VMware Template playbook options

[Mark Matthews]

Hi 

I am setting up a new VMware virtual machine from a template using a Ansible playbook.

I want to be able to change the datastore and the network (vm_disk and vm_nic) of the VM during the setup of the VM. But when I add this information into the playbook (see below), nothing happens.

The new VM is created, but the datastore and network have not been adjust to what I requested in the playbook. They have remained the same as what the template image is.

Am I doing something incorrect in the playbook? Or is this not possible with Ansible?

Playbook (highlighted in bold is what is not being adjusted)

 ---

 - hosts: 127.0.0.1

   connection: local

   user: root

   sudo: false

   gather_facts: false

   serial: 1

   vars:

     vcenter_hostname: uk.company.local

     esxhost: 172.25.25.25

     name: TEST-SERVER01

     vmtemplate: winserver2012

     disktype: thin

     datastore: uk-datastore01

     nic_type: e1000e

     network: Web Servers

     network_type: standard

     vmcluster: UK-CLUSTER

     username: username

     password: password

     folder: Utilities

     notes: Created by Ansible

 

   tasks:

    - name: Create VM from template

      vsphere_guest:

        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"

        username: "{{ username }}"

        password: "{{ password }}"

        guest: "{{ name }}"

        vm_extra_config:

          notes: "{{ notes }}"

          folder: "{{ folder }}"

        from_template: yes

        template_src: "{{ vmtemplate }}"

        cluster: "{{ vmcluster }}"

        vm_disk:

          disk1:

            type: "{{ disktype }}"

            datastore: "{{ datastore }}"

        vm_nic:

          nic1:

            type: "{{ nic_type }}"

            network: "{{ network }}"

            network_type: "{{ network_type }}"

        resource_pool: "/Resources"

        

        esxi:

          datacenter: UK

          hostname: "{{ esxhost }}"

If I look at the example on the Ansible website, it doesn't look like it gives the option to allow this unless you setup a VM from an ISO file. (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/vsphere_guest_module.html)

I ant to have the same functionality if I use a template.

Cheers

Mark 

[Lim Kim Tee]

hi Mark,

I too also facing the same problem. I wanted to do the same.

By any chance you have figured it out?

Thanks. :)

[Kevin Foster]

This would be a great feature.  We use templates that we get from customers with suites of software already installed so I can't build it from iso every time.

[Radu Stefanache]

Hi Mark,

have you got any news on this one ?

I am currently trying to do the same thing and it does not work.

I've tried to clone the vm/template and reconfigure it while being powered off but that didn't help either.

Cheers

Radu

[Dominik Bessler]

Try this one: https://github.com/whereismyjetpack/ansible_vcenter_module 

The Network Interface part works for me.

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