community.vmware.vmware_guest – Manages virtual machines in vCenter¶

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.7.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis ¶

This module can be used to create new virtual machines from templates or other virtual machines, manage power state of virtual machine such as power on, power off, suspend, shutdown, reboot, restart etc., modify various virtual machine components like network, disk, customization etc., rename a virtual machine and remove a virtual machine with associated components.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
annotation string			A note or annotation to include in the virtual machine. aliases: notes
cdrom raw			A list of CD-ROM configurations for the virtual machine. Added in version 2.9. Providing CD-ROM configuration as dict is deprecated and will be removed VMware collection 4.0.0. Please use a list instead. Parameters `controller_type`, `controller_number`, `unit_number`, `state` are added for a list of CD-ROMs configuration support. For `ide` controller, hot-add or hot-remove CD-ROM is not supported.
	controller_number integer		For `ide` controller, valid value is 0 or 1. For `sata` controller, valid value is 0 to 3.
	controller_type string		Valid options are `ide` and `sata`. Default value is `ide`. When set to `sata`, please make sure `unit_number` is correct and not used by SATA disks.
	iso_path string		The datastore path to the ISO file to use, in the form of `[datastore1] path/to/file.iso`. Required if type is set `iso`.
	state string		Valid value is `present` or `absent`. Default is `present`. If set to `absent`, then the specified CD-ROM will be removed.
	type string		The type of CD-ROM, valid options are `none`, `client` or `iso`. With `none` the CD-ROM will be disconnected but present. The default value is `client`.
	unit_number integer		For CD-ROM device attach to `ide` controller, valid value is 0 or 1. For CD-ROM device attach to `sata` controller, valid value is 0 to 29. `controller_number` and `unit_number` are mandatory attributes.
cluster string			The cluster name where the virtual machine will run. This is a required parameter, if `esxi_hostname` is not set. `esxi_hostname` and `cluster` are mutually exclusive parameters. This parameter is case sensitive.
convert string		Choices: thin thick eagerzeroedthick	Specify convert disk type while cloning template or virtual machine.
customization dictionary			Parameters for OS customization when cloning from the template or the virtual machine, or apply to the existing virtual machine directly. Not all operating systems are supported for customization with respective vCenter version, please check VMware documentation for respective OS customization. For supported customization operating system matrix, (see http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/guestOS/guest-os-customization-matrix.pdf) All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive. Linux based OSes requires Perl package to be installed for OS customizations.
	autologon boolean	Choices: no yes	Auto logon after virtual machine customization. Specific to Windows customization.
	autologoncount integer		Number of autologon after reboot. Specific to Windows customization. Ignored if `autologon` is unset or set to `False`. If unset, 1 will be used.
	dns_servers list / elements=string		List of DNS servers to configure. Common for Linux and Windows customization.
	dns_suffix list / elements=string		List of domain suffixes, also known as DNS search path. Default `domain` parameter. Common for Linux and Windows customization.
	domain string		DNS domain name to use. Common for Linux and Windows customization.
	domainadmin string		User used to join in AD domain. Required if `joindomain` specified. Specific to Windows customization.
	domainadminpassword string		Password used to join in AD domain. Required if `joindomain` specified. Specific to Windows customization.
	existing_vm boolean	Choices: no yes	If set to `True`, do OS customization on the specified virtual machine directly. Common for Linux and Windows customization.
	fullname string		Server owner name. Specific to Windows customization. If unset, "Administrator" will be used as a fall-back.
	hostname string		Computer hostname. Default is shortened `name` parameter. Allowed characters are alphanumeric (uppercase and lowercase) and minus, rest of the characters are dropped as per RFC 952. Common for Linux and Windows customization.
	hwclockUTC boolean	Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the hardware clock is in UTC or local time. Specific to Linux customization.
	joindomain string		AD domain to join. Not compatible with `joinworkgroup`. Specific to Windows customization.
	joinworkgroup string		Workgroup to join. Not compatible with `joindomain`. Specific to Windows customization. If unset, "WORKGROUP" will be used as a fall-back.
	orgname string		Organisation name. Specific to Windows customization. If unset, "ACME" will be used as a fall-back.
	password string		Local administrator password. Specific to Windows customization.
	productid string		Product ID. Specific to Windows customization.
	runonce list / elements=string		List of commands to run at first user logon. Specific to Windows customization.
