# Seeking clarification on Ansible for VMWare module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-clarification-on-ansible-for-vmware-module/27377>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [April 25, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-clarification-on-ansible-for-vmware-module/27377 "2018-04-25T19:18:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Dave](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-clarification-on-ansible-for-vmware-module/27377/1 "2018-04-25T19:18:44Z")

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I’m not sure if anyone here has tried the Ansible for VMWare module, but does this module require a VMWare OVF template in order to run?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Sebastien\_Desbois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sebastien\_Desbois](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sebastien_Desbois)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-clarification-on-ansible-for-vmware-module/27377/2 "2018-04-27T16:38:29Z")

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Hello,

Not sure to understand what you are asking?  
Only things you need to run ansible for vmware modules are :

- an ansible server
- a network connection between your ansible server and your esxi or vcenter

That’s all  
Ansible will talk to vCenter / ESXi using the API.

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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:** [April 27, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-clarification-on-ansible-for-vmware-module/27377/3 "2018-04-27T18:45:08Z")

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Hi

Just to be more precise  
Pysphere or Pyvmomi python module is required (as written in  
documentation) depending on which module you use

Regards,

JYL