Ansible+vSphere+Kickstart Playbook

vms.yml

- hosts: all
  connection: local
  become: no

  vars:
    vsphere_hostname: "{{ lookup('env', 'VSPHERE_HOSTNAME') }}"
    vsphere_username: "{{ lookup('env', 'VSPHERE_USERNAME') }}"
    vsphere_password: "{{ lookup('env', 'VSPHERE_PASSWORD') }}"
    vsphere_datacenter: changeme
    vsphere_datastore: changeme

  tasks:

  - name: build configuration ISO
    make:
      target: build/{{ inventory_hostname }}.iso
      chdir: "{{ playbook_dir }}"

  - name: upload ISO
    vsphere_copy:
      hostname: "{{ vsphere_hostname }}"
      username: "{{ vsphere_username }}"
      password: "{{ vsphere_password }}"
      datacenter: "{{ vsphere_datacenter }}"
      datastore: "{{ vsphere_datastore }}"
      src: build/{{ inventory_hostname }}.iso
      path: ISOs/{{ inventory_hostname }}.iso

  - name: create vm
    vsphere_guest:
      vcenter_hostname: "{{ vsphere_hostname }}"
      username: "{{ vsphere_username }}"
      password: "{{ vsphere_password }}"
      guest: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      state: powered_on
      vm_disk:
        disk1:
          size_gb: 16
          type: thin
          datastore: "{{ vsphere_datastore }}"
      vm_nic:
        nic1:
          network: VM Network
          type: vmxnet3
          network_type: dvs
      vm_hardware:
        memory_mb: 2048
        num_cpus: 2
        osid: centos64Guest
        scsi: paravirtual
        vm_cdrom:
          boot:
            type: "iso"
            iso_path: "{{ vsphere_datastore }}/boot.iso"
          kickstart:
            type: "iso"
            iso_path: "{{ vsphere_datastore }}/ISOs/{{ inventory_hostname }}.iso"

hi Jack, i like your easy concept.
But the core ansible vsphere_guest has not the vm_cdrom: kickstart function. ->http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/vsphere_guest_module.html

Do you use a custom vsphere_guest module?
How do I get the kickstart function?
I use the ansible 2.3.1.0

Thanks and best regards
Freddy

Yeah, this doesn't work with vanilla stuff.

Waste of time.