vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_tools_installer module – Connects the VMware Tools CD installer as a CD-ROM for the guest operating system

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 2.2.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install vmware.vmware_rest.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_tools_installer.

New in version 0.1.0: of vmware.vmware_rest

Synopsis

  • Connects the VMware Tools CD installer as a CD-ROM for the guest operating system. On Windows guest operating systems with autorun, this should cause the installer to initiate the Tools installation which will need user input to complete. On other (non-Windows) guest operating systems this will make the Tools installation available, and a a user will need to do guest-specific actions. On Linux, this includes opening an archive and running the installer. To monitor the status of the Tools install, clients should check the {@name vcenter.vm.Tools.Info#versionStatus} and {@name vcenter.vm.Tools.Info#runState} from {@link vcenter.vm.Tools#get}

Requirements

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

  • vSphere 7.0.2 or greater

  • python >= 3.6

  • aiohttp

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

session_timeout

float

added in 2.1.0 of vmware.vmware_rest

Timeout settings for client session.

The maximal number of seconds for the whole operation including connection establishment, request sending and response.

The default value is 300s.

state

string / required

Choices:

  • connect

  • disconnect

vcenter_hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

vcenter_password

string / required

The vSphere vCenter password

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

vcenter_rest_log_file

string

You can use this optional parameter to set the location of a log file.

This file will be used to record the HTTP REST interaction.

The file will be stored on the host that run the module.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of

environment variable VMWARE_REST_LOG_FILE will be used instead.

vcenter_username

string / required

The vSphere vCenter username

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

vcenter_validate_certs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

vm

string / required

Virtual machine ID This parameter is mandatory.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 7.0.2

Examples

- name: Create a VM
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm:
    placement:
      cluster: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.cluster_moid', '/my_dc/host/my_cluster')\
        \ }}"
      datastore: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.datastore_moid', '/my_dc/datastore/local')\
        \ }}"
      folder: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.folder_moid', '/my_dc/vm') }}"
      resource_pool: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.resource_pool_moid', '/my_dc/host/my_cluster/Resources')\
        \ }}"
    name: test_vm1
    guest_OS: RHEL_7_64
    hardware_version: VMX_11
    memory:
      hot_add_enabled: true
      size_MiB: 1024
    disks:
    - type: SATA
      backing:
        type: VMDK_FILE
        vmdk_file: '[local] test_vm1/{{ disk_name }}.vmdk'
    - type: SATA
      new_vmdk:
        name: second_disk
        capacity: 32000000000
    cdroms:
    - type: SATA
      sata:
        bus: 0
        unit: 2
    nics:
    - backing:
        type: STANDARD_PORTGROUP
        network: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.network_moid', '/my_dc/network/VM\
          \ Network') }}"

  register: my_vm

- name: Update the vm-tools
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_tools_installer:
    vm: '{{ my_vm.id }}'
    state: connect

Return Values

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

Key

Description

value

dictionary

Update the vm-tools

Returned: On success

Sample: {}

Authors

  • Ansible Cloud Team (@ansible-collections)