Automate VMware VM Provisioning in Minutes with Ansible

In this quick tutorial, learn how to automate the provisioning of virtual machines within VMware using the Ansible Automation Platform in under two minutes.

We’ll explore the VMware Ansible Collections, focusing on the VMware Ops collection, which includes roles and modules designed to manage your VMware environments.

Watch as we dive into the Provision VM role, demonstrating how simple it is to create VMs on-demand. We’ll guide you through setting up a job template in Ansible Automation Platform, filling out key variables like VM names and locations, and launching your VMs effortlessly.

You’ll see the step-by-step process of executing a playbook that leverages the Provision VM role, allowing you to easily create your VMs.

Finally, we’ll check our vSphere client to confirm the successful deployment of a new VM, showing you just how effective Ansible Automation can be for managing VMware environments.

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Does the playbook have sections that maps port groups to network interfaces?