In my job I have many projects I do. One of them is setting up new VMware environments. Goal here is to configure a new esx\vcenter environment with Ansible. I was able to accomplish this with 2 playbooks and a group_vars file.
Enough of that, lets get into it.
The first playbook will configure DNS, Hostname,vswitches, portgroups and vmkernel. You will need to run this on a per host basis and it will prompt you for the ESXi host and IP address of the vMotion vmkernel port.
---
- vars_prompt:
- name: "esxi_hostname"
prompt: "Which ESX Host"
private: no
- name: "ip_address"
prompt: "IP of vMotion vmkernal Port"
private: no
hosts: setup
become: true
become_user: root
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Configure DNS and Hostname
vmware_dns_config:
hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
change_hostname_to: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
domainname: "{{ domainname }}"
dns_servers:
- "{{ dns_server1 }}"
- "{{ dns_server2 }}"
validate_certs: False
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add vMotion Switch
vmware_vswitch:
hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
switch: "{{ vswitch1 }}"
nics:
- "{{ vmnic_1 }}"
- "{{ vmnic_4 }}"
mtu: 1500
validate_certs: False
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add Production Switch
vmware_vswitch:
hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
switch: "{{ vswitch2 }}"
nics:
- "{{ vmnic_2 }}"
- "{{ vmnic_5 }}"
mtu: 1500
validate_certs: False
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add to Management Switch
vmware_vswitch:
hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
switch: "{{ vswitch0 }}"
nics:
- "{{ vmnic_3 }}"
mtu: 1500
validate_certs: False
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add vMotion Portgroup
vmware_portgroup:
hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
hosts: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
switch: "{{ vswitch1 }}"
portgroup: "{{ portgroup_name_vm }}"
vlan_id: "{{ vlan_id_vm }}"
state: present
validate_certs: False
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add Management Network VM Portgroup
vmware_portgroup:
hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
hosts: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
switch: "{{ vswitch2 }}"
portgroup: "{{ portgroup_name_pr }}"
vlan_id: "{{ vlan_id_pr }}"
state: present
validate_certs: False
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add vMotion vmkernel port with vMotion TCP/IP stack
vmware_vmkernel:
hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
vswitch_name: "{{ vswitch1 }}"
portgroup_name: "{{ portgroup_name_vm }}"
network:
type: 'static'
ip_address: "{{ ip_address }}"
subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
tcpip_stack: vmotion
state: present
validate_certs: False
delegate_to: localhost
Next one will configure vcenter which will include creating of datacenter, cluster, setting of NTP and start the service
---
- hosts: setup
become: true
become_user: root
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Create Datacenter
vmware_datacenter:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter_name: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
validate_certs: False
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create Cluster
vmware_cluster:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter_name: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
validate_certs: False
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Set NTP Servers
vmware_host_ntp:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
ntp_servers:
- "{{ ntp_servers }}"
validate_certs: False
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Start ntpd Service
vmware_host_service_manager:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
cluster_name:
service_name: ntpd
service_policy: on
state: present
validate_certs: False
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Start ssh Service
vmware_host_service_manager:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
service_name: TSM-SSH
service_policy: on
state: present
validate_certs: False
delegate_to: localhost
This is the group_vars file I used.
I hope this helps and have fun with Ansible.
Ed_Tech_Jeff 