ansible-role-vmware

Manage VMWare resources like templates, vms etc

Dependencies

Roles

None

Collections

• community.vmware

Platforms

Supported platforms

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10¹
• RockyLinux 8
• RockyLinux 9
• RockyLinux 10
• OracleLinux 8
• OracleLinux 9
• OracleLinux 10
• AlmaLinux 8
• AlmaLinux 9
• AlmaLinux 10
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian 13 (Trixie)
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Fedora 42
• Fedora 43

Note: ¹ : no automated testing is performed on these platforms

Role Variables

defaults/main.yml

# Upload iso images to vcenter
vm_iso_upload: false

# Delete the VM before creating the image
vm_destroy: yes

# Create the VM before creating the image
vm_create: yes

# Convert vm into a template
vm_template: yes

# Startup
vm_startup: no

# Type of ISO file to use
vm_iso_type: 'autoinstall'

# Amount of VM deployment in parallel
vmware_parallel_deployments: 1

# Name of the VM
# vm_name: template-ubuntu2204

# VM guest ID (OS-type)
# vm_guest_id: ubuntu64Guest

# Folder to put VM/Template into
vm_folder: /templates

# VM settings
vmware_vm_settings:
  guest_id: "{{ vm_guest_id }}"
  disk:
    - size_gb: 60
      type: thick
      autoselect_datastore: true
      # datastore: "{{ vm_datastore }}"
  cdrom: []
  # cdrom:
  #   - type: none
  #     controller_type: ide
  #      controller_number: 0
  #      unit_number: 0
  hardware:
    # CPU
    num_cpus: 2
    # num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 1
    hotadd_cpu: true
    # Memory
    memory_mb: 2048
    memory_reservation_lock: true
    hotadd_memory: true
    # boot
    boot_firmware: efi
    secure_boot: true
  networks:
    - connected: yes
      device_type: vmxnet3
      start_connected: yes
      type: static
      name: "{{ vm_vnet }}"

# IP for connectivity tests
vm_ip: "{{ ansible_host }}"

Example Playbook

molecule/default/converge.yml

- name: sample playbook for role 'vmware'
  hosts: all
  become: 'yes'
  tasks:
    - name: No need to execute code without VMWare
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: Nothing to do here