Ansible Role: vmwaretools

This role helps you install official VMware Tools from VMware or use Open VMware Tools (open-vm-tools) if needed.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Here are the variables you can use, along with their default settings (found in defaults/main.yml):

• Version of VMware Tools to install. Check for possible versions here: VMware Packages

  vmwaretools_tools_version: latest

• YUM repository server. Change this if you have a copy of public YUM repositories on your local network.

  vmwaretools_yum_server: https://packages.vmware.com

• Repository path on the YUM server. Adjust this if you have a local copy of public YUM repositories.

  vmwaretools_yum_path: /tools

• Repository package version. For example: 9.4.10-1 for the URL http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/repos/vmware-tools-repo-RHEL6-9.4.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

  vmwaretools_repo_version: 9.4.10-1

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  become: yes
  roles:
    - { role: vahubert.vmwaretools, when: ansible_virtualization_type == 'VMware' }

License

BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by petr.ruzicka@gmail.com