ansible add esxi host to datacenter or folder

[Tony Wong]

I am new to ansible and want to know how to add a esxi host to vcenter in a datacenter

I have the following in a yml file but not sure what else to do

- hosts: localhost

  connection: local

  tasks:

    - name: include vars

      include_vars:

    - name: Add ESXi Host to vCenter

  vmware_host:

    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'

    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'

    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'

    datacenter: datacenter_name

    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'

    esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}'

    esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}'

    state: present

  delegate_to: localhost

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please help as vmware ansible seems very limited in info 

[David Foley]

Hi Tony,

Looking at the Documentation https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/vmware_host_module.html

- name: Add ESXi Host to vCenter
  vmware_host:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: datacenter_name

    cluster: cluster_name

    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

This code will add the host to a Cluster, 

[Jorge Rúa]

Hi Tony,

There are two ways of adding an esxi host to vCenter:

• In standalone mode (not part of a vCenter cluster)
• Part of a vCenter cluster

See the following examples:

In standalone mode, first you'll need a host folder to place your esxi hosts. Bear in mind here that vcenter_folder should be in the following form: /datacenter_name/host/name. For example if your dc is DC01:

/DC01/host/myhostfolder. 

- name: Create a host folder

vcenter_folder:

hostname: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['vcenter'] }}"

username: "{{ vcenter_username | d(ansible_ssh_user) }}"

password: "{{ vcenter_password | d(ansible_ssh_pass) }}"

datacenter_name: "{{ datacenter_name }}"

folder_name: "{{ vcenter_folder }}"

folder_type: host

state: present

validate_certs: False

register: folder_result

delegate_to: localhost

run_once: True

retries: 10

until: folder_result is succeeded

- name: Add host to vCenter (standalone)

vmware_host:

hostname: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['vcenter'] }}"

username: "{{ vcenter_username | d(ansible_ssh_user) }}"

password: "{{ vcenter_password | d(ansible_ssh_pass) }}"

datacenter_name: "{{ datacenter_name }}"

folder: "{{ vcenter_folder }}"

esxi_hostname: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['fqdn'] }}"

esxi_username: "{{ esxi_admin_username | d('root') }}"

esxi_password: "{{ esxi_root_password | d('password') }}"

state: present

validate_certs: False

delegate_to: localhost

register: host_result

retries: 10

until: host_result is succeeded

Next option is to add a esxi host into an existing cluster:

- name: Attach esxi host to vCenter cluster

vmware_host:

hostname: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['vcenter'] }}"

username: "{{ vcenter_username | d(ansible_ssh_user) }}"

password: "{{ vcenter_password | d(ansible_ssh_pass) }}"

datacenter_name: "{{ datacenter_name }}"

cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"

esxi_hostname: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['fqdn'] }}"

esxi_username: "{{ esxi_admin_username | d('root') }}"

esxi_password: "{{ esxi_root_password | d('password') }}"

state: present

validate_certs: False

delegate_to: localhost

Hope it helps,

Regards

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[Tony Wong]

Hi,

Thanks. what would the host be under '/DC01/host/myhostfolder' ?

I have a parent folder that I need to add the host into but its not taking it. 

can i specify a vcenter folder ?

[Tony Wong]

how do i specify this folder? The is a vcenter folder and I need to add it to the HK datacenter

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[Jorge Rúa]

Best thing you can do to understand how vCenter is organized is using govc tool:

For example, this is my home lab:

➜   govc about
Name:         VMware vCenter Server
Vendor:       VMware, Inc.
Version:      6.7.0
Build:        15129973
OS type:      linux-x64
API type:     VirtualCenter
API version:  6.7.3
Product ID:   vpx
UUID:         1a93cd0c-f7f7-4021-a232-7ca15c73f8bd

In this case the only esxi host belong to a datacenter called DC01, in cluster CLUSTER01, and esxi host is 192.168.10.200. 

➜  govc host.info 192.168.10.200
Name:              192.168.10.200
  Path:            /DC01/host/CLUSTER01/192.168.10.200
  Manufacturer:    Dell Inc.
  Logical CPUs:    4 CPUs @ 3408MHz
  Processor type:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
  CPU usage:       698 MHz (5.1%)
  Memory:          32628MB
  Memory usage:    16856 MB (51.7%)
  Boot time:       2020-03-21 16:00:52.643186 +0000 UTC
  State:           connected

Regards,

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[Tony Wong]

when i run that it gave me govc: please specify a datacenter

tony@ubuntu:~/ansible-vmware/ansible-add-esxi-host$ govc about

Name:         VMware vCenter Server
Vendor:       VMware, Inc.
Version:      6.7.0

Build:        15976728

OS type:      linux-x64
API type:     VirtualCenter
API version:  6.7.3
Product ID:   vpx

UUID:         4f7ea0f6-72b5-4d7c-9119-755870852497

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[Tony Wong]

I Keep getting folder not found. but govc shows the folder

[Tony Wong]

wow I finally got it

the folder should be "/Remote Offices/HK/Host"

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 5:28 PM Tony Wong <tdub...@gmail.com> wrote:

I Keep getting folder not found. but govc shows the folder

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[Tony Wong]

thank you