# Reg: VMware Tools install using Ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-vmware-tools-install-using-ansible/35193>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [May 19, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-vmware-tools-install-using-ansible/35193 "2021-05-19T09:45:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![harsh\_chawda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@harsh\_chawda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harsh_chawda)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-vmware-tools-install-using-ansible/35193/1 "2021-05-19T09:45:28Z")

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Hello All,

I have a requirement in which I have to install VMware tools on VMs i created on VSphere, as by default its not present when i am creating a VM.

Is it possible using ansible or using any other script to install it on the freshly created VM.

Thanks in advance

**Harsh Chawda**

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**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-vmware-tools-install-using-ansible/35193/2 "2021-05-19T09:51:27Z")

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There are ways to instruct through the api and there maybe a task for it but I am wondering why you couldn’t bake it in to the template?

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**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-vmware-tools-install-using-ansible/35193/3 "2021-05-19T12:17:56Z")

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Why not using open-vm-tools ?

Regards,

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**Author:** ![harsh\_chawda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@harsh\_chawda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harsh_chawda)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-vmware-tools-install-using-ansible/35193/4 "2021-05-20T13:41:31Z")

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Hello,

Thanks for your reply… Actually the vms are already created and are not having vmware tools pre installed.

So I have to install tools on all those servers like 100 of them…

**Harsh chawda**