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Getting Started with VMware
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Introduction
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Ansible provides various modules to manage VMware infrastructure, which includes datacenter, cluster,
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host system and virtual machine.
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Requirements
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Ansible VMware modules are written on top of `pyVmomi <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi>`_.
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pyVmomi is the Python SDK for the VMware vSphere API that allows user to manage ESX, ESXi,
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and vCenter infrastcture. You can install pyVmomi using pip:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ pip install pyvmomi
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vmware_guest module
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The :ref:`vmware_guest<vmware_guest_module>` module manages various operations related to virtual machines in the given ESXi or vCenter server.
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Prior to Ansible version 2.5, ``folder`` was an optional parameter with a default value of ``/vm``. The folder parameter
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was used to discover information about virtual machines in the given infrastructure.
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Starting with Ansible version 2.5, ``folder`` is still an optional parameter with no default value.
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This parameter will be now used to identify a user's virtual machine, if multiple virtual machines or virtual
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machine templates are found with same name. VMware does not restrict the system administrator from creating virtual
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machines with same name.
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Debugging
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`````````
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When debugging or creating a new issue, you will need information about your VMware infrastructure. You can get this information using
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`govc <https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/tree/master/govc>`_, For example:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ export GOVC_USERNAME=ESXI_OR_VCENTER_USERