Currently on ansible version 2.10.6 with the latest vmware.commumity.vmware_guest package and dependcies. I am trying to deploy a windows server from template using the following playbook. The issue I have is when the server powers up for the first time it stops at a blues prompt screen with the three choices of continue, troubleshoot and shutdown. Not sure how to get around this.
I also have a question in regards to the deployment. In vsphere we have a number of custumization templates that we push on to the vm after it is deployed. How can I utilize that customization with the playbook? There is the wait_for_customization parameter but there is no place to identify the custom template we want utilize.
Thanks.
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
vars_files:
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group_vars/vars
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group_vars/vars_sec
tasks:
- name: Clone the template
community.vmware.vmware_guest:
hostname: vcserver01.wlu.ca
username: “{{ vcenter_user }}”
password: “{{ vcenter_pass }}”
validate_certs: False
name: “{{ name }}”
template: “{{ template }}”
datacenter: “{{ datacenter_name }}”
folder: “{{ folder }}”
cluster: “{{ cluster_name }}”
datastore: “{{ datastore }}”
networks:
- name: “{{ network }}”
ip: “{{ ip }}”
netmask: 255.255.254.0
gateway: “{{ gw }}”
dns_servers:
-
10.10.82.255
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10.100.46.20
type: static
customization:
existing_vm: yes
password: “{{ password }}”
autologon: true
autologoncount: 3
hostname: “{{ name }}”
timezone: 35
dns_servers:
-
10.10.82.255
-
10.100.46.20
joindomain: true
domain: “{{ domain }}”
domainadmin: “{{ domainadmin }}”
domainadminpassword: “{{ bind_password}}”
state: poweredon
wait_for_ip_address: yes
wait_for_customization: true
wait_for_customization_timeout: 300
delegate_to: localhost
register: deploy_vm
