Ansible Cloud Provisioning Role

This roles provisions virtual machines to cloud targets. At this point, only vSphere is supported, but roles can be built for any cloud provider.

Layout

`provision.yml`

Invocation point

`/roles`

Directory for new roles. The only role currently is provision.vmware

`/roles/provision.vmware/tasks`

Directory for tasks for vSphere VM provisioning

Variables

Hidden (these don't show up in the playbooks, but must be passed in)

vcenter_hostname - FQDN of vSphere API host
vcenter_username - user of service account that can perform vSphere operations
vcenter_password - password of service account

Visible

provision_notes - Annotation for VM
provision_vmware_template - name of VM template to clone from
provision_vmware_datacenter - name of VMware datacenter to provision to
provision_vmware_folder - folder name to add VM to
provision_vmware_cluster - which ESXi cluster to use. Do not use with provision_vmware_esxi_hostname
provision_vmware_esxi_hostname which ESXi host to use. Do not use with provision_vmware_cluster
provision_cpus - number of CPUs to use (configured to 1 cpu core per socket)
provision_memory - memory in GB
provision_resource_names - Iterable list of VM names. Do not manually set if using Tower/AWX (see below)
provision_extra_disks - Iterable list of extra disks. Do not manually set if using Tower/AWX (see below)

Ansible Tower/AWX

These variables are designed to be used in an Ansible Tower/AWX survey.

provision_resource_names_textarea - textarea variable for VM names
provision_extra_disks_textarea - textarea variable for extra disks