	timezone string		Timezone. See List of supported time zones for different vSphere versions in Linux/Unix. Common for Linux and Windows customization. Windows.
customization_spec string			Unique name identifying the requested customization specification. This parameter is case sensitive. If set, then overrides `customization` parameter values.
customvalues list / elements=dictionary			Define a list of custom values to set on virtual machine. A custom value object takes two fields `key` and `value`. Incorrect key and values will be ignored.
datacenter string		Default: "ha-datacenter"	Destination datacenter for the deploy operation. This parameter is case sensitive.
datastore string			Specify datastore or datastore cluster to provision virtual machine. This parameter takes precedence over `disk.datastore` parameter. This parameter can be used to override datastore or datastore cluster setting of the virtual machine when deployed from the template. Please see example for more usage.
delete_from_inventory boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Whether to delete Virtual machine from inventory or delete from disk.
disk list / elements=dictionary			A list of disks to add. This parameter is case sensitive. Shrinking disks is not supported. Removing existing disks of the virtual machine is not supported. Attributes `controller_type`, `controller_number`, `unit_number` are used to configure multiple types of disk controllers and disks for creating or reconfiguring virtual machine. Added in Ansible 2.10.
	autoselect_datastore boolean	Choices: no yes	Select the less used datastore. `disk.datastore` and `disk.autoselect_datastore` will not be used if `datastore` is specified outside this `disk` configuration.
	controller_number integer		Disk controller bus number. The maximum number of same type controller is 4 per VM. Valid value range from 0 to 3.
	controller_type string		Type of disk controller. Valid values are `buslogic`, `lsilogic`, `lsilogicsas`, `paravirtual`, `sata` and `nvme`. `nvme` controller type support starts on ESXi 6.5 with VM hardware version `version` 13. Set this type on not supported ESXi or VM hardware version will lead to failure in deployment. When set to `sata`, please make sure `unit_number` is correct and not used by SATA CDROMs. If set to `sata` type, please make sure `controller_number` and `unit_number` are set correctly when `cdrom` also set to `sata` type.
	datastore string		The name of datastore which will be used for the disk. If `autoselect_datastore` is set to True, will select the less used datastore whose name contains this "disk.datastore" string.
	disk_mode string		Type of disk mode. Added in Ansible 2.6. If `persistent` specified, changes are immediately and permanently written to the virtual disk. This is default. If `independent_persistent` specified, same as persistent, but not affected by snapshots. If `independent_nonpersistent` specified, changes to virtual disk are made to a redo log and discarded at power off, but not affected by snapshots.
	filename string		Existing disk image to be used. Filename must already exist on the datastore. Specify filename string in `[datastore_name] path/to/file.vmdk` format. Added in Ansible 2.8.
	size integer		Disk storage size. Please specify storage unit like [kb, mb, gb, tb].
	size_gb integer		Disk storage size in gb.
	size_kb integer		Disk storage size in kb.
	size_mb integer		Disk storage size in mb.
	size_tb integer		Disk storage size in tb.
	type string		Type of disk. If `thin` specified, disk type is set to thin disk. If `eagerzeroedthick` specified, disk type is set to eagerzeroedthick disk. Added Ansible 2.5. If not specified, disk type is thick disk, no eagerzero.
	unit_number integer		Disk Unit Number. Valid value range from 0 to 15 for SCSI controller, except 7. Valid value range from 0 to 14 for NVME controller. Valid value range from 0 to 29 for SATA controller. `controller_type`, `controller_number` and `unit_number` are required when creating or reconfiguring VMs with multiple types of disk controllers and disks. When creating new VM, the first configured disk in the `disk` list will be "Hard Disk 1".
esxi_hostname string			The ESXi hostname where the virtual machine will run. This is a required parameter, if `cluster` is not set. `esxi_hostname` and `cluster` are mutually exclusive parameters. This parameter is case sensitive.
folder string			Destination folder, absolute path to find an existing guest or create the new guest. The folder should include the datacenter. ESXi's datacenter is ha-datacenter. This parameter is case sensitive. If multiple machines are found with same name, this parameter is used to identify Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2
force boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Ignore warnings and complete the actions. This parameter is useful while removing virtual machine which is powered on state. This module reflects the VMware vCenter API and UI workflow, as such, in some cases the `force` flag will be mandatory to perform the action to ensure you are certain the action has to be taken, no matter what the consequence. This is specifically the case for removing a powered on the virtual machine when `state` is set to `absent`.
