deploy VM in ESXi using Ansible

[Orkhan Mammadov]

Hi guys,

Could you please help me with the guidance to create VM in ESXi using ansible playbook?

I tried to find proper one over forums, unfortunately could not find. 

Regards.

[phil.gr...@gmail.com]

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/scenario_guides/vmware_scenarios/faq.html#can-i-deploy-a-virtual-machine-on-a-standalone-esxi-server

"Yes. vmware_guest can deploy a virtual machine with required settings on a standalone ESXi server. However, you must have a paid license to deploy virtual machines this way. If you are using the free version, the API is read-only."

[Orkhan Mammadov]

Actually,

I am using ESXi evaluation mode (free). I created .yml file with the following entry:

---

- name: Create VM

  vmware_guest:

    hostname: esxilab

    username: root

    password: 123456

    validate_certs: no

    folder: /ha-datacenter/vm (I am not sure if it is correctly added)

    name: testvm

    state: poweredon

    guest_id: centos64Guest

    esxi_hostname: 192.168.1.101

    disk:

    - size_gb: 10

      type: thin

      datastore: datastore1

    hardware:

      memory_mb: 1024

      num_cpus: 2

      scsi: paravirtual

    cdrom:

      type: iso

      iso_path: datastore1/iso files/CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-boot.iso

    networks:

      - name: VM Network

        mac: 00:0c:29:c6:fe:93

        ip: 192.168.1.105

        netmask: 255.255.255.0

        device_type: vmnic0

    wait_for_ip_address: yes

  delegate_to: localhost

  register: deploy_vm

However, while running the file, I get the following error message:

ERROR! 'vmware_guest' is not a valid attribute for a Play

The error appears to be in '/home/ansible/projects/test/deploy_vm.yml': line 2,                                                                              column 3, but may

be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

---

- name: Create VM

  ^ here

[Jim Barlow]

You will want to use the vmware_guest module:

There are great examples at the bottom of this page.  The first listed example is what you will want to use.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_guest_module.html

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[Jim Barlow]

Sorry, I was behind on the thread. Please disregard.

[Orkhan Mammadov]

yes, I followed exactly as mentioned in the 1st option

[Wei-Yen Tan]

Looks like your vm_guest formatting part is wrong

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