# Ansible with vmware, PyVmomi  needs to be installed on ESX?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-vmware-pyvmomi-needs-to-be-installed-on-esx/26029>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-vmware-pyvmomi-needs-to-be-installed-on-esx/26029 "2017-11-15T10:39:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![arpanmeda93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@arpanmeda93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arpanmeda93)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-vmware-pyvmomi-needs-to-be-installed-on-esx/26029/1 "2017-11-15T10:39:17Z")

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Is it mandatory to install PyVmomi on Esx to talk with ansible.

[http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vmware\_vmkernel\_module.html#id2](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vmware_vmkernel_module.html#id2).

Not able to install get-pip or PyVmomi from EsxCLi.

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-vmware-pyvmomi-needs-to-be-installed-on-esx/26029/2 "2017-11-15T12:26:17Z")

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Not on the ESX, in the documentation is says "Requirements (on host that executes module)"

By that it means the control machine aka. the machine runnning ansible/ansible-playbook command.

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**Author:** ![arpanmeda93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@arpanmeda93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arpanmeda93)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-vmware-pyvmomi-needs-to-be-installed-on-esx/26029/3 "2017-11-15T18:26:25Z")

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Thanks Kai for the clarification. It was useful.