#8440 Allow for API Port to be specified when using proxmox_kvm (#8441)

* added api_port

* added changelog fragments for #8440

* api_port minor changes

- Added documentation on api_port
- Fixed multiple spaces after operator
- Switched from str to int

* Update changelogs/fragments/8440-allow-api-port-specification.yaml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update changelogs/fragments/8440-allow-api-port-specification.yaml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

changelogs/fragments/8440-allow-api-port-specification.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - proxmox - allow specification of the API port when using proxmox_* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8440, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8441).

plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py

@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ options:
       - Specify the target host of the Proxmox VE cluster.
     type: str
     required: true
+  api_port:
+    description:
+      - Specify the target port of the Proxmox VE cluster.
+      - Uses the E(PROXMOX_PORT) environment variable if not specified.
+    type: int
+    required: false
+    version_added: 9.1.0
   api_user:
     description:
       - Specify the user to authenticate with.

plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ def proxmox_auth_argument_spec():
                       required=True,
                       fallback=(env_fallback, ['PROXMOX_HOST'])
                       ),
+        api_port=dict(type='int',
+                      fallback=(env_fallback, ['PROXMOX_PORT'])
+                      ),
         api_user=dict(type='str',
                       required=True,
                       fallback=(env_fallback, ['PROXMOX_USER'])
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
 
     def _connect(self):
         api_host = self.module.params['api_host']
+        api_port = self.module.params['api_port']
         api_user = self.module.params['api_user']
         api_password = self.module.params['api_password']
         api_token_id = self.module.params['api_token_id']
@@ -89,6 +93,10 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
         validate_certs = self.module.params['validate_certs']
 
         auth_args = {'user': api_user}
+
+        if api_port:
+            auth_args['port'] = api_port
+
         if api_password:
             auth_args['password'] = api_password
         else: