DeployTemplateOpenShiftMultiVMs.yml

---
# Deploy a VM from Template
- hosts: all
  #Variables for vCenter and VMs
  vars:
    vcenter_ip: ""
    vcenter_username: ""
    vcenter_password: ""
    #vm_name: ""
    dc: ""
    folder: ""
    template: ""
    datastore: ""
    worker_vm_ram: ""
    master_vm_ram: ""
    bootstrap_vm_ram: ""
    worker_vm_cpus: ""
    master_vm_cpus: ""
    bootstrap_vm_cpus: ""
    #vm_cpu_cores_per_socket: ""
    vm_disk_gb: ""
    #vm_hostname: ""
    worker1_vm_mac: ""
    worker2_vm_mac: ""
    master1_vm_mac: ""
    master2_vm_mac: ""
    master3_vm_mac: ""
    bootstrap_vm_mac: ""
    worker_ignition_file: ""
    master_ignition_file: ""
    bootstrap_ignition_file: ""
    table_item_worker1: { vm_name: "testworker1", vm_ram: "{{ worker_vm_ram }}", vm_cpus: "{{ worker_vm_cpus }}", ignition_file: "{{ worker_ignition_file }}", vm_mac: "{{ worker1_vm_mac }}" }
    table_item_worker2: { vm_name: "testworker2", vm_ram: "{{ worker_vm_ram }}", vm_cpus: "{{ worker_vm_cpus }}", ignition_file: "{{ worker_ignition_file }}", vm_mac: "{{ worker2_vm_mac }}" }
    table_item_master1: { vm_name: "testmaster1", vm_ram: "{{ master_vm_ram }}", vm_cpus: "{{ master_vm_cpus }}", ignition_file: "{{ master_ignition_file }}", vm_mac: "{{ master1_vm_mac }}" }
    table_item_master2: { vm_name: "testmaster2", vm_ram: "{{ master_vm_ram }}", vm_cpus: "{{ master_vm_cpus }}", ignition_file: "{{ master_ignition_file }}", vm_mac: "{{ master2_vm_mac }}" }
    table_item_master3: { vm_name: "testmaster3", vm_ram: "{{ master_vm_ram }}", vm_cpus: "{{ master_vm_cpus }}", ignition_file: "{{ master_ignition_file }}", vm_mac: "{{ master3_vm_mac }}" }
    table_item_bootstrap: { vm_name: "testbootstrap", vm_ram: "{{ bootstrap_vm_ram }}", vm_cpus: "{{ bootstrap_vm_cpus }}", ignition_file: "{{ bootstrap_ignition_file }}", vm_mac: "{{ bootstrap_vm_mac }}" }
    
  tasks:
    - name: Create a virtual machine from a template
      vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_ip }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: no
        datacenter: "{{ dc }}"
        folder: "{{ folder }}" 
        name: "{{ item.vm_name }}"
        state: present
        template: "{{ template }}"
        disk:
        - size_gb: "{{ vm_disk_gb }}"
          type: thin
          datastore: "{{ datastore }}"
        hardware:
          memory_mb: "{{ item.vm_ram }}"
          mem_reservation: "{{ item.vm_ram }}"
          num_cpus: "{{ item.vm_cpus }}" #For example to create a VM with 2 sockets of 4 cores, specify num_cpus: 8 and num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 4
          #num_cpu_cores_per_socket: "{{ vm_cpu_cores_per_socket }}"
          scsi: paravirtual
          boot_firmware: "efi"
        networks:
        - name: "VM Network"
          type: dhcp
      with_items:
          - "{{ table_item_worker1 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_worker2 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master1 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master2 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master3 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_bootstrap }}"
      delegate_to: localhost
      
    - name: change configuration parameter
      vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_ip }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: no
        datacenter: "{{ dc }}"
        folder: "{{ folder }}" 
        name: "{{ item.vm_name }}"
        state: present
        attributes:
          - name: guestinfo.ignition.config.data.encoding
            value: "base64"
          - name: disk.EnableUUID
            value: "TRUE"
          - name: guestinfo.ignition.config.data
            value: "{{ item.ignition_file }}"
      with_items:
          - "{{ table_item_worker1 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_worker2 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master1 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master2 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master3 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_bootstrap }}"
      delegate_to: localhost
      
    - name: change mac address
      vmware_guest_network:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_ip }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: no
        datacenter: "{{ dc }}"
        folder: "{{ folder }}" 
        name: "{{ item.vm_name }}"
        gather_network_info: false
        networks:
          - label: "Network adapter 1"
            state: present
            manual_mac: "{{ item.vm_mac }}"
      with_items:
          - "{{ table_item_worker1 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_worker2 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master1 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master2 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_master3 }}"
          - "{{ table_item_bootstrap }}"
      delegate_to: localhost