I have esxi and vcenter installed. I found an ansible playbook online which creates a vm from a template:
---
# create a new VM from a template
- name: VM from template
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
connection: local
vars:
vcenter_hostname: vcenter-app
vcenter_user: john#doe
vcenter_pass: blabla6
esxhost: esx-4.cbalo.fr
datastore: VM-PROD-02-NORMAL
vmtemplate: Centos7-template
name: "newvm2"
notes: Ansible Test
dumpfacts: False
tasks:
- name: Create VM from template
vmware_guest:
validate_certs: False
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
esxi_hostname: "{{ esxhost }}"
datacenter: CD06
folder: Test
name: "{{ name }}"
template: "{{ vmtemplate }}"
disk:
- size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default(17) }}"
type: thin
datastore: "{{ datastore }}"
hardware:
memory_mb: "{{ vm_memory | default(1024) }}"
wait_for_ip_address: True
state: present
register: newvm2
I want to create my VM from ISO. Also, I can't see the network part in that script: is it using the template network (DHCP)? Any help is really appreciated .
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I am trying to develop the code for creating multiple VM's using module deploy ovf in Ansible. I've tried to find out with other solution, but, it didn't work out. Here you can see my playbook :
- hosts: localhost
become: yes
gather_facts: false
vars_files:
- vars: vars.yml
tasks:
- name: deploy ovf
vmware_deploy_ovf:
hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
username: "{{ username }}"
password: "{{ password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
ovf: "{{ ovf_path }}"
cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
wait_for_ip_address: true
inject_ovf_env: false
power_on: no
datastore: "{{ datastore }}"
networks: "{{ vcen_network }}"
disk_provisioning: thin
In variables files, I set "vm_name" as list.
vars.yml
vm_name:
vm-01
vm-02
So I've ran the code with extra variables like this:
ansible-playbook main.yml -e "vm_name=vm-01" -e "vm_name=vm-02".
It's only create vm-02 but not for both. Also, I tried to use "loop" or "with_items", but, it didn't work out.
Please assist, thank you
Yeah. Don't do that. Have the hosts in your inventory, and let Ansible do its thing:
- hosts: all
become: no
gather_facts: false
vars_files:
- vars: vars.yml
tasks:
- name: deploy ovf
vmware_deploy_ovf:
# hostname: "{{ hostname }}" # use environment variables
# username: "{{ username }}" # use environment variables
# password: "{{ password }}" # use environment variables
validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
ovf: "{{ ovf_path }}"
cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
wait_for_ip_address: true
inject_ovf_env: false
power_on: no
datastore: "{{ datastore }}"
networks: "{{ vcen_network }}"
disk_provisioning: thin
delegate_to: localhost
I am setting up a vmware job in Ansible Tower to snapshot a list of VM's, ideally, this list should be generated by AWX/Tower from the vSphere dynamic inventory. Inventory is named "lab_vm" in AWX and use either the hostname or the UUID of the VM.
How do I pass this through in my playbook variables file?
---
vars:
vmware:
host: '{{ lookup("env", "VMWARE_HOST") }}'
username: '{{ lookup("env", "VMWARE_USER") }}'
password: '{{ lookup("env", "VMWARE_PASSWORD") }}'
vcenter_datacenter: "dc1"
vcenter_validate_certs: false
vm_name: "EVE-NG"
vm_template: "Win2019-Template"
vm_folder: "Network Labs"
my playbook
---
- name: vm snapshot
hosts: localhost
become: false
gather_facts: false
collections:
- community.vmware
pre_tasks:
- include_vars: vars.yml
tasks:
- name: create snapshot
vmware_guest_snapshot:
# hostname: "{{ host }}"
# username: "{{ user }}"
# password: "{{ password }}"
datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
state: present
snapshot_name: "Ansible Managed Snapshot"
folder: "{{ vm_folder }}"
description: "This snapshot is created by Ansible Playbook"
You're going about it backward. Ansible loops through the inventory for you. Use that feature, and delegate the task to localhost:
---
- name: vm snapshot
hosts: all
become: false
gather_facts: false
collections:
- community.vmware
pre_tasks:
- include_vars: vars.yml
tasks:
- name: create snapshot
vmware_guest_snapshot:
datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
state: present
snapshot_name: "Ansible Managed Snapshot"
folder: "{{ vm_folder }}"
description: "This snapshot is created by Ansible Playbook"
delegate_to: localhost
I've not used this particular module before, but don't your want snapshot_name to be unique for each guest?
I wrote 2 Ansible playbooks to create and destroy a vm inside an ESXi instance.
The create task is:
- name: Clone the template
delegate_to: localhost
community.vmware.vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
cluster: "{{ vcenter_cluster_name }}"
datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter_name }}"
folder: "{{ vcenter_datacenter_folder }}"
datastore: "{{ vcenter_datastore }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
template: "{{ vm_template }}"
state: poweredon
wait_for_ip_address: yes
networks:
- name: "DSwitch_Dati-VM Network 869"
ip: "{{ ansible_host }}"
netmask: "{{ vm_netmask }}"
gateway: "{{ vm_gateway }}"
start_connected: yes
The delete playbook is:
- name: TMS Cleaner
hosts: all
remote_user: tms
tasks:
- name: Set powerstate of virtual machine to poweroff
delegate_to: localhost
community.vmware.vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
state: poweredoff
- name: Remove virtual machine from inventory
delegate_to: localhost
community.vmware.vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
folder: "{{ vcenter_datacenter_folder }}"
datastore: "{{ vcenter_datastore }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
delete_from_inventory: True
state: absent
The creation is correct, while deletion can correctly stop and remove the vm BUT it doeas not remove the folder from the datastore.
What should I do to have a full deletion of all files related to a vm?
If you want to have the files deleted also from datastore you need to remove the following line:
delete_from_inventory: True
The ansible documentation for this module says:
delete_from_inventory:
Choices: Whether to delete Virtual machine from inventory or delete from disk.
no | yes
Only remove that line and files will be deleted from datastore.
I am trying to execute my ansible playbook to launch VMware-windows-server with IP settings, but VM is getting launched but without IP settings.
after executing the playbook am not getting any errors and its shows changes also done, but when i checked in Vmware environment IP is not reflecting.
tried all possible ways, can anyone help me out on this.
thanks
here is my playbook :
---
- hosts: vm-windows-server2012
gather_facts: false
connection: local
vars_files:
- group_vars/vm-windows-server2012
tasks:
- name: "PROVISION | Create Windows server 2012 from template"
vmware_guest:
validate_certs: false
hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
name: "{{ guest_name }}"
folder: "{{ folder }}"
template: "{{ vmtemplate }}"
state: poweredon
esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_host }}"
hardware:
num_cpus: "{{ cpu }}"
memory_mb: "{{ mem_mb }}"
disk:
- size_gb: "{{ disk }}"
type: thin
datastore: "{{ datastore }}"
register: new_vm
- name: Wait for VMware tools to become available
vmware_guest_tools_wait:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
folder: "/{{ datacenter }}/vm/{{ folder }}"
- name: "IP configuration"
local_action:
module: vmware_vm_shell
hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
vm_id: "{{ vm_name }}"
vm_username: "{{ v_username }}"
vm_password: "{{ v_password }}"
vm_shell: 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
vm_shell_args: 'netsh interface ip set address "Ethernet0 2" static 10.193.34.250 255.255.255.192 10.193.34.193'
vm_shell_cwd: 'C:\Users\Administrator'
validate_certs: False
Your code is fine, but you have to wait for the VMWare Tools to be active on the VM in order to use vmware_vm_shell.
Use this before your vmware_vm_shell:
- name: Wait for VMware tools to become available
vmware_guest_tools_wait:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
folder: "/{{ vcenter_datacenter }}/vm/{{ default_vm_folder }}"
- name: Change IP Address for Windows Machine
vmware_vm_shell:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: False
datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
folder: "/{{ datacenter }}/vm/{{ folder }}"
vm_id: "{{ vm_name }}"
vm_username: "{{ v_username }}"
vm_password: "{{ v_password }}"
vm_shell: netsh.exe
vm_shell_args: ' interface ip set address name="Ethernet0 2" static 10.193.34.250 255.255.255.192 10.193.34.193'
vm_shell_cwd: "C:\\Windows\\System32"
- name: Change DNS for Windows Machine
vmware_vm_shell:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: False
datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
folder: "/{{ datacenter }}/vm/{{ folder }}"
vm_id: "{{ vm_name }}"
vm_username: "{{ v_username }}"
vm_password: "{{ v_password }}"
vm_shell : netsh.exe
vm_shell_args : ' interface ip set dns name="Ethernet0 2" static 8.8.8.8'
vm_shell_cwd : "C:\\Windows\\System32"
- name: Wait until the ipaddress of machine is ready
wait_for:
port: 5986
delay: 20
state: started
host: "10.193.34.250"
We are working on Ansible Environemt. We wanted to connect to a Newly Deployed VM using its UUUID.
How to Get the UUID of a VMware Virtual Machine using Ansible so that i can establish the connection.
Did you check this link: The UUID Location and Format
It can be accessed by standard SMBIOS scanning software — for example
SiSoftware Sandra or the IBM utility smbios2 [...]
You must use the vmware_guest_facts module first, and retrieve the UUID. However, there are two identified as uuid, so I listed them both. I am assuming that the uuid you want is the instance_uuid.
tasks:
- name: get list of facts
vmware_guest_facts:
hostname: '{{ vc_name }}'
username: '{{ vc_user }}'
password: '{{ vc_pwd }}'
datacenter: "{{ dc_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
folder: "{{ dc_folder }}"
validate_certs: False
register: vm_facts
- set_fact:
vm_uuid: "{{ vm_facts.instance.instance_uuid }}"
- debug:
msg: "product uuid hw : {{ vm_facts.instance.hw_product_uuid }}\n instance: {{ vm_facts.instance.instance_uuid }}"
Now continue on in your script and use {{ vm_uuid }} where you need the uuid to the VM.
Ansible module vmware_guest_facts has been deprecated. This will not run in Ansible 2.9. You need to use the vmware_guest_info module instead.
- name: Getting VMWARE UUID
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Get Virtual Machine info
vmware_guest_info:
validate_certs: no
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ Password }}"
password: "{{ pass }}"
validate_certs: no
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ VM_Name }}"
schema: "vsphere"
properties:
delegate_to: localhost
register: vminfo
- debug:
var: vminfo.instance.config.uuid
The above code assumes you know the datacenter the VM is sitting on. If unsure of such you can also run the following code:
- name: Get UUID from given VM Name
block:
- name: Get virtual machine info
vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.uuid }}"
with_items:
- "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"