vmware_deploy_ovf – Deploys a VMware virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This module can be used to deploy a VMware VM from an OVF or OVA file

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• pyvmomi

Parameters

Examples

- vmware_deploy_ovf:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    ovf: /path/to/ubuntu-16.04-amd64.ovf
    wait_for_ip_address: true
  delegate_to: localhost

# Deploys a new VM named 'NewVM' in specific datacenter/cluster, with network mapping taken from variable and using ova template from an absolute path
- vmware_deploy_ovf:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: Datacenter1
    cluster: Cluster1
    datastore: vsandatastore
    name: NewVM
    networks: "{u'VM Network':u'{{ ProvisioningNetworkLabel }}'}"
    validate_certs: no
    power_on: no
    ovf: /absolute/path/to/template/mytemplate.ova
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Matt Martz (@sivel)