Create VM from ISO on ESXI

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Hello Guy !! :wink:

I am trying to create an Eyes Of Network virtual machine from an ISO on an ESXI through a vCenter.
I try to use the task below but it doesn’t work :frowning:
Can you tell me if this is the right module to use please?

  • name: Create a virtual machine from a template
    vmware_guest:
    hostname: “172.180.0.134”
    username: “root”
    password: “espoire”
    folder: test_vm_0001
    validate_certs: no
    name: EON_01
    state: poweredoff
    datacenter: Datacenter
    guest_id: Eon_1
    disk:
  • size_gb: 4
    type: thin
    datastore: datastore1
    hardware:
    memory_mb: 512
    num_cpus: 6
    num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 3
    scsi: paravirtual
    memory_reservation_lock: True
    mem_limit: 8096
    mem_reservation: 4096
    cpu_limit: 8096
    cpu_reservation: 4096
    max_connections: 5
    hotadd_cpu: True
    hotremove_cpu: True
    hotadd_memory: False
    version: 12 # Hardware version of virtual machine
    boot_firmware: “efi”
    cdrom:
    type: iso
    iso_path: “[datastore1] EyesOfNetwork-5.3-x86_64-bin.iso”
    networks:
  • name: VM Network
    mac: aa:bb:dd:aa:00:14
    wait_for_ip_address: yes
    esxi_hostname: “172.180.0.100”
    delegate_to: localhost
    register: deploy

More, i don’t understand what is parameter “folder”, i want to déploy my vm only from iso…

Can you help me please !! :slight_smile:

Thanks you very much

Best Regards,

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Hello Guy !! :wink:

I am trying to create an Eyes Of Network virtual machine from an ISO on an ESXI through a vCenter.
I try to use the task below but it doesn't work :frowning:

That can mean many things.
Please try to be more specific.

More, i don't understand what is parameter "folder", i want to déploy my vm only from iso...

Look at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/vmware_guest_module.html#parameter-folder

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Hi,

you could just use the following Folder: /

That will automatically place the Server into the path of Datacenter/vm/

Using Folder would place it into a more specific folder if needed i.e Folder Datacenter/vm/Development/