# Creating Guest machine using template

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-guest-machine-using-template/24598>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-guest-machine-using-template/24598 "2017-05-30T10:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![shiva\_jawanjal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@shiva\_jawanjal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shiva_jawanjal)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-guest-machine-using-template/24598/1 "2017-05-30T10:27:58Z")

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I have a VMWare ESXi server with 1 TB datastore. I have added a .ova file for creating VM using templates & wanted to automate the same.

My task is as follows: