# VMWare Convert Guest into Template

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-convert-guest-into-template/31394>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [September 30, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-convert-guest-into-template/31394 "2019-09-30T12:58:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Rogers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeremy_Rogers)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-convert-guest-into-template/31394/1 "2019-09-30T12:58:39Z")

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I know there is a module to deploy a guest from a template, but I’m wanting to go the other direction. Take a guest and convert it into a template. I’m not seeing anything that jumps out at me in the module list. Has anyone done this before?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Rogers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeremy_Rogers)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-convert-guest-into-template/31394/2 "2019-09-30T17:04:52Z")

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I found the answer.

vmware\_guest:  
is\_template: yes

Discovered the VM has to been shut down prior to you running the command too.