guest_id string			Set the guest ID. This parameter is case sensitive. `rhel7_64Guest` for virtual machine with RHEL7 64 bit. `centos64Guest` for virtual machine with CentOS 64 bit. `ubuntu64Guest` for virtual machine with Ubuntu 64 bit. This field is required when creating a virtual machine, not required when creating from the template. Valid values are referenced here: https://code.vmware.com/apis/358/doc/vim.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIdentifier.html
hardware dictionary			Manage virtual machine's hardware attributes. All parameters case sensitive.
	boot_firmware string	Choices: bios efi	Choose which firmware should be used to boot the virtual machine.
	cpu_limit integer		The CPU utilization of a virtual machine will not exceed this limit. Unit is MHz.
	cpu_reservation integer		The amount of CPU resource that is guaranteed available to the virtual machine.
	hotadd_cpu boolean	Choices: no yes	Allow virtual CPUs to be added while the virtual machine is running.
	hotadd_memory boolean	Choices: no yes	Allow memory to be added while the virtual machine is running.
	hotremove_cpu boolean	Choices: no yes	Allow virtual CPUs to be removed while the virtual machine is running.
	max_connections integer		Maximum number of active remote display connections for the virtual machines.
	mem_limit integer		The memory utilization of a virtual machine will not exceed this limit. Unit is MB.
	mem_reservation integer		The amount of memory resource that is guaranteed available to the virtual machine. aliases: memory_reservation
	memory_mb integer		Amount of memory in MB.
	memory_reservation_lock boolean	Choices: no yes	If set `true`, memory resource reservation for the virtual machine.
	nested_virt boolean	Choices: no yes	Enable nested virtualization.
	num_cpu_cores_per_socket integer		Number of Cores Per Socket.
	num_cpus integer		Number of CPUs. `num_cpus` must be a multiple of `num_cpu_cores_per_socket`. For example, to create a VM with 2 sockets of 4 cores, specify `num_cpus` as 8 and `num_cpu_cores_per_socket` as 4.
	scsi string	Choices: buslogic lsilogic lsilogicsas paravirtual	Valid values are `buslogic`, `lsilogic`, `lsilogicsas` and `paravirtual`. `paravirtual` is default.
	version string		The Virtual machine hardware versions. Default is 10 (ESXi 5.5 and onwards). If set to `latest`, the specified virtual machine will be upgraded to the most current hardware version supported on the host. `latest` is added in Ansible 2.10. Please check VMware documentation for correct virtual machine hardware version. Incorrect hardware version may lead to failure in deployment. If hardware version is already equal to the given.
	virt_based_security boolean	Choices: no yes	Enable Virtualization Based Security feature for Windows on ESXi 6.7 and later, from hardware version 14. Supported Guest OS are Windows 10 64 bit, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and later. The firmware of virtual machine must be EFI. Deploy on unsupported ESXi, hardware version or firmware may lead to failure or deployed VM with unexpected configurations.
hostname string			The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
is_template boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Flag the instance as a template. This will mark the given virtual machine as template.
linked_clone boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Whether to create a linked clone from the snapshot specified. If specified, then `snapshot_src` is required parameter.
name string			Name of the virtual machine to work with. Virtual machine names in vCenter are not necessarily unique, which may be problematic, see `name_match`. If multiple virtual machines with same name exists, then `folder` is required parameter to identify uniqueness of the virtual machine. This parameter is required, if `state` is set to `poweredon`, `powered-on`, `poweredoff`, `powered-off`, `present`, `restarted`, `suspended` and virtual machine does not exists. This parameter is case sensitive.
name_match string		Choices: first ← last	If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found.
networks list / elements=dictionary			A list of networks (in the order of the NICs). Removing NICs is not allowed, while reconfiguring the virtual machine. All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.
	connected boolean added in 1.5.0 of community.vmware	Choices: no yes	Indicates whether the NIC is currently connected.
	device_type string		Virtual network device. Valid value can be one of `e1000`, `e1000e`, `pcnet32`, `vmxnet2`, `vmxnet3`, `sriov`. `vmxnet3` is default. Optional per entry. Used for virtual hardware.
	dns_servers string		DNS servers for this network interface (Windows). Optional per entry. Used for OS customization.
	domain string		Domain name for this network interface (Windows). Optional per entry. Used for OS customization.
	dvswitch_name string		Name of the distributed vSwitch. Optional per entry. Used for virtual hardware.
	gateway string		Static gateway. Optional per entry. Used for OS customization.
	ip string		Static IP address. Implies `type=static`. Optional per entry. Used for OS customization.
	mac string		Customize MAC address. Optional per entry. Used for virtual hardware.
	name string		Name of the portgroup or distributed virtual portgroup for this interface. Required per entry. When specifying distributed virtual portgroup make sure given `esxi_hostname` or `cluster` is associated with it.
	netmask string		Static netmask required for `ip`. Optional per entry. Used for OS customization.
