Can you please help in this module Or suggest modules which will be useful 
in this case. Please do the needful as i have to complete this task in 
given deadline.

Thank you.

On Monday, 13 January 2020 11:56:57 UTC+5:30, Rohan Kalap wrote:
>
> Thanks Abhijeet,
>
> I went through prompts document and yes we can pass values at execution *but 
> those values will not be useful while OS installation on VM we have created 
> I guess*.
> I have a case where *i need to pass information to EULA(end user licence 
> agreement)* after creating vm through play, is it possible through 
> ansible i am new so looking for ways to solve this issue.
>
> Thanks for Reply. 
>
> On Friday, 10 January 2020 21:09:10 UTC+5:30, Abhijeet Kasurde wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rohan,
>>
>> There are a number of ways to do this.
>>
>> Take a look at Prompts - 
>> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_prompts.html 
>> which will be interactive like you explained in the original post. 
>>
>> But going forward you might want to use VMware guest templates and OVF 
>> images to customize and create new VMs. Take a look at "Clone from VM" and 
>> "Clone from template" in VMware. vmware_guest also allows specifying 
>> customization specification created in vCenter Customization Specification 
>> Manager.
>>
>> Also, as Naveen S suggested, you can also take a look at this 
>> <https://github.com/hamburger-software/ansible-role-vmware_ubuntu_cloud_image>
>>  
>> role which is a good start point.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 7:07 PM Rohan Kalap <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am looking to create VM from vmware_guest module on esxi server which 
>>> is working fine with following playbook,
>>> But- I want to pass details which are needed while booting into VM e.g 
>>> hostname, username or license agreement.
>>>
>>> I tried using 
>>> 1-custome values and 
>>> 2-set_facts but this doesn't work under vmware_guest module
>>>
>>> is there any way to automate OS installation by providing variables?
>>>
>>> this is my playbook-
>>> ---
>>> - hosts: localhost
>>>   gather_facts: no
>>>   tasks:
>>>   - debug:
>>>       msg: connection to host machine successful
>>>
>>>   - name: create test1 vm from esxi server
>>> #    expect:
>>> #    command: "configuration file!"
>>> #    responses:
>>> #            'PRESS \<ENTER\> TO CONTINUE:': ''
>>>     vmware_guest:
>>>       hostname: "x.x.x.x"
>>>       username: "root"
>>>       password: "password"
>>>       validate_certs: no
>>>       folder: /ha-datacenter/vm/
>>>       name: "test-vm"
>>>       state: poweredon
>>>       guest_id: centos64Guest
>>>       esxi_hostname: "hostname"
>>>       disk:
>>>       - size_gb: 160
>>>         type: thin
>>>         datastore: datastore1
>>>       hardware:
>>>         memory_mb: 3000
>>>         num_cpus: 4
>>>         scsi: paravirtual
>>>       cdrom:
>>>         type: iso
>>>         iso_path: "[datastore1] centos.iso"
>>> #      expect:
>>> #      command: "configuration!"
>>> #      responses:
>>> #        'PRESS \<ENTER\> TO CONTINUE:': ''
>>>       
>>> customization:                                                             
>>> # i tried using customization attribute but of no use
>>>         hostname: "hostname"
>>>         domain: "network"
>>>       networks:
>>>       - name: VM Network
>>>         mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:23
>>>         ip: x.x.x.x
>>>         netmask: 255.255.255.0
>>>         device_type: vmxnet3
>>>       wait_for_ip_address: yes
>>>     delegate_to: localhost
>>>     register: deploy_vm
>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Thanks,
>> Abhijeet Kasurde
>>
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