Ansible with VMware – tag examples – Part 11
Kad Tags are essentially labels or keywords that can help identify and organize the running of your playbooks. So if your are going to install a program in a section in…
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Ansible with VMware – Install multiple apps, using variables and targeting groups examples – Part 10
So installing multiple apps in your playbook helps consolidate your playbook, makes it run faster and it is easier to read. Below is an example. The below variable example is…
Ansible with VMware – Updating software remotely and running multiple tasks for Ansible – Part 9
This blog I will upgrade ubuntu, update all packages, only target ubuntu nodes using the ‘when’ command and run multiple tasks. Here are my two yml files tested and working…
Ansible with VMware – Installing and removing software remotely for Ansible – Part 8
In this blog I will remove and install vlc player on my ubuntu box from the ansible control node and skip centos OS boxes. I will create two yml files…
Ansible with VMware – Setting up your GitHub for Ansible – Part 7
By using github and transferring all your playbooks/code to it, will allow it to be in a safe place and managed in one location. This will allow you to create…
VMware Aria Automation P1– Quick deploy with minimal resources and deploy my first virtual machine
So the three vms I will be deploying are: lifecycle manager – vrslcm – used to manage vra and vidm (certificates, health, deployment etc..) Identity manager – vidm – used…
Ansible with VMware – running remote commands from control node to managed node – Part 6
In this blog I will be running remote commands from the ansible control box to my test ubtuno virtual machine. Screen shots below
Ansible with VMware – Setup ansible on CentOS 10 and setup managed node – Part 5
A managed node is the remote machine you want to manage using your ansible box which is your control node. Every type of remote machine can be a managed node,…
Ansible with VMware – Create new virtual machine example– Part 4
create-vm.yml --- - name: create vm hosts: localhost become: false gather_facts: false tasks: - name: create folder community.vmware.vcenter_folder: hostname: 192.168.1.13 username: administrator@vsphere.local password: VMware1! validate_certs: no datacenter: dc1 folder_name: ansible…
Ansible with VMware – example api playbooks for vCenter – Part 3
You need to create two files first in your /etc/ansible/playbooks. login.yml and vcenter_vars.yml. This will allow to pass through information to the other .yml playbooks. Now here are some examples…