	start_connected boolean	Choices: no yes	Specifies whether or not to connect the device when the virtual machine starts.
	type string		Type of IP assignment. Valid values are one of `dhcp`, `static`. `dhcp` is default. Optional per entry. Used for OS customization.
	vlan integer		VLAN number for this interface. Required per entry.
password string			The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer		Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string			Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer			Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
resource_pool string			Use the given resource pool for virtual machine operation. This parameter is case sensitive. Resource pool should be child of the selected host parent.
snapshot_src string			Name of the existing snapshot to use to create a clone of a virtual machine. This parameter is case sensitive. While creating linked clone using `linked_clone` parameter, this parameter is required.
state string		Choices: absent poweredon powered-on poweredoff powered-off present ← rebootguest reboot-guest restarted suspended shutdownguest shutdown-guest	Specify the state the virtual machine should be in. If `state` is set to `present` and virtual machine exists, ensure the virtual machine configurations conforms to task arguments. If `state` is set to `absent` and virtual machine exists, then the specified virtual machine is removed with it's associated components. If `state` is set to one of the following `poweredon`, `powered-on`, `poweredoff`, `powered-off`, `present`, `restarted`, `suspended` and virtual machine does not exists, virtual machine is deployed with the given parameters. If `state` is set to `poweredon` or `powered-on` and virtual machine exists with powerstate other than powered on, then the specified virtual machine is powered on. If `state` is set to `poweredoff` or `powered-off` and virtual machine exists with powerstate other than powered off, then the specified virtual machine is powered off. If `state` is set to `restarted` and virtual machine exists, then the virtual machine is restarted. If `state` is set to `suspended` and virtual machine exists, then the virtual machine is set to suspended mode. If `state` is set to `shutdownguest` or `shutdown-guest` and virtual machine exists, then the virtual machine is shutdown. If `state` is set to `rebootguest` or `reboot-guest` and virtual machine exists, then the virtual machine is rebooted. Powerstate `powered-on` and `powered-off` is added in version 2.10.
state_change_timeout integer		Default: 0	If the `state` is set to `shutdownguest`, by default the module will return immediately after sending the shutdown signal. If this argument is set to a positive integer, the module will instead wait for the virtual machine to reach the poweredoff state. The value sets a timeout in seconds for the module to wait for the state change.
template string			Template or existing virtual machine used to create new virtual machine. If this value is not set, virtual machine is created without using a template. If the virtual machine already exists, this parameter will be ignored. This parameter is case sensitive. From version 2.8 onwards, absolute path to virtual machine or template can be used. aliases: template_src
use_instance_uuid boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
username string			The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
uuid string			UUID of the virtual machine to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is required if `name` is not supplied. If virtual machine does not exists, then this parameter is ignored. Please note that a supplied UUID will be ignored on virtual machine creation, as VMware creates the UUID internally.
validate_certs boolean		Choices: no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vapp_properties list / elements=dictionary			A list of vApp properties. For full list of attributes and types refer to: https://code.vmware.com/apis/704/vsphere/vim.vApp.PropertyInfo.html
	id string		Property ID. Required per entry.
	operation string		The `remove` attribute is required only when removing properties.
	type string		Value type, string type by default.
	value string		Property value.
wait_for_customization boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Wait until vCenter detects all guest customizations as successfully completed. When enabled, the VM will automatically be powered on. If vCenter does not detect guest customization start or succeed, failed events after time `wait_for_customization_timeout` parameter specified, warning message will be printed and task result is fail.
wait_for_customization_timeout integer		Default: "3600"	Define a timeout (in seconds) for the wait_for_customization parameter. Be careful when setting this value since the time guest customization took may differ among guest OSes.
wait_for_ip_address boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Wait until vCenter detects an IP address for the virtual machine. This requires vmware-tools (vmtoolsd) to properly work after creation. vmware-tools needs to be installed on the given virtual machine in order to work with this parameter.
wait_for_ip_address_timeout integer		Default: "300"	Define a timeout (in seconds) for the wait_for_ip_address parameter.

