ansible-vsphere_guest playbook

create_dev_server

# Note: vcenter_username and vcenter_password are contained in a ansible-vault file create_dev_server-vault.yml

- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  user: username
  sudo: false
  gather_facts: false
  serial: 1

  vars_files:
    - create_dev_server-vault.yml

  tasks:

    - vsphere_guest:
        vcenter_hostname: '192.168.1.1'
        user: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        datastore: 'datastore2'
        esxi_hostname: '192.168.1.1'
        datacenter: '192.168.1.1'
        vm_name: 'ansibletest'
        vm_memory_mb: 2048
        vm_num_cpus: 1
        vm_notes: 'Provisioned by Ansible'
        guestosid: 'rhel6_64Guest'
        power_on: yes
        vm_extra_config:
            vcpu.hotadd: 'TRUE'
            mem.hotadd:  'TRUE'            
        vm_disk:                
            disk1:                     
                size_gb: 20
                datastore: "datastore2"
                type: "thin"
        vm_nic:
            nic1:
                type: "e1000"
                network: "SERVERS"
                network_type: "standard"