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vsphere.Datacenter

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vSphere v4.14.0 published on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 by Pulumi
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    Provides a VMware vSphere datacenter resource. This can be used as the primary container of inventory objects such as hosts and virtual machines.

    Example Usage

    Create datacenter on the root folder

    import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as vsphere from "@pulumi/vsphere";

const prodDatacenter = new vsphere.Datacenter("prod_datacenter", {name: "my_prod_datacenter"});

    import pulumi
import pulumi_vsphere as vsphere

prod_datacenter = vsphere.Datacenter("prod_datacenter", name="my_prod_datacenter")

    package main

import (
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-vsphere/sdk/v4/go/vsphere"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
)

func main() {
	pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
		_, err := vsphere.NewDatacenter(ctx, "prod_datacenter", &vsphere.DatacenterArgs{
			Name: pulumi.String("my_prod_datacenter"),
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return nil
	})
}

    using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Pulumi;
using VSphere = Pulumi.VSphere;

return await Deployment.RunAsync(() => 
{
    var prodDatacenter = new VSphere.Datacenter("prod_datacenter", new()
    {
        Name = "my_prod_datacenter",
    });

});

    package generated_program;

import com.pulumi.Context;
import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.core.Output;
import com.pulumi.vsphere.Datacenter;
import com.pulumi.vsphere.DatacenterArgs;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(App::stack);
    }

    public static void stack(Context ctx) {
        var prodDatacenter = new Datacenter("prodDatacenter", DatacenterArgs.builder()
            .name("my_prod_datacenter")
            .build());

    }
}

    resources:
  prodDatacenter:
    type: vsphere:Datacenter
    name: prod_datacenter
    properties:
      name: my_prod_datacenter

    Create datacenter on a subfolder

    import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as vsphere from "@pulumi/vsphere";

const researchDatacenter = new vsphere.Datacenter("research_datacenter", {
    name: "my_research_datacenter",
    folder: "/research/",
});

    import pulumi
import pulumi_vsphere as vsphere

research_datacenter = vsphere.Datacenter("research_datacenter",
    name="my_research_datacenter",
    folder="/research/")

    package main

import (
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-vsphere/sdk/v4/go/vsphere"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
)

func main() {
	pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
		_, err := vsphere.NewDatacenter(ctx, "research_datacenter", &vsphere.DatacenterArgs{
			Name:   pulumi.String("my_research_datacenter"),
			Folder: pulumi.String("/research/"),
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return nil
	})
}

    using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Pulumi;
using VSphere = Pulumi.VSphere;

return await Deployment.RunAsync(() => 
{
    var researchDatacenter = new VSphere.Datacenter("research_datacenter", new()
    {
        Name = "my_research_datacenter",
        Folder = "/research/",
    });

});

    package generated_program;

import com.pulumi.Context;
import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.core.Output;
import com.pulumi.vsphere.Datacenter;
import com.pulumi.vsphere.DatacenterArgs;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(App::stack);
    }

    public static void stack(Context ctx) {
        var researchDatacenter = new Datacenter("researchDatacenter", DatacenterArgs.builder()
            .name("my_research_datacenter")
            .folder("/research/")
            .build());

    }
}

    resources:
  researchDatacenter:
    type: vsphere:Datacenter
    name: research_datacenter
    properties:
      name: my_research_datacenter
      folder: /research/

    Create Datacenter Resource

    Resources are created with functions called constructors. To learn more about declaring and configuring resources, see Resources.

    Constructor syntax

    new Datacenter(name: string, args?: DatacenterArgs, opts?: CustomResourceOptions);
    @overload
def Datacenter(resource_name: str,
               args: Optional[DatacenterArgs] = None,
               opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None)

@overload
def Datacenter(resource_name: str,
               opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
               custom_attributes: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
               folder: Optional[str] = None,
               name: Optional[str] = None,
               tags: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None)
    func NewDatacenter(ctx *Context, name string, args *DatacenterArgs, opts ...ResourceOption) (*Datacenter, error)
    public Datacenter(string name, DatacenterArgs? args = null, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
    public Datacenter(String name, DatacenterArgs args)
public Datacenter(String name, DatacenterArgs args, CustomResourceOptions options)

    type: vsphere:Datacenter
properties: # The arguments to resource properties.
options: # Bag of options to control resource's behavior.

    Parameters

    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args DatacenterArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    resource_name str
    The unique name of the resource.
    args DatacenterArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts ResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    ctx Context
    Context object for the current deployment.
    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args DatacenterArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts ResourceOption
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    name string
    The unique name of the resource.
    args DatacenterArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    opts CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.
    name String
    The unique name of the resource.
    args DatacenterArgs
    The arguments to resource properties.
    options CustomResourceOptions
    Bag of options to control resource's behavior.

