ansible-vm-automation

VMware VM automation via ansible. This playbook can do the following:

create
rename
delete
poweroff
poweron
rebootguest
shutdownguest
suspend

The playbook has extra variables for user to set it later or to use it in AWX or some kind of user forms. (e.g ManageIQ)

USAGE

VM-CREATE

If network_type=dhcp

ansible-playbook -i <inventory_name> automate.yml -e "vcenter_hostname=<vcenter_hostname> vcenter_username=<vcenter_username> vcenter_password=<vcenter_password> vm_datacenter=<vm_datacenter> vm_name=<vm_name> vm_folder=<vm_folder> vm_template=<vm_template_name> vm_notes=<vm_notes> vm_cluster=<vm_cluster> hot_add_cpu=<true_or_false> hot_remove_cpu=<true_or_false> hot_add_memory=<true_or_false> cpu=<cpu_in_number> mem_mb=<memory_in_mb> disk_size=<disk_size_in_gb> vm_disk_type=<vm_disk_type> vm_datastore=<vm_datastore> vm_port_group=<vm_port_group> network_type=<network_type> task=create"

If network_type=static

VM-RENAME

ansible-playbook -i <inventory_name> automate.yml -e "vcenter_hostname=<vcenter_hostname> vcenter_username=<vcenter_username> vcenter_password=<vcenter_password> vm_uuid=<vm_uuid_in_vmware> new_vm_name=<new_vm_name> task=rename"

VM-DELETE

VM-POWERON

VM-POWEROFF

VM-RESTART

VM-REBOOTGUEST

VM-SHUTDOWNGUEST

VM-SUSPEND

Usage Notes

You can always set extra variables to a default value. In this case you can set your vcenter_hostname, vcenter_username and vcenter_password to default values. But I don't recommend using passwords in plain text. You should use a secret.
There is a validate_certs in variables, this variable is set to 'False' by default. You can enable this variable either using in command line or editing through tasks.
When deleting virtual machines, the VM should be poweredoff. You can force the delete operation but I didn't set a variable to force operation. Because you shouldn't force vCenter to delete a running VM.

Future Works

VM-CREATE

After creating a VM, play can store the uuid value of the newly created VM for future plays such as vm-rename or vm-delete.

VM-RENAME

After renaming a VM, play should change the hostname (if necessary) and .vmdk name too.

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