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When we manage a large number of virtual machines (VMs), we want to reduce the differences between them and create a standard template. By using a standard template, it becomes easier to manage and propagate the same operation on the different nodes. When using VMware vSphere, it is a common practice to share a standardized Read more about Managing a VMware Template Lifecycle with Ansible[…]
vCenter has a graphical user interface if you want to interact with it, but what if you manage multiple vCenter servers and want to automate audits or the maintenance of those servers? In this blog, we will see how we can retrieve details about the VMware vCenter Server directly using Ansible. The practices laid out Read more about Audit your VMware vCenter Server using Ansible[…]
VMware vCenter Server tags are labels that can be applied to objects like the system’s environment and usage, therefore it is a very useful method of asset management – also making tags a perfect fit in the Ansible world to organize systems in an Ansible inventory. Red Hat customers have regularly requested the ability to Read more about Using VMware vCenter Tags in a Red Hat Ansible Tower Dynamic Inventory[…]
Managing virtual machines in an IT infrastructure is often a common task, specifically VMware virtualization technology has been around for over 20 years. VMware administrators spend a lot of their time in automating the creation, management, and removal of virtual instances that contain various operating systems. One operating system that often resides on VMware infrastructure Read more about Automating a RHEL 8 Installation Using the VMware REST Ansible Collection[…]
The VMware Ansible modules as part of the current community.vmware Collection are extremely popular. According to GitHub, it’s the second most forked Collection1, just after community.general. The VMware modules and plugins for Ansible have benefited from a stream of contributions from dozens of users. Many IT infrastructure engineers rely on managing their VMware infrastructure by Read more about Introducing the VMware REST Ansible Content Collection[…]