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.
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 6:31:06 AM UTC-6, Mark Matthews wrote:
>
> 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
>
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