New in version 1.6.
- python >= 2.6
- pysphere
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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cluster |
no | None | The name of the cluster to create the VM in. By default this is derived from the host you tell the module to build the guest on. | |
esxi |
no | Dictionary which includes datacenter and hostname on which the VM should be created. For standalone ESXi hosts, ha-datacenter should be used as the datacenter name | ||
force |
no | no |
|
Boolean. Allows you to run commands which may alter the running state of a guest. Also used to reconfigure and destroy. |
from_template (added in 1.9) |
no |
|
Specifies if the VM should be deployed from a template (mutually exclusive with 'state' parameter). No guest customization changes to hardware such as CPU, RAM, NICs or Disks can be applied when launching from template. | |
guest |
yes | The virtual server name you wish to manage. | ||
password |
yes | Password of the user to connect to vcenter as. | ||
power_on_after_clone |
no | True |
|
Specifies if the VM should be powered on after the clone. |
resource_pool |
no | None | The name of the resource_pool to create the VM in. | |
snapshot_to_clone (added in 2.0) |
no | none | A string that when specified, will create a linked clone copy of the VM. Snapshot must already be taken in vCenter. | |
state |
no | present |
|
Indicate desired state of the vm. 'reconfigured' only applies changes to 'vm_cdrom', 'memory_mb', and 'num_cpus' in vm_hardware parameter. The 'memory_mb' and 'num_cpus' changes are applied to powered-on vms when hot-plugging is enabled for the guest. |
template_src (added in 1.9) |
no | None | Name of the source template to deploy from | |
username |
yes | Username to connect to vcenter as. | ||
validate_certs (added in 2.1) |
no | True |
|
Validate SSL certs. Note, if running on python without SSLContext support (typically, python < 2.7.9) you will have to set this to no as pysphere does not support validating certificates on older python. Prior to 2.1, this module would always validate on python >= 2.7.9 and never validate on python <= 2.7.8. |
vcenter_hostname |
yes | The hostname of the vcenter server the module will connect to, to create the guest. | ||
vm_disk |
no | A key, value list of disks and their sizes and which datastore to keep it in. | ||
vm_extra_config |
no | A key, value pair of any extra values you want set or changed in the vmx file of the VM. Useful to set advanced options on the VM. | ||
vm_hardware |
no | A key, value list of VM config settings. Must include ['memory_mb', 'num_cpus', 'osid', 'scsi']. | ||
vm_hw_version (added in 1.7) |
no | Desired hardware version identifier (for example, "vmx-08" for vms that needs to be managed with vSphere Client). Note that changing hardware version of existing vm is not supported. | ||
vm_nic |
no | A key, value list of nics, their types and what network to put them on. | ||
vmware_guest_facts |
no | Gather facts from vCenter on a particular VM |
--- # Create a new VM on an ESX server # Returns changed = False when the VM already exists # Returns changed = True and a adds ansible_facts from the new VM # State will set the power status of a guest upon creation. Use powered_on to create and boot. # Options ['state', 'vm_extra_config', 'vm_disk', 'vm_nic', 'vm_hardware', 'esxi'] are required together # Note: vm_floppy support added in 2.0 - vsphere_guest: vcenter_hostname: vcenter.mydomain.local username: myuser password: mypass guest: newvm001 state: powered_on vm_extra_config: vcpu.hotadd: yes mem.hotadd: yes notes: This is a test VM folder: MyFolder vm_disk: disk1: size_gb: 10 type: thin datastore: storage001 # VMs can be put into folders. The value given here is either the full path # to the folder (e.g. production/customerA/lamp) or just the last component # of the path (e.g. lamp): folder: production/customerA/lamp vm_nic: nic1: type: vmxnet3 network: VM Network network_type: standard nic2: type: vmxnet3 network: dvSwitch Network network_type: dvs vm_hardware: memory_mb: 2048 num_cpus: 2 osid: centos64Guest scsi: paravirtual vm_cdrom: type: "iso" iso_path: "DatastoreName/cd-image.iso" vm_floppy: type: "image" image_path: "DatastoreName/floppy-image.flp" esxi: datacenter: MyDatacenter hostname: esx001.mydomain.local # Reconfigure the CPU and Memory on the newly created VM # Will return the changes made - vsphere_guest: vcenter_hostname: vcenter.mydomain.local username: myuser password: mypass guest: newvm001 state: reconfigured vm_extra_config: vcpu.hotadd: yes mem.hotadd: yes notes: This is a test VM vm_disk: disk1: size_gb: 10 type: thin datastore: storage001 vm_nic: nic1: type: vmxnet3 network: VM Network network_type: standard vm_hardware: memory_mb: 4096 num_cpus: 4 osid: centos64Guest scsi: paravirtual esxi: datacenter: MyDatacenter hostname: esx001.mydomain.local # Deploy a guest from a template - vsphere_guest: vcenter_hostname: vcenter.mydomain.local username: myuser password: mypass guest: newvm001 from_template: yes template_src: centosTemplate cluster: MainCluster resource_pool: "/Resources" vm_extra_config: folder: MyFolder # Task to gather facts from a vSphere cluster only if the system is a VMware guest - vsphere_guest: vcenter_hostname: vcenter.mydomain.local username: myuser password: mypass guest: newvm001 vmware_guest_facts: yes --- # Typical output of a vsphere_facts run on a guest # If vmware tools is not installed, ipadresses with return None - hw_eth0: - addresstype: "assigned" label: "Network adapter 1" macaddress: "00:22:33:33:44:55" macaddress_dash: "00-22-33-33-44-55" ipaddresses: ['192.0.2.100', '2001:DB8:56ff:feac:4d8a'] summary: "VM Network" hw_guest_full_name: "newvm001" hw_guest_id: "rhel6_64Guest" hw_memtotal_mb: 2048 hw_name: "centos64Guest" hw_power_status: "POWERED ON" hw_processor_count: 2 hw_product_uuid: "ef50bac8-2845-40ff-81d9-675315501dac" # hw_power_status will be one of the following values: # - POWERED ON # - POWERED OFF # - SUSPENDED # - POWERING ON # - POWERING OFF # - SUSPENDING # - RESETTING # - BLOCKED ON MSG # - REVERTING TO SNAPSHOT # - UNKNOWN # as seen in the VMPowerState-Class of PySphere: http://git.io/vlwOq --- # Remove a vm from vSphere # The VM must be powered_off or you need to use force to force a shutdown - vsphere_guest: vcenter_hostname: vcenter.mydomain.local username: myuser password: mypass guest: newvm001 state: absent force: yes
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