snow-vcenter-create-vm.yml

---
- name: provision vcenter templates via snow
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
#    nios_provider:
#      host: 1.2.3.4
#      username: MyDDIusername
#      password: MyDDIpassword

    # vcenter variables should be passed in at run time.  I'm using a custom credential in tower.
#    vcenter_hostname: 10.1.2.3
#    vcenter_username: myUsername
#    vcenter_password: wrongpassword

    # below are all of the details for the VM.  I'm overriding these at runtime.
    vm_datacenter: MNS
    vm_name: snowtest2
#    vm_template: Windows2016
    vm_template: Rocky8.6
#    vm_template: Rocky8
#    vm_template: Rocky9
    vm_folder: /Greg/ciq
    vm_disksize: 50
    vm_datastore: SSD
    # minimum of 4GB of RAM
    vm_memory: 4096
    vm_cpus: 4
    vm_netname: Greg
    vm_ip: 10.1.12.56
    vm_netmask: 255.255.255.0
    vm_gateway: 10.1.12.1

  tasks:
  - name: set creds from custom credential when supplied
#    when: gen1_pword is defined
    no_log: true
    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
      vcenter_username: "{{ gen1_user }}"
      vcenter_password: "{{ gen1_pword }}"

  - name: connect to vcenter and do a basic provisioning
    when: vm_ip != "ddi"
    block:
      - name: connect to vcenter and do a basic provisioning
        community.vmware.vmware_guest:
          hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
          username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
          password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
          validate_certs: no
          folder: "{{ vm_folder }}"
          name: "{{ vm_name }}"
          datacenter: "{{ vm_datacenter }}"
          state: poweredon
#      guest_id: centos64Guest
          template: "{{ vm_template }}"
      # This is hostname of particular ESXi server on which user wants VM to be deployed
          disk:
          - size_gb: "{{ vm_disksize }}"
            type: thin
            datastore: "{{ vm_datastore }}"
          hardware:
            memory_mb: "{{ vm_memory }}"
            num_cpus: "{{ vm_cpus}}"
            scsi: paravirtual
          networks:
          - name: "{{ vm_netname}}"
            connected: true
            start_connected: true
            type: static
#        mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:14
            ip: "{{ vm_ip }}"
            netmask: "{{ vm_netmask }}"
            gateway: "{{ vm_gateway }}"
            dns_servers: "{{ vm_gateway }}"
          wait_for_ip_address: true
#        device_type: vmxnet3
#    delegate_to: localhost
        register: deploy_vm

      - name: set IP as stat for workflow
        ansible.builtin.set_stats:
          data:
            net_host: "{{ vm_ip }}"

  - name: debug results
    ansible.builtin.debug:
      var: deploy_vm