Creating VM's using Ansible and ESXi 5.5 Free Version.
Use Ansible to deploy a virtual machine instance on ESXi 5.5, free version.
Install Ansible & pysphere
debian/ubuntu
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y ansible
rhel/centos
sudo yum install -y ansible
install pysphere
easy_install -U pysphere
via pip:
pip install -U pysphere
Create inventory file
Create inventory file containing ESXI Host (replace esxi.default.de with your esxi hostname):
$ cat inventory
[esxi]
esxi.darksyde.net
Verify DNS for ESXi Host
Infrastructure must match hostname EXACTLY: ssh into your esxi and run hostname
~ # hostname
esxi.DARKSYDE.NET
copy this EXACTLY to your esxi section below
Create your Ansible Playbook
# cat newvm.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
vars_prompt:
- name: "rootpassword"
prompt: "Enter your password to esxi"
private: yes
tasks:
- vsphere_guest:
vcenter_hostname: esxi.darksyde.net
username: root
password: <your_root_password>
guest: newvm001
state: powered_on
vm_extra_config:
vcpu.hotadd: yes
mem.hotadd: yes
notes: This is a test VM
vm_disk:
disk1:
size_gb: 10
type: thin
datastore: datastore1
# VMs can be put into folders. The value given here is either the full path
# to the folder (e.g. production/customerA/lamp) or just the last component
# of the path (e.g. lamp):
folder: DARK_LAB/10_DMZ
vm_nic:
nic1:
type: vmxnet3
network: DMZ
network_type: standard
vm_hardware:
memory_mb: 2048
num_cpus: 2
osid: centos64Guest
scsi: paravirtual
vm_cdrom:
type: "iso"
iso_path: "datastore1/ISO/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso"
esxi:
datacenter: ha-datacenter
hostname: esxi.DARKSYDE.NET
Run the playbook
[root@puppetmaster ansible-playbooks]# ansible-playbook -vvv -s vm-esxi.yml
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
PLAYBOOK: vm-esxi.yml ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in vm-esxi.yml
Enter your password to esxi:
PLAY [localhost] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py
<127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~ && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035 `" ) && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> PUT /tmp/tmpxKbdW7 TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035/setup.py
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035/setup.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python2 /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035/setup.py; rm -rf "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178886.36-229403027178035/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
ok: [localhost]
META: ran handlers
TASK [vsphere_guest] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /root/ansible-playbooks/vm-esxi.yml:9
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vsphere_guest.py
<127.0.0.1> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~ && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916 `" ) && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> PUT /tmp/tmp7cu5MB TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916/vsphere_guest.py
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916/vsphere_guest.py && sleep 0'
<127.0.0.1> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python2 /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916/vsphere_guest.py; rm -rf "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1507178896.13-224568032954916/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
changed: [localhost] => {
"ansible_facts": {
"hw_guest_full_name": "CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64-bit)",
"hw_guest_id": "centos64Guest",
"hw_instance_uuid": "5213b94e-4b04-2409-484c-91136060a9aa",
"hw_interfaces": [],
"hw_memtotal_mb": 2048,
"hw_name": "newvm001",
"hw_power_status": "POWERED ON",
"hw_processor_count": 2,
"hw_product_uuid": "564dcb1e-c3ed-ff26-65f7-91f348abfb27",
"module_hw": true
},
"changed": true,
"changes": "Created VM newvm001",
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"cluster": null,
"esxi": {
"datacenter": "ha-datacenter",
"hostname": "esxi.DARKSYDE.NET"
},
"force": false,
"from_template": null,
"guest": "newvm001",
"password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"power_on_after_clone": true,
"resource_pool": null,
"snapshot_to_clone": null,
"state": "powered_on",
"template_src": null,
"username": "root",
"validate_certs": true,
"vcenter_hostname": "esxi.darksyde.net",
"vm_disk": {
"disk1": {
"datastore": "datastore1",
"folder": "DARK_LAB/10_DMZ",
"size_gb": 10,
"type": "thin"
}
},
"vm_extra_config": {
"mem.hotadd": true,
"notes": "This is a test VM",
"vcpu.hotadd": true
},
"vm_hardware": {
"memory_mb": 2048,
"num_cpus": 2,
"osid": "centos64Guest",
"scsi": "paravirtual",
"vm_cdrom": {
"iso_path": "datastore1/ISO/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso",
"type": "iso"
}
},
"vm_hw_version": null,
"vm_nic": {
"nic1": {
"network": "DMZ",
"network_type": "standard",
"type": "vmxnet3"
}
},
"vmware_guest_facts": null
}
}
}
META: ran handlers
META: ran handlers
PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0
Done.
Troubleshooting
if you dont get the hostname right you get this:
},
"vmware_guest_facts": null
}
},
"msg": "Cannot find esx host named: esxi"
}
to retry, use: --limit @/root/ansible-playbooks/vm-esxi.retry
PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1