Notes ¶

Note

Please make sure that the user used for community.vmware.vmware_guest has the correct level of privileges.
For example, following is the list of minimum privileges required by users to create virtual machines.
DataStore > Allocate Space
Virtual Machine > Configuration > Add New Disk
Virtual Machine > Configuration > Add or Remove Device
Virtual Machine > Inventory > Create New
Network > Assign Network
Resource > Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool
Module may require additional privileges as well, which may be required for gathering facts - e.g. ESXi configurations.
Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7.
Use SCSI disks instead of IDE when you want to expand online disks by specifying a SCSI controller.
Uses SysPrep for Windows VM (depends on ‘guest_id’ parameter match ‘win’) with PyVmomi.
In order to change the VM’s parameters (e.g. number of CPUs), the VM must be powered off unless the hot-add support is enabled and the state=present must be used to apply the changes.
For additional information please visit Ansible VMware community wiki - https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/VMware.

Examples ¶

- name: Create a virtual machine on given ESXi hostname
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    folder: /DC1/vm/
    name: test_vm_0001
    state: poweredon
    guest_id: centos64Guest
    # This is hostname of particular ESXi server on which user wants VM to be deployed
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    disk:
    - size_gb: 10
      type: thin
      datastore: datastore1
    hardware:
      memory_mb: 512
      num_cpus: 4
      scsi: paravirtual
    networks:
    - name: VM Network
      mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:14
      ip: 10.10.10.100
      netmask: 255.255.255.0
      device_type: vmxnet3
    wait_for_ip_address: true
    wait_for_ip_address_timeout: 600
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy_vm

- name: Create a virtual machine from a template
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    folder: /testvms
    name: testvm_2
    state: poweredon
    template: template_el7
    disk:
    - size_gb: 10
      type: thin
      datastore: g73_datastore
    # Add another disk from an existing VMDK
    - filename: "[datastore1] testvms/testvm_2_1/testvm_2_1.vmdk"
    hardware:
      memory_mb: 512
      num_cpus: 6
      num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 3
      scsi: paravirtual
      memory_reservation_lock: True
      mem_limit: 8096
      mem_reservation: 4096
      cpu_limit: 8096
      cpu_reservation: 4096
      max_connections: 5
      hotadd_cpu: True
      hotremove_cpu: True
      hotadd_memory: False
      version: 12 # Hardware version of virtual machine
      boot_firmware: "efi"
    cdrom:
        - controller_number: 0
          unit_number: 0
          state: present
          type: iso
          iso_path: "[datastore1] livecd.iso"
    networks:
    - name: VM Network
      mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:14
    wait_for_ip_address: true
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy

