This playbook is an example of cloning a new VM with vmwre.vmware_res

main.yml

---
- name: This playbook is an example of cloning a new VM with vmwre.vmware_res
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: change me to vcenter host or ip
    vcenter_username: administrator@vsphere.local
    vcenter_password: change me to user password
    folder: F0
    template_vm: test_vm1
    new_vm_name: test_vm3
  tasks:
    - name: Check a new VM isn't existing in vCenter
      vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_info:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        vcenter_username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        vcenter_password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        vcenter_validate_certs: false
        filter_names:
          - "{{ new_vm_name }}"
      register: check_vm_result

    - name: Occur a failing if the condition isn't match
      fail:
        msg: "{{ new_vm_name }} is existing in vCenter"
      when: check_vm_result.value | length >= 1

    - name: Gather a template vm info
      vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_info:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        vcenter_username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        vcenter_password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        vcenter_validate_certs: false
        filter_names:
          - "{{ template_vm }}"
      register: template_info_result

    - name: Gather a folder info
      vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_folder_info:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        vcenter_username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        vcenter_password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        vcenter_validate_certs: false
        filter_names:
          - "{{ folder }}"
      register: folder_info_result

    - name: Start to clone a new VM
      vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        vcenter_username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        vcenter_password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        vcenter_validate_certs: false
        placement:
          folder: "{{ folder_info_result.value.0.folder }}"
        name: "{{ new_vm_name }}"
        source: "{{ template_info_result.value.0.vm }}"
        state: clone
      register: clone_vm_result
      changed_when: clone_vm_result.failed is sameas false

    - name: Set clone_task_id variable
      set_fact:
        clone_task_id: "{{ clone_vm_result.value }}"

    - name: Get a vmware api session id for getting a status state
      uri:
        url: "https://{{ vcenter_hostname }}/rest/com/vmware/cis/session"
        user: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: false
        force_basic_auth: true
        method: POST
        headers:
          Accept: application/json
      register: get_vmware_api_session_id_result

    - name: Set vmware_api_session_id variable
      set_fact:
        vmware_api_session_id: "{{ get_vmware_api_session_id_result.json.value }}"

    - name: Wait until the status isn't RUNNING
      uri:
        url: "https://{{ vcenter_hostname }}/rest/cis/tasks/{{ clone_task_id }}"
        validate_certs: false
        method: GET
        headers:
          vmware-api-session-id: "{{ vmware_api_session_id }}"
      retries: 60
      delay: 5
      until: status_result.json.value.status != "RUNNING"
      register: status_result

    - name: Delete the vmware api session id
      uri:
        url: "https://{{ vcenter_hostname }}/rest/com/vmware/cis/session"
        validate_certs: false
        method: DELETE
        headers:
          vmware-api-session-id: "{{ vmware_api_session_id }}"
      register: delete_vmware_api_session_id_result

    - name: Occur a failing if the condition isn't match
      fail:
        msg: "{{ new_vm_name }} clone failed"
      when: status_result.json.value.status != "SUCCEEDED"