    Constructor example

    The following reference example uses placeholder values for all input properties.

    var datacenterResource = new VSphere.Datacenter("datacenterResource", new()
{
    CustomAttributes = 
    {
        { "string", "string" },
    },
    Folder = "string",
    Name = "string",
    Tags = new[]
    {
        "string",
    },
});

    example, err := vsphere.NewDatacenter(ctx, "datacenterResource", &vsphere.DatacenterArgs{
	CustomAttributes: pulumi.StringMap{
		"string": pulumi.String("string"),
	},
	Folder: pulumi.String("string"),
	Name:   pulumi.String("string"),
	Tags: pulumi.StringArray{
		pulumi.String("string"),
	},
})

    var datacenterResource = new Datacenter("datacenterResource", DatacenterArgs.builder()
    .customAttributes(Map.of("string", "string"))
    .folder("string")
    .name("string")
    .tags("string")
    .build());

    datacenter_resource = vsphere.Datacenter("datacenterResource",
    custom_attributes={
        "string": "string",
    },
    folder="string",
    name="string",
    tags=["string"])

    const datacenterResource = new vsphere.Datacenter("datacenterResource", {
    customAttributes: {
        string: "string",
    },
    folder: "string",
    name: "string",
    tags: ["string"],
});

    type: vsphere:Datacenter
properties:
    customAttributes:
        string: string
    folder: string
    name: string
    tags:
        - string

    Datacenter Resource Properties

    To learn more about resource properties and how to use them, see Inputs and Outputs in the Architecture and Concepts docs.

    Inputs

    In Python, inputs that are objects can be passed either as argument classes or as dictionary literals.

    The Datacenter resource accepts the following input properties:

    CustomAttributes Dictionary<string, string>

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    Folder string
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Name string
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Tags List<string>
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    CustomAttributes map[string]string

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    Folder string
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Name string
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Tags []string
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    customAttributes Map<String,String>

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder String
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    name String
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags List<String>
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    customAttributes {[key: string]: string}

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder string
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    name string
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags string[]
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    custom_attributes Mapping[str, str]

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder str
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    name str
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags Sequence[str]
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    customAttributes Map<String>

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder String
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    name String
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags List<String>
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.

    Outputs

    All input properties are implicitly available as output properties. Additionally, the Datacenter resource produces the following output properties:

    Id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    Moid string
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    Id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    Moid string
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    id String
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    moid String
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    id string
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    moid string
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    id str
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    moid str
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    id String
    The provider-assigned unique ID for this managed resource.
    moid String
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.

    Look up Existing Datacenter Resource

    Get an existing Datacenter resource’s state with the given name, ID, and optional extra properties used to qualify the lookup.

    public static get(name: string, id: Input<ID>, state?: DatacenterState, opts?: CustomResourceOptions): Datacenter
    @staticmethod
def get(resource_name: str,
        id: str,
        opts: Optional[ResourceOptions] = None,
        custom_attributes: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
        folder: Optional[str] = None,
        moid: Optional[str] = None,
        name: Optional[str] = None,
        tags: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> Datacenter
    func GetDatacenter(ctx *Context, name string, id IDInput, state *DatacenterState, opts ...ResourceOption) (*Datacenter, error)
    public static Datacenter Get(string name, Input<string> id, DatacenterState? state, CustomResourceOptions? opts = null)
    public static Datacenter get(String name, Output<String> id, DatacenterState state, CustomResourceOptions options)
    resources:  _:    type: vsphere:Datacenter    get:      id: ${id}
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    resource_name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    name
    The unique name of the resulting resource.
    id
    The unique provider ID of the resource to lookup.
    state
    Any extra arguments used during the lookup.
    opts
    A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
    The following state arguments are supported:
    CustomAttributes Dictionary<string, string>

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    Folder string
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Moid string
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    Name string
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Tags List<string>
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    CustomAttributes map[string]string

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    Folder string
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Moid string
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    Name string
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    Tags []string
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    customAttributes Map<String,String>

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder String
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    moid String
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    name String
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags List<String>
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    customAttributes {[key: string]: string}

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder string
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    moid string
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    name string
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags string[]
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    custom_attributes Mapping[str, str]

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder str
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    moid str
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    name str
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags Sequence[str]
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.
    customAttributes Map<String>

    Map of custom attribute ids to value strings to set for datacenter resource. See here for a reference on how to set values for custom attributes.

    NOTE: Custom attributes are unsupported on direct ESXi connections and require vCenter.

    folder String
    The folder where the datacenter should be created. Forces a new resource if changed.
    moid String
    Managed object ID of this datacenter.
    name String
    The name of the datacenter. This name needs to be unique within the folder. Forces a new resource if changed.
    tags List<String>
    The IDs of any tags to attach to this resource.

    Import

    An existing datacenter can be imported into this resource

    via supplying the full path to the datacenter. An example is below:

    $ pulumi import vsphere:index/datacenter:Datacenter dc /dc1

    The above would import the datacenter named dc1.

    To learn more about importing existing cloud resources, see Importing resources.

    Package Details

    Repository
    vSphere pulumi/pulumi-vsphere
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Notes
    This Pulumi package is based on the vsphere Terraform Provider.
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    vSphere v4.14.0 published on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 by Pulumi
    pulumi/pulumi-vsphere