# RHEL VM creation from iso **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** vmware, rhel\ **Created:** [November 3, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rhel-vm-creation-from-iso/25911 "2017-11-03T10:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alastair\_Rogers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alastair_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rhel-vm-creation-from-iso/25911/1 "2017-11-03T10:05:40Z")
I am currently looking at utilising ansible for our VM creation and initial OS setup. We have VMware vCenter hosting our VM’s and I am comfortable with VM creation with the ansible module vmware\_guest. The difficulty I have is with taking the VM to an operational RHEL install. Booting from an ISO requires user input to manually install or providing a kickstart file. I would like to be handoff during the spin up of a new VM. Can you suggest a way I can overcome this difficulty? ---
**Author:** ![George\_Shuklin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed8c4c/32.png) [@George\_Shuklin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/George_Shuklin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rhel-vm-creation-from-iso/25911/2 "2017-11-03T11:15:21Z")
kickstart is a fragile approach. Use diskimage-builder to build a perfect image for your needs. ---
**Author:** ![PhilEv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PhilEv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PhilEv)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rhel-vm-creation-from-iso/25911/3 "2017-11-03T11:56:48Z")
we do use kickstart and network boot (cobbler served) to install what we call OS profile al unattended