- name: Clone a virtual machine from Windows template and customize
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: datacenter1
    cluster: cluster
    name: testvm-2
    template: template_windows
    networks:
    - name: VM Network
      ip: 192.168.1.100
      netmask: 255.255.255.0
      gateway: 192.168.1.1
      mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:14
      domain: my_domain
      dns_servers:
      - 192.168.1.1
      - 192.168.1.2
    - vlan: 1234
      type: dhcp
    customization:
      autologon: true
      dns_servers:
      - 192.168.1.1
      - 192.168.1.2
      domain: my_domain
      password: new_vm_password
      runonce:
      - powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File C:\Windows\Temp\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 -ForceNewSSLCert -EnableCredSSP
  delegate_to: localhost

- name:  Clone a virtual machine from Linux template and customize
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    state: present
    folder: /DC1/vm
    template: "{{ template }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    cluster: DC1_C1
    networks:
      - name: VM Network
        ip: 192.168.10.11
        netmask: 255.255.255.0
    wait_for_ip_address: True
    customization:
      domain: "{{ guest_domain }}"
      dns_servers:
        - 8.9.9.9
        - 7.8.8.9
      dns_suffix:
        - example.com
        - example2.com
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Rename a virtual machine (requires the virtual machine's uuid)
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    uuid: "{{ vm_uuid }}"
    name: new_name
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a virtual machine by uuid
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    uuid: "{{ vm_uuid }}"
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a virtual machine from inventory
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: vm_name
    delete_from_inventory: True
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Manipulate vApp properties
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: vm_name
    state: present
    vapp_properties:
      - id: remoteIP
        category: Backup
        label: Backup server IP
        type: string
        value: 10.10.10.1
      - id: old_property
        operation: remove
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set powerstate of a virtual machine to poweroff by using UUID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    uuid: "{{ vm_uuid }}"
    state: poweredoff
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Deploy a virtual machine in a datastore different from the datastore of the template
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    state: present
    template: "{{ template_name }}"
    # Here datastore can be different which holds template
    datastore: "{{ virtual_machine_datastore }}"
    hardware:
      memory_mb: 512
      num_cpus: 2
      scsi: paravirtual
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a diskless VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    state: poweredoff
    cluster: "{{ ccr1 }}"
    name: diskless_vm
    folder: /Asia-Datacenter1/vm
    guest_id: centos64Guest
    datastore: "{{ ds1 }}"
    hardware:
        memory_mb: 1024
        num_cpus: 2
        num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 1

- name: Create a VM with multiple disks of different disk controller types
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    folder: /DC1/vm/
    name: test_vm_multi_disks
    state: poweredoff
    guest_id: centos64Guest
    datastore: datastore1
    disk:
    - size_gb: 10
      controller_type: 'nvme'
      controller_number: 0
      unit_number: 0
    - size_gb: 10
      controller_type: 'paravirtual'
      controller_number: 0
      unit_number: 1
    - size_gb: 10
      controller_type: 'sata'
      controller_number: 0
      unit_number: 2
    hardware:
      memory_mb: 512
      num_cpus: 4
      version: 14
    networks:
    - name: VM Network
      device_type: vmxnet3
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy_vm

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
instance dictionary	always	metadata about the new virtual machine Sample: None

Authors¶

Loic Blot (@nerzhul) <loic.blot@unix-experience.fr>
Philippe Dellaert (@pdellaert) <philippe@dellaert.org>
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>

community.vmware.vmware_guest – Manages virtual machines in vCenter¶

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