Connecting to vCenters to manage VM's using ansible.
Following are the quick playbooks that can be used for the Cloning and Deletion of a Current template VM.
Clone a VM in Vcenter with Ansible Playbook
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
vars:
vcenter_server: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
vcenter_user: "User-Name"
vcenter_pass: "Password"
datacenter_name: "DC-Name"
cluster_name: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
resources_pool: "RG-Name"
template_vm: "Template-Name"
serv:
- vm1
- vm2
tasks:
- name: Clone the template
vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
resource_pool: "rahul-test"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ item }}"
template: "{{ template_vm }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
folder: /{{ datacenter_name }}/vm
state: poweredon
wait_for_ip_address: yes
register: "r"
with_items: "{{ serv }}"
- debug :
msg: "This is the Host-IPs: {{ item.instance.ipv4 }} {{ item.instance.hw_name }}"
with_items: "{{ r.results}}"
loop_control:
label: "{{ item.instance.hw_name }}"
Shutdown a VM in Vcenter with Ansible Playbook
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
vars:
vcenter_server: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
vcenter_user: "User-Name"
vcenter_pass: "Password"
datacenter_name: "DC-Name"
cluster_name: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
tasks:
- name: Shutdown the template
vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ item}}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
folder: /{{ datacenter_name }}/vm
state: poweredoff
wait_for_ip_address: yes
loop:
- vm1
- vm2
Delete a VM in Vcenter with Ansible Playbook
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
vars:
vcenter_server: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
vcenter_user: "User-Name"
vcenter_pass: "Password"
datacenter_name: "DC-Name"
cluster_name: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
tasks:
- name: Delete the template
vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
validate_certs: False
name: "{{ item}}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
folder: /{{ datacenter_name }}/vm
state: absent
wait_for_ip_address: yes
loop:
- vm1
- vm2
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