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This is an example Ansible project that creates a Ubuntu VMware vSphere Virtual Machine.

For a more complete Ansible Playbook see the rgl/my-ubuntu-ansible-playbooks repository.

Usage

Execute the following procedure in a Ubuntu machine.

Install the test/templates/ubuntu-22.04-amd64-vsphere virtual machine template in your VMware vSphere environment.

Install Docker.

Open the inventory file and modify the virtual machines details to fit your environment.

Set your VMware vSphere details:

cat >secrets.sh <<'EOF'
export VM_VSPHERE_HOSTNAME='vsphere.local'
export VM_VSPHERE_USERNAME='[email protected]'
export VM_VSPHERE_PASSWORD='password'
export VM_VSPHERE_DATACENTER='Datacenter'
export VM_VSPHERE_CLUSTER='Cluster'
export VM_VSPHERE_DATASTORE='Datastore'
export VM_VSPHERE_TEMPLATE='test/templates/ubuntu-22.04-amd64-vsphere'
export VM_VSPHERE_FOLDER='test'
export VM_ADMIN_PASSWORD='admin'
export VM_GATEWAY='10.0.0.1'
export VM_FIRST_IP='10.0.0.11'
EOF
source secrets.sh

Lint the playbooks:

./ansible-lint.sh --offline --parseable example.yml
./ansible-lint.sh --offline --parseable example-destroy.yml

Create and configure the example1 machine using the example.yml playbook:

./ansible-playbook.sh --limit=example1 example.yml | tee ansible.log

Destroy the example1 machine using the example-destroy.yml playbook:

./ansible-playbook.sh --limit=example1 example-destroy.yml | tee ansible.log