } else { #$esxcli.network.ip.netstack.remove.invoke(@{netstack = 'test'}) $interaface = $null $removedStack = $textBox_Remove.Text $vmKernals = $Esxcli.network.ip.interface.list() $interaface = $vmKernals | Where-Object {$_.NetstackInstance -eq $textBox_Remove.Text.Trim()} if (($interaface -eq $null) -or ($interaface -eq '')) { $Esxcli.network.ip.netstack.remove.invoke($textBox_Remove.Text.Trim()) } else { Show-MessageBox -Message "Can't delete TCP/IP stack'$($textBox_Remove.Text.Trim())', It is used by VMKernel '$($vmKernals.Name)'." -Title 'TCP/IP stack is in use' -Button 0 -Icon Stop } Update-DataGrid -ESXiName $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue -DataGrid $dataGrid_TcpIpConf $logTextBox.AppendText("Removed TCP/IP Stack Name: $($removedStack)`r`n") $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 50)`r`n") } }) $button_Add.Add_click({ #if (($textBox_Add.Text -eq 'defaultTcpipStack' -or $textBox_Add.Text -eq 'Default' -or $textBox_Add.Text -eq 'Provisioning' -or $textBox_Add.Text - 'vMotion')) if ($textBox_Add.Text -in 'defaultTcpipStack', 'Default', 'Provisioning', 'vMotion') { Show-MessageBox -Message "Don't try to Add or Remove TCP/IP netstack name equal to 'defaultTcpipStack', 'Default', 'Provisioning', 'vMotion' `n`n`nChoose another TCP/IP netstack" -Title 'Choose different TCP/IP stack' -Button 0 -Icon Stop } elseif (($textBox_Add.Text -eq $null) -or ($textBox_Add.Text.trim() -eq '')) { Show-MessageBox -Message "TCP/IP netstack name shouldn't be empty or null" -Title 'Choose correct TCP/IP stack' -Button 0 -Icon Stop } elseif ($textBox_Add.Text -in $dataGrid_TcpIpConf.Items.Name) { Show-MessageBox -Message "TCP/IP netstack name with $($textBox_Add.Text) already exist" -Title 'TCP/IP stack already exist' -Button 0 -Icon Stop } else { $addedStack = $textBox_Add.Text $Esxcli.network.ip.netstack.add.invoke($false, $textBox_Add.Text.Trim()) ###--- #$esxcliOld = Get-EsxCli -VMHost ironman.vcloud-lab.com #$esxcliOld.network.ip.netstack.add($false, $textBox_Add.Text.Trim()) ###--- #$esxcliOld.network.ip.netstack.add.invoke(@{disabled = $false; netstack = $textBox_Add.Text}) #$Esxcli.network.ip.netstack.add.invoke($textBox_Add.Text.Trim()) Update-DataGrid -ESXiName $listBox_ESXiList.SelectedValue -DataGrid $dataGrid_TcpIpConf $textBox_Add.Text = '' $logTextBox.AppendText("Added TCP/IP Stack Name: $addedStack`r`n") $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 50)`r`n") } }) $form.Add_Closing({Disconnect-VIServer * -Confirm:$false}) [void]$form.ShowDialog() |
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