Ansible Role: VMware VCSA Embedded Install

Installs a VMware VCSA to a ESXi host.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Variables for this role are pulled the defaults/main.yml file.

Additional variables for the VCSA deployment itself can either be put in the defaults/main.yml file or you can put deployment specific variables in your host inventory like so:

# VMware Bare metal
vmware:
  hosts:
    server-09.tme.nebulon.com:
    server-10.tme.nebulon.com:
    server-11.tme.nebulon.com:
    server-12.tme.nebulon.com:
  vars:
    vcsa_name: "devvcsa.tme.nebulon.com"
    vcsa_size: "small"
    vcenter_ip: 10.100.24.31
    vcsa_gw: 10.100.24.1
    vcsa_cidr: 22
    vcsa_dns: 10.100.72.10
    vcsa_ntp: 10.100.72.10
    vcsa_sso_domain: "vsphere.local"
    vcsa_sso_password: "{{ vault_vcsa_sso_password }}"
    vcsa_password: "{{ vault_vcsa_sso_password }}"
    vcsa_network: "VM Network"
# VCSA
vcsa:
  hosts:
    devvcsa.tme.nebulon.com:

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

# ===========================================================================
# Deploy embedded VCSA to ESXi host
# ===========================================================================
- name: Deploy a self-hosted VCSA on ESXi host
  hosts: ['vmware[0]']
  gather_facts: true
  tags: play_vcsa_install

  vars_files:
    # Ansible vault with all required passwords
    - "../../credentials.yml"

  roles:
    - { role: jedimt.vmware_vcsa_embedded_install,
        vsphere_version: "7" }

- name: Wait for VCSA installation to complete
  hosts: vcsa
  gather_facts: false
  tags: play_vcsa_install_complete

  vars:
    ansible_python_interpreter: /bin/python
    # Use ansible_password when no SSH keys installed on the VCSA.
    ansible_password: "{{ vault_esxi_password }}"

  vars_files:
    # Ansible vault with all required passwords
    - "../../credentials.yml"

  tasks:

    - name: Check for successful VCSA deployment
      ansible.builtin.command:
        ls /var/log/firstboot/succeeded
      register: vcsa_status
      retries: 30
      delay: 20
      until: vcsa_status is success
      changed_when: false
      tags: vcsa_test

License

MIT

Author Information

Aaron Patten aaronpatten@gmail.com