create_vm_vmware_ask.yml

---
- name: Create new VM
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    datacenter_name: cdcug
    cluster_name: cluster01
    datastore_name: CDCUG_VMware_mgmt_nfs

  tasks:
  - name: Create new virtual machine on VMware
    vmware_guest:
      hostname: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_HOST') }}"
      username: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_USER') }}"
      password: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_PASSWORD') }}"
      name: "{{ param_vm_name }}"
      template: "{{ param_vm_template }}" # centos76-minimal, rhel7-generic
      annotation: "{{ param_vm_annotation }}" # Shows as Notes on VM in vCenter
      datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
      cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}" # Is_this_predefined?
      datastore: "{{ datastore_name }}" # Is_this_predefined?
      folder: / # "{{ param_vm_folder }}" # required
      validate_certs: false
      state: poweredon
      wait_for_ip_address: no
      hardware:
        num_cpus: "{{ param_vm_num_cpus }}"
        memory_mb: "{{ param_vm_memory_mb }}"
      networks:
      - name: "{{ param_vm_network_name }}" # default: VM Network
        device_type: vmxnet3
      #- vlan: "{{ param_vm_network_vlan }}" # example: 119
      # the next lines belong under networks: - name if activated
      #  ip: "10.110.111.183" #ip: "{{ ipaddr }}"
      #  netmask: 255.255.255.0 # required parameter