parent tag synching

[ShmoeTheHo]

is it not possible to tag a cluster and have the vms underneath it inherit that tag in vmware? trying to automate tagging of machines in particular clusters but it doesn't seem to be coming through unless it's a vm folder or a vm itself.

Thanks!

[bb-Ricardo]

Hi, this is correct, only the folder tag of a VM will be read if parent tag sync is enabled.

I could add a sync_vm_cluster_tag option to enable this behavior.

But I would like to not end up with even more and more config options.

Or would there even be a better way to configure the tag syncing? Any suggestions?

[ShmoeTheHo]

The language on the existing setting is a bit ambiguous and could already imply this happens, not really sure how to proceed there. We've worked around this (crappily) in the mean though.

[bb-Ricardo]

I guess I should rephrase the config setting then.

[bb-Ricardo]

Hi,

I just changed the whole setting to tag syncing. Would you mind test the latest "development" branch?

netbox-sync/settings-example.ini

Lines 264 to 275 in ae16912

	# sync tags assigned to clusters, hosts and VMs in vCenter to NetBox
	# INFO: this requires the installation of the 'vsphere-automation-sdk', ses docs about installation
	# possible values:
	# * object : the host or VM itself
	# * parent_folder_1 : the direct folder this object is organized in (1 level up)
	# * parent_folder_2 : the indirect folder this object is organized in (2 levels up)
	# * cluster : the cluster this object is organized in
	# * datacenter : the datacenter this object is organized in
	# this is a comma separated list of options. example: vm_tag_source = object, cluster
	#cluster_tag_source =
	#host_tag_source =
	#vm_tag_source =

Thank you