How to change the IP and Hostname After create a guest VM through VMware vSphere with vsphere_guest - need help or advice

[Ben]

I am new in ansible...

After create a guest with vsphere_guest i want to be able :

1. how I can create 5 VM and not just 1

2. how can I give all of them IPs and Hostnames 

Thanks Ben

my playbook:

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- name: Depoly from Template

  vsphere_guest:

      vcenter_hostname: domain.com

      username: myuser

      password: mypassword

      guest: newvm001

      from_template: yes

      template_src: Template6.5-updated

      cluster: my_cluster

      validate_certs: no

      esxi:

        datacenter: CONNECT-Lab

        hostname: my_esxi_name

- name: Power off the VM server

  vsphere_guest:

       vcenter_hostname: domain.com

       username: myuser

       password: mypassword

       guest: newvm001

       cluster: my_cluster

       validate_certs: no

       state: powered_off

       esxi:

        datacenter: CONNECT-Lab

        hostname: my_esxi_name

- name: configure the VLAN , CPU and Memory

  vsphere_guest:

        vcenter_hostname: domain.com

        username: myuser

        password: mypassword

        guest: newvm001

        validate_certs: no

        state: reconfigured

        force: yes

        vm_extra_config:

          vcpu.hotadd: yes

          mem.hotadd:  yes

          notes: This is a test VM

        vm_disk:

          disk1:

           size_gb: 60

           type: thin

           datastore: my_datastorename

        vm_nic:

         nic1:

          type: VMXNET3

          network: my_vlan

          network_type: standard

        vm_hardware:

          memory_mb: 4096

          num_cpus: 2

        esxi:

         datacenter: CONNECT-Lab

         hostname: my_esxi_name

- name: PowerOn the VM Server

  vsphere_guest:

        vcenter_hostname: domain.com

        username: myuser

        password: mypassword

        guest: newvm001

        cluster: my_cluster

        validate_certs: no

        state: powered_on

        esxi:

          datacenter: CONNECT-Lab

          hostname: my_esxi_name

- name: Getting some Facts

  vsphere_guest:

        vcenter_hostname: domain.com

        username: myuser

        password: mypassword

        guest: newvm001

        vmware_guest_facts: true

        validate_certs: no

  register: vmguest_facts

  tags: vmfacts

- name: debug facts

  debug: msg="vmguest facts are {{ vmguest_facts }}"

  tags: vmfacts

- add_host: name={{ hw_eth0.ipaddresses[0] }} groups=virtual

[Werner Dijkerman]

Hi,

You can make use of the 'with_items' option for all the vmtasks. In the example below I only placed 2 of the tasks:

- name: Depoly from Template

  vsphere_guest:

      vcenter_hostname: domain.com

      username: myuser

      password: mypassword

      guest: {{ item.hostname }}

      from_template: yes

      template_src: Template6.5-updated

      cluster: my_cluster

      validate_certs: no

      esxi:

        datacenter: CONNECT-Lab

        hostname: my_esxi_name

  with_items:

    - hostname: host1

      ip: 192.168.1.11

    - hostname: host2

      ip: 192.168.1.12

- name: Power off the VM server

  vsphere_guest:

       vcenter_hostname: domain.com

       username: myuser

       password: mypassword

       guest: {{ item.hostname }}

       cluster: my_cluster

       validate_certs: no

       state: powered_off

       esxi:

        datacenter: CONNECT-Lab

        hostname: my_esxi_name

  with_items:

    - hostname: host1

      ip: 192.168.1.11

    - hostname: host2

      ip: 192.168.1.12

- name: "Set correct ip"

  local_action:

    module: vmware_vm_shell

    hostname: domain.com

    username: myuser

    password: mypassword

    datacenter: CONNECT-Lab

    vm_id: {{ item.hostname }}

    vm_username: root

    vm_password: password

    vm_shell: ifconfig

    vm_shell_args: " eth0 {{ item.ip }}"

    vm_shell_env:

      - "PATH=/bin"

    vm_shell_cwd: "/tmp"

  with_items:

    - hostname: host1

      ip: 192.168.1.11

    - hostname: host2

      ip: 192.168.1.12

You'll have to update the other tasks to.

The last task in above example is to set the ip to the vm. I haven't tested it yet (As I have an other issue right now) but this is how I would do it.

Have fun! Or drop an reply if you encounter issues.

Kind regards,

Werner

Op maandag 11 april 2016 18:44:42 UTC+2 schreef Ben:

[raid....@toluna.com]

hi @Wemer 

I saw your answer -- I'm hoping you can help me 

the vmware_vm_shell module is throwing an error:

  "msg": "Permission to perform this operation was denied."

I'm pretty sure I used the correct credentials   and even add new ones, still nothing.

Do you have any workaround ?

[Ajay Sharma]

Hi Everyone,

How to change the Hostname of the VM created with vmware_guest Ansible module. 

Ajay