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"
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I am trying to create a windows server machine with the vmware_guest module from a template. I see that it ignore the parameter disk and its option size_gb. When the playbook create the virtual machine, it has the same disk size of the template This only happens when I create a windows server machine, if I try to create a linux server, the module it works correctly.
This is my playbook
- name: Clone VM from template with static IP
vmware_guest:
validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs | default('False') }}"
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ vm_datacenter }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
folder: "{{ vm_folder }}"
template: "{{ vm_template }}"
state: poweredon
annotation: "{{ vm_notes | default('Provisioned by ansible') }}"
cluster: "{{ vm_cluster }}"
hardware:
num_cpus: "{{ cpu }}"
memory_mb: "{{ mem_mb }}"
hotadd_cpu: "{{ hot_add_cpu | default('True') }}"
hotremove_cpu: "{{ hot_remove_cpu | default('True') }}"
hotadd_memory: "{{ hot_add_memory | default('True') }}"
disk:
- size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default('16') }}"
type: "{{ vm_disk_type | default('thin') }}"
datastore: "{{ vm_datastore }}"
networks:
- name: "{{ vm_port_group }}"
type: static
ip: "{{ vm_ip }}"
netmask: "{{ netmask }}"
gateway: "{{ network_gateway }}"
wait_for_ip_address: yes
customization:
dns_servers:
- "{{ dns_server1 }}"
register: static_vm
I would try limiting your indentation. See if that helps.
disk:
- size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default('16') }}"
type: "{{ vm_disk_type | default('thin') }}"
datastore: "{{ vm_datastore }}"
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 .
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.
Do I have to call hostname,Username and password field for all the individual task that I use with VMware module for Eg: if I call a task for Finding folder of VM and next for snapshot. Do we have an option to get authenticated and then parse token like we do with uri module ?
- name: Find Guest's Folder using name
vmware_guest_find:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_folder
You can use module_defaults to achieve what you want.
For instance:
- hosts: localhost
module_defaults:
vmware_guest_find:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
tasks:
- name: Find Guest's Folder using name
vmware_guest_find:
validate_certs: no
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
I am trying to automate VMware builds using Ansible. I am expecting a workflow engine to output a file that would act as a var_file and have all of the objects that can be used to build the VM using the vmware_guest module. It works great until you get to the networks dictionary portion of the module then it falls apart.
I initially tried setting up a vars_file with all of the variables like this:
---
validate_certs: no
datacenter: this is the DC
cluster: this is the cluster
folder: "this is the folder"
name: some-server
template: template-name
datastore: "datastore-name"
netname: This is the network
ip: 10.6.6.10
netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 10.6.6.1
mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:14
domain: domain.com
However, that returned:
argument networks is of type <type 'dict'> and we were unable to convert to list: <type 'dict'> cannot be converted to a list"}
Where the code fails is on this task:
- name: Clone a virtual machine from Windows template and customize
vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
username: "{{ username }}"
password: "{{ password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
folder: "{{ folder }}"
name: "{{name }}"
template: "{{ template }}"
datastore: "{{ datastore}}"
networks:
name: "{{ netname }}"
ip: "{{ ip }}"
netmask: "{{ netmask }}"
gateway: "{{ gateway }}"
mac: "{{ mac }}"
domain: "{{ domain }}"```
I tried creating a dictionary in the variable file like this:
---
validate_certs: no
datacenter: this is the DC
cluster: this is the cluster
folder: "this is the folder"
name: some-server
template: template-name
datastore: "datastore-name"
bnetworks:
name: This is the network
ip: 10.6.6.10
netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 10.6.6.1
mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:14
domain: americas.global-legal.com
And changed the task to include this:
networks:
name: "{{ item.value.name }}"
ip: "{{ item.value.ip }}"
netmask: "{{ item.value.netmask }}"
gateway: "{{ item.value.gateway }}"
mac: "{{ item.value.mac }}"
domain: "{{ item.value.domain }}"
with_dict: bnetworks```
And I get this error:
The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'item' is undefined
Any help would be appreciated.
argument networks is of type <type 'dict'> and we were unable to convert to list: cannot be converted to a list"}
There might be more networks in one VM therefor a list is needed. The corect syntax is below
- name: Clone a virtual machine from Windows template and customize
vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
username: "{{ username }}"
password: "{{ password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
folder: "{{ folder }}"
name: "{{name }}"
template: "{{ template }}"
datastore: "{{ datastore}}"
networks:
- name: "{{ netname }}"
ip: "{{ ip }}"
netmask: "{{ netmask }}"
gateway: "{{ gateway }}"
mac: "{{ mac }}"
domain: "{{ domain }}"```
This is a list
list:
- key: value
This is a dictionary
dictionary:
key: value
This is a list of dictionaries
dictionary:
- key1: value-1-1
key2: value-2-1
- key1: value-2-1
key2: value-2-2
The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'item' is undefined
The indentation of with_dict is wrong. The correct syntax is below.
vmware_guest:
...
networks:
- name: "{{ item.value.name }}"
ip: "{{ item.value.ip }}"
netmask: "{{ item.value.netmask }}"
gateway: "{{ item.value.gateway }}"
mac: "{{ item.value.mac }}"
domain: "{{ item.value.domain }}"
with_dict: "{{ bnetworks }}"