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VMware on AWS - Create a logical network using PowerCLI

Hi,

I am doing a project for a customer and we are working on VMWare on AWS dedicated environment.

I know there are some examples available Getting Started with the VMware Cloud on AWS Module - VMware PowerCLI Blog - VMware Blogs

But what I am missing here is Get-LogicalNetworks, New-Logical-Network, Remove-LogicalNetwork

I alrteady created a get-logicalnetworks function.

This is the code I want to execute

Connect-VMc -RefreshToken ŸourCode

$org = Get-VMCOrg

$SDDCS = Get-VMCSDDC -Org $org.Display_name

$logicalNetworks = Get-VmcService com.vmware.vmc.orgs.sddcs.networks.logical

$logicalnetworkspec = $logicalNetworks.Help.create.sddc_network.Create()

$logicalnetworkspec.name = "Gert"

$logicalnetworkspec.cgw_id = "edge-2"

$logicalnetworkspec.cgw_name = "SDDC-CGW-1"

$Subnetspec = $logicalNetworks.Help.create.sddc_network.subnets.Create()

$NetworkAddressGroupSpec = $logicalNetworks.Help.create.sddc_network.subnets.address_groups.Create()

$PrefixLength = "24"

$PrimaryAddress = "192.168.100.1"

$networkAddressGroupSpec.Add(@{ help = ""; prefixlengt = $PrefixLength; primary_address = $PrimaryAddress })

$Subnetspec.address_groups.Add($networkAddressGroupSpec)

$logicalnetworkspec.subnets = $Subnetspec

$logicalNetworks.create($org.id, $sddc.id, $logicalnetworkspec)

But I get this error after the last line....

ERROR: userValue

this is the API code needed, but it looks like I am missing something...

SddcNetwork  {

CgwId:   (String)  ID Of The Compute Gateway Edge To Which The Logical Network Is Attached.;

CgwName:   (String)  Name Of The Compute Gateway To Which The Logical Network Is Attached.;

DhcpConfigs:   (Object)  DHCP Configuration For Routed Logical Networks.;

SddcNetworkDhcpConfig  {

IpPools:   (Array)  List Of IP Pools In DHCP Configuration.;

[

SddcNetworkDhcpIpPool  { ... }

]

}

Id:   (String)  ID Of Logical Network.;

L2Extension:   (Object)  Layer 2 Extension For Extended Logical Networks.;

L2Extension  {

TunnelId:   (Integer)  Identifier For Layer 2 Extension Tunnel. Valid Range: 1-4093.;

}

Name:   (String)  Name Of Logical Network. Length Needs To Be Between 1-35 Characters.;

Subnets:   (Object)  Network Address Groups For Routed Logical Networks.;

SddcNetworkAddressGroups  {

AddressGroups:   (Array)  List Of Logical Network Address Groups.;

[

SddcNetworkAddressGroup  {

PrefixLength:   (String)  Prefix Length Of Logical Network.;

PrimaryAddress:   (String)  Primary Address For Logical Network.;

}

]

}

}

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kmruddyVMW
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Here's some sample code I was able to get working:

$logNetSvc = Get-VmcService com.vmware.vmc.orgs.sddcs.networks.logical

$logNetSpec = $logNetSvc.Help.create.sddc_network.Create()

$logNetSpec.name = "KR-PowerCLI-Network"

$logNetSpec.cgw_id = "edge-2"

$logNetSpec.cgw_name = "SDDC-CGW-1"

$netAddGrpItemSpec = $logNetSvc.Help.create.sddc_network.subnets.address_groups.Element.Create()

$netAddGrpItemSpec.prefix_length = "24"

$netAddGrpItemSpec.primary_address = "10.10.150.1"

$logNetSpec.subnets.address_groups.Add($netAddGrpItemSpec)

$logNetSvc.create($org.id, $sddc.id, $logNetSpec)

Lots of trial and error plus using 'Get-Member' to figure it out

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kmruddyVMW
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Here's some sample code I was able to get working:

$logNetSvc = Get-VmcService com.vmware.vmc.orgs.sddcs.networks.logical

$logNetSpec = $logNetSvc.Help.create.sddc_network.Create()

$logNetSpec.name = "KR-PowerCLI-Network"

$logNetSpec.cgw_id = "edge-2"

$logNetSpec.cgw_name = "SDDC-CGW-1"

$netAddGrpItemSpec = $logNetSvc.Help.create.sddc_network.subnets.address_groups.Element.Create()

$netAddGrpItemSpec.prefix_length = "24"

$netAddGrpItemSpec.primary_address = "10.10.150.1"

$logNetSpec.subnets.address_groups.Add($netAddGrpItemSpec)

$logNetSvc.create($org.id, $sddc.id, $logNetSpec)

Lots of trial and error plus using 'Get-Member' to figure it out

LucD
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Now if only they would give out some free hours of access to some vExperts, perhaps there would be more code in the public domain :smileygrin:


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

gertvangorp
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Thanks,

this is working for me.

gert

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