Resources for blog post : https://vuptime.io/2018/02/07/ansible-vmware_modules_-_first_steps/

create_linked_vms_2tiers.yml

---
- name: Credentials for vCenter API
  hosts:
    - workers
    - frontweb
  gather_facts: no
  vars_prompt:
    - name: "vcenter_hostname_tmp"
      prompt: "Enter vcenter hostname"
      default: "vcsa01-rennes.lri.lcl"
    - name: "vcenter_user_tmp"
      prompt: "Enter vcenter username"
      default: "administrator@vsphere.local"
    - name: "vcenter_pass_tmp"
      prompt: "Enter vcenter password"
      private: yes

  tasks:
    - set_fact:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname_tmp }}"
        vcenter_user : "{{ vcenter_user_tmp }}"
        vcenter_pass : "{{ vcenter_pass_tmp }}"

- hosts: workers
  gather_facts: no
  connection: local

  tasks:
    - name: Deploy workers nodes
      vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
        name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
        cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
        state: poweredon
        template: '{{ template }}'
        resource_pool: '{{ respool }}'
        folder: "{{ datacenter }}/vm/{{ folder }}"
        guest_id: "{{ guest_id }}"
        networks:
          - name: "{{ network1 }}"
            ip: "{{ ip1 }}"
            netmask: "{{ netmask }}"
            gateway: "{{ gateway }}"
            device_type: "vmxnet3"
            dns_servers:
              - "{{ dns_server }}"
        snapshot_src: "{{ snapshot_name }}"
        linked_clone: yes
        customization:
          dns_servers:
            - "{{ dns_server }}"
          domain: "{{ dns_domain }}"
          dns_suffix: "{{ dns_domain }}"
          password: "{{ os_password }}"
        wait_for_ip_address: yes

- hosts: frontweb
  gather_facts: no
  connection: local
  
  tasks:
    - name: Deploy frontweb nodes
      vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
        name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
        cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
        state: poweredon
        template: '{{ template }}'
        resource_pool: '{{ respool }}'
        folder: "{{ datacenter }}/vm/{{ folder }}"
        networks:
        - name: "pg_frontweb"
          ip: "{{ ip1 }}"
          netmask: "{{ netmask }}"
          gateway: "{{ gateway }}"
          dns_servers:
          - "{{ dns_server }}"
        - name: "{{ network2 }}"
          ip: "{{ ip2 }}"
          netmask: "{{ netmask }}"
        snapshot_src: "{{ snapshot_name }}"
        linked_clone: yes
        customization:
          dns_servers:
            - "{{ dns_server }}"
          domain: "{{ dns_domain }}"
          dns_suffix: "{{ dns_domain }}"
          password: "{{ os_password }}"
        wait_for_ip_address: yes