Add support for data source of vsphere_host_virtual_switch so that existing standard switches can be used for things like port group creation

[dc232]

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Description

Add support for new data source to query a specified vsphere_host_virtual_switch so that existing switches can be used for things like port group creation rather than having to create a new vsphere_host_virtual_switch through a resource

Use Case(s)

Can be used for the creation of a port group when an vsphere_host_virtual_switch already exists on the esxi host

Potential Terraform Provider Configuration

data "vsphere_host_virtual_switch" "myvswitch" {
  name          = "truenas_switch"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id
}

resource "vsphere_host_port_group" "pg" {
  name                = "PXE-port-group"
  host_system_id      = data.vsphere_host.host.id
  virtual_switch_name = data.vsphere_host_virtual_switch.myvswitch.name
  vlan_id             = 4
  allow_promiscuous   = true
}

References

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[wilhelmmi]

Not sure if it will solve your problem, but i just used the host_vSwitch_name of the existing switch as an Reference and it worked... at least for me,

resource "vsphere_host_port_group" "port_group" {
name           = "vSwitch-test"
host_system_id = data.vsphere_host.host.0.id
virtual_switch_name = var.esxi_vswitch_name
}

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