rhel_vcenter_template

This repo contains an Ansible role that builds a RHEL/CentOS VM template from an ISO file on VMware vcenter. You can run this role as a part of CI/CD pipeline for building RHEL/CentOS templates on VMware vcenter from an ISO file.

Note: This role is provided as an example only. Do not use this in production. You can fork/clone and add/remove steps for your environment based on your organization's security and operational requirements.

Requirements

You need to have the following packages installed on your control machine:

• mkisofs
• genisoimage

Before you can use this role, you need to make sure you have RHEL/CentOS install media iso file uploaded to a datastore on your vcenter environment.

Role Variables

A description of the settable variables for this role should go here, including any variables that are in defaults/main.yml, vars/main.yml, and any variables that can/should be set via parameters to the role. Any variables that are read from other roles and/or the global scope (ie. hostvars, group vars, etc.) should be mentioned here as well.

Dependencies

A list of roles that this role utilizes:

• oatakan.rhn
• oatakan.rhel_upgrade
• oatakan.rhel_template_build

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

---
- name: create a vmware rhel template
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: False
  connection: local
  become: no
  vars:
    template_force: yes #overwrite existing template with the same name
    export_ovf: no # export the template to export domain upon creation
    local_account_password: ''
    local_administrator_password: ''
    distro_name: rhel8 # this needs to be one of the standard values see 'os_short_names' var
    template_vm_name: rhel81-x64-v1
    template_vm_guest_id: rhel8_64Guest
    template_vm_root_disk_size: 10
    template_vm_memory: 4096
    iso_file_name: '' # name of the iso file
    
    vcenter_datacenter: '' # name of the datacenter
    vcenter_cluster: '' # name of the cluster
    vcenter_resource_pool: '' # name of resource pool if applicable
    vcenter_folder: '' # name of the folder to keep the template
    vcenter_datastore: '' # name of the datastore where iso file resides
    
    template_vm_network_name: mgmt
    template_vm_ip_address: 192.168.10.95 # static ip is required
    template_vm_netmask: 255.255.255.0
    template_vm_gateway: 192.168.10.254
    template_vm_domain: example.com
    template_vm_dns_servers:
    - 8.8.4.4
    - 8.8.8.8

  roles:
    - oatakan.rhel_vcenter_template

---
- name: delete a vmware rhel template
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  become: false

  roles:
    - role: oatakan.rhel_vcenter_template
      role_action: deprovision

License

MIT

Author Information

Orcun Atakan