Ansible Vsphere

Introduction

Here we are creating the new machine in Vsphere which is stored in a template by using ansible.

Pre-request

Before creating a playbook directly to provision Vsphere we need to follow some pre requesting steps that are needed for this process,

Install Python-pip and PyVmomi, 

Host details to be entered as,

Then, Generate SSH Key,

Copy the SSH Key to the local host,

Edit the ssh_config file for the authentication,

And make the changes as follows,

The centos_test machine which in the template having the static IP 192.168.1.55 and here we are going the use that template.

Playbook

Create the directory and the file,

delete_instance.yml: This file is used to delete the machine if there any machine in the name testvm

---

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: Delete the template

    vmware_guest:

      hostname:

      username:

      password:

      validate_certs: False

      name: testvm

      state: absent

      force: yes

new_instance.yml: This is used to create the new machine clone from the template

---

- name: Create a VM from a template

  hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: Clone the template

    vmware_guest:

      hostname:

      username:

      password:

      validate_certs: False

      name: testvm

      template: centos_test

      datacenter: Datacenter

      folder: /Datacenter/vm/

      state: poweredon

      esxi_hostname: 192.168.1.210

      hardware:

        memory_mb: 3048

        num_cpus: 2

        scsi: paravirtual

      disk:

      - size_gb: 50

        type: thin

        datastore: datastore1

  - pause:

      seconds: 10

ssh.yml: This file is used to sent the ssh copy to the new machine created.

---

- name: Create a VM from a template

  hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: transfer ssh-key

    shell: sshpass -p "" ssh-copy-id -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no [email protected]

httpd.yml: This file is used to install the apache server in the new machine.

---

- name: Create an apache

  hosts: centos

  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: Allow Network Ports in Firewalld

    firewalld:

     port: 80/tcp

     state: enabled

     permanent: yes

     immediate: yes

  - name: install apache server

    yum:

      name: httpd

      state: latest

  - name: Starting and Enabling the required services

    service:

     name: httpd

     state: started

     enabled: yes

Setting_up.yml

---

- import_playbook: playbook/delete_instance.yml

- import_playbook: playbook/new_instance.yml

- import_playbook: playbook/ssh.yml

- import_playbook: playbook/httpd.yml

run the yaml file,

output

After the execution of the yaml file in the sphere, the new machine gets created with the installation of the apache server.

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