Thanks Dann.
On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 3:54:48 PM UTC-7, Dann Bohn wrote:
>
> while this approach probably works, i'm not sure how to help you here.
>
> what i typically do is use the add_host module. something like this:
>
> - name: some playbook that does things
> hosts: localhost
> connection: local
>
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> tasks:
> - name: add host to in memory inventory
> add_host: hostname="new-vm{{some_var}}" ansible_ssh_host={{
> vmware_guest_facts['guest_primary_ipaddress']}} ansbile_ssh_port=22
>
> - name: some new playbook that does the work
> hosts: "new-vm{{some_var}}
> become: yes
>
> tasks:
> - name: copy some file
> template: src={{src}} dest={{dest}}
>
>
> i typed this without checking it's yaml syntax etc, but should give you a
> rough idea of the approach we use.
>
> Dann
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Jeff Richards <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hey Dann, I'm drawing a blank on the final piece in my puzzle here, maybe
>> you can help(?). I've registered the vmware_guest_facts in a var and just
>> want to iterate through it, for each hw_eth0.ipaddresses[0] ... e.g. this
>> was my last (tortured) attempt:
>>
>> - name: copy new file into place
>> delegate_to: "{{ item.[ {{ hw_eth0.ipaddresses[0] }} ] }}"
>> template: src=xxxxxxx dest=/etc/xxxxxxxxxx
>> with_nested:
>> - "{{ vmware_guest_facts }}"
>> become: yes
>>
>> What's the best way of doing this?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 7:01:34 PM UTC-7, Dann Bohn wrote:
>>>
>>> Jeff,
>>> You need to send the clone operation an customization spec in order to
>>> do guest customizations on a vSphere VM. This is not included in the
>>> vsphere_guest module.
>>>
>>> From what I can tell from reading the roadmap (
>>> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_2.rs)
>>>
>>> the ansible folks would like to add such features to vsphere_guest in the
>>> 2.2 release.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, you can look at a module I wrote to accomplish this:
>>> https://github.com/whereismyjetpack/ansible_vcenter_module. It allows
>>> you to send specific guest customization parameters to the clone operation,
>>> the module is not ansibly (one of the first complaints I got), and requires
>>> pyvmomi instead of pysphere. I've been using this in production for a
>>> little over a year.. feel free to contact me if you have any questions, and
>>> time permitting i'll do my best to answer them. I've tested this code on
>>> vSphere 5.5 and 6.0.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 4:03:11 PM UTC-4, Jeff Richards wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Brian, I already have VMware tools installed, what options does that
>>>> give me?
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 9:06:28 AM UTC-7, Brian Coca wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> sadly vmware/vcenter gives no direct way to do this, you either need
>>>>> to run a 'boot script' that does it or have the vmware guest tools
>>>>> installed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> ----------
>>>>> Brian Coca
>>>>>
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