createvm.yml

---
# playbook to create a VM based on a VMware template

- name: clone a new vm from a vmware template
  hosts: localhost 
  gather_facts: no
  vars_files:
    - createvm_vars.yml
  tasks:

    - name: clone vm
      local_action:
        module: vsphere
        host: "{{ vcenter }}"
        login: "{{ login }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        checkssl: no 
        guest:
          name: "{{ newvmhostname }}"
          state: present
          folder: "{{ folder }}"
          clone_from: "centos{{ elver }}"
        spec:
          type: VirtualMachineCloneSpec
          value:
            config:
              VirtualMachineConfigSpec:
                name: "{{ newvmhostname }}" 
                memoryMB: "{{ mbram }}" 
                numCPUs: "{{ numcpus }}"
            customization:
              CustomizationSpec:
                globalIPSettings:
                  CustomizationGlobalIPSettings:
                    dnsServerList: "{{ nameserver }}" 
                    dnsSuffixList: "{{ domain }}" 
                identity:
                  CustomizationLinuxPrep:
                    domain: "{{ domain }}"
                    hostName:
                      CustomizationFixedName: 
                        name: "{{ newvmhostname }}"
                nicSettingMap:
                  - CustomizationAdapterMapping:
                      adapter:
                        CustomizationIPSettings:
                          ip:
                            CustomizationDhcpIpGenerator: {}
            location:
              VirtualMachineRelocateSpec:
                pool:
                  ManagedObjectReference:
                    type: ResourcePool
                    name: Resources
            template: False 

    - name: power on vm
      local_action:
        module: vsphere
        host: "{{ vcenter }}"
        login: "{{ login }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        guest:
          name: "{{ newvmhostname }}"
          state: running

    - name: wait for vm to come up and be accessible
      local_action:
        module: wait_for
        host: "{{ newvmhostname }}.{{ domain }}"
        state: started
        port: 22
        timeout: 300

- name: bootstrap basic config to prepare for puppet
  hosts: "{{ newvmhostname }}.{{ domain }}"
  remote_user: root
  vars_files:                                                                     
    - createvm_vars.yml
  tasks:

    # this shouldn't be necessary, but just in case the is behind our current patching baseline
    - name: update all packages
      yum:
        name: "*"
        state: latest

    # our image is an unmodified minimal install. this should be moved to puppet,but we need 
    # to install the puppet rpm using this method anyway
    - name: install base set of packages 
      yum:
        state: present
        name: "{{ item }}"
      with_items:
        - "{{ packages }}"