How to automate the deletion of NSX components with Ansible

 Hereunder I delete the LSW, SG and a Firewall policy with Ansible Playbook.

Note: the LSW is a member in the SG , and the SG is a member in the FWP , so it has to be done in this order: delete the FW policy then the SG then the LSW

root@dcex1510ctrl001:~# cat ansible/hosts/hostsNsx.ini

[nsxtdev]

dcea-ptdnsxmgrvip.test.local

root@dcex1510ctrl001:~# cat ansible/playbooks/nsx-delete-bridges.yaml

- hosts: nsxtdev

  connection: local

  gather_facts: false

  vars:

    host:

      dev:

        - https://dcea-ptdnsxmgrvip/policy/api/v1/infra/

  tasks:

  - name: DEV NSX-T Delete the unneeded components 

    uri:

      url: "{{ host.dev[0] }}{{ item  }}"

      force_basic_auth: yes

      validate_certs: no

      headers:

        Accept: "application/json"

        Content-Type: "application/json"

      user: USERNAME

      password: PASSWORD

      method: DELETE

      status_code: "200"

      body_format: json

    with_items:

      - domains/default/security-policies/FWP-VPC-122v

      - domains/default/groups/SG-LSW-DCE-122v

      - segments/LSW-DCE-122v-01

    loop_control:

        pause: 5

root@dcex1510ctrl001:~# ansible-playbook -i /root/ansible/hosts/hostsNsx.ini /root/ansible/playbooks/nsx-delete-bridges.yaml