Hi Everyone,

How to change the Hostname of the VM created with vmware_guest Ansible 
module. 


Ajay

On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 9:19:31 PM UTC+5:30, [email protected] 
wrote:
>
> hi @Wemer 
> I saw your answer -- I'm hoping you can help me 
> the vmware_vm_shell module is throwing an error:
> *  "msg": "Permission to perform this operation was denied."*
> I'm pretty sure I used the correct credentials   and even add new ones, 
> still nothing.
> Do you have any workaround ?
>
> On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 3:44:01 PM UTC+3, Werner Dijkerman wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You can make use of the 'with_items' option for all the vmtasks. In the 
>> example below I only placed 2 of the tasks:
>>
>> - name: Depoly from Template
>>   vsphere_guest:
>>       vcenter_hostname: domain.com
>>       username: myuser
>>       password: mypassword
>>       guest: {{ item.hostname }}
>>       from_template: yes
>>       template_src: Template6.5-updated
>>       cluster: my_cluster
>>       validate_certs: no
>>       esxi:
>>         datacenter: CONNECT-Lab
>>         hostname: my_esxi_name
>>   with_items:
>>     - hostname: host1
>>       ip: 192.168.1.11
>>     - hostname: host2
>>       ip: 192.168.1.12
>>
>> - name: Power off the VM server
>>   vsphere_guest:
>>        vcenter_hostname: domain.com
>>        username: myuser
>>        password: mypassword
>>        guest: {{ item.hostname }}
>>        cluster: my_cluster
>>        validate_certs: no
>>        state: powered_off
>>        esxi:
>>         datacenter: CONNECT-Lab
>>         hostname: my_esxi_name
>>   with_items:
>>     - hostname: host1
>>       ip: 192.168.1.11
>>     - hostname: host2
>>       ip: 192.168.1.12
>>
>> - name: "Set correct ip"
>>   local_action:
>>     module: vmware_vm_shell
>>     hostname: domain.com
>>     username: myuser
>>     password: mypassword
>>     datacenter: CONNECT-Lab
>>     vm_id: {{ item.hostname }}
>>     vm_username: root
>>     vm_password: password
>>     vm_shell: ifconfig
>>     vm_shell_args: " eth0 {{ item.ip }}"
>>     vm_shell_env:
>>       - "PATH=/bin"
>>     vm_shell_cwd: "/tmp"
>>   with_items:
>>     - hostname: host1
>>       ip: 192.168.1.11
>>     - hostname: host2
>>       ip: 192.168.1.12
>>
>>
>> You'll have to update the other tasks to.
>>
>> The last task in above example is to set the ip to the vm. I haven't 
>> tested it yet (As I have an other issue right now) but this is how I would 
>> do it.
>>
>> Have fun! Or drop an reply if you encounter issues.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Werner
>>
>>
>> Op maandag 11 april 2016 18:44:42 UTC+2 schreef Ben:
>>>
>>> I am new in ansible...
>>>
>>> After create a guest with vsphere_guest i want to be able :
>>>
>>> 1. how I can create 5 VM and not just 1
>>> 2. how can I give all of them IPs and Hostnames 
>>>
>>> Thanks Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> my playbook:
>>>
>>> ---
>>> - name: Depoly from Template
>>>   vsphere_guest:
>>>       vcenter_hostname: domain.com
>>>       username: myuser
>>>       password: mypassword
>>>       guest: newvm001
>>>       from_template: yes
>>>       template_src: Template6.5-updated
>>>       cluster: my_cluster
>>>       validate_certs: no
>>>       esxi:
>>>         datacenter: CONNECT-Lab
>>>         hostname: my_esxi_name
>>> - name: Power off the VM server
>>>   vsphere_guest:
>>>        vcenter_hostname: domain.com
>>>        username: myuser
>>>        password: mypassword
>>>        guest: newvm001
>>>        cluster: my_cluster
>>>        validate_certs: no
>>>        state: powered_off
>>>        esxi:
>>>         datacenter: CONNECT-Lab
>>>         hostname: my_esxi_name
>>> - name: configure the VLAN , CPU and Memory
>>>   vsphere_guest:
>>>         vcenter_hostname: domain.com
>>>         username: myuser
>>>         password: mypassword
>>>         guest: newvm001
>>>         validate_certs: no
>>>         state: reconfigured
>>>         force: yes
>>>         vm_extra_config:
>>>           vcpu.hotadd: yes
>>>           mem.hotadd:  yes
>>>           notes: This is a test VM
>>>         vm_disk:
>>>           disk1:
>>>            size_gb: 60
>>>            type: thin
>>>            datastore: my_datastorename
>>>         vm_nic:
>>>          nic1:
>>>           type: VMXNET3
>>>           network: my_vlan
>>>           network_type: standard
>>>         vm_hardware:
>>>           memory_mb: 4096
>>>           num_cpus: 2
>>>         esxi:
>>>          datacenter: CONNECT-Lab
>>>          hostname: my_esxi_name
>>> - name: PowerOn the VM Server
>>>   vsphere_guest:
>>>         vcenter_hostname: domain.com
>>>         username: myuser
>>>         password: mypassword
>>>         guest: newvm001
>>>         cluster: my_cluster
>>>         validate_certs: no
>>>         state: powered_on
>>>         esxi:
>>>           datacenter: CONNECT-Lab
>>>           hostname: my_esxi_name
>>>
>>> - name: Getting some Facts
>>>   vsphere_guest:
>>>         vcenter_hostname: domain.com
>>>         username: myuser
>>>         password: mypassword
>>>         guest: newvm001
>>>         vmware_guest_facts: true
>>>         validate_certs: no
>>>   register: vmguest_facts
>>>   tags: vmfacts
>>>
>>> - name: debug facts
>>>   debug: msg="vmguest facts are {{ vmguest_facts }}"
>>>   tags: vmfacts
>>>
>>> - add_host: name={{ hw_eth0.ipaddresses[0] }} groups=virtual
>>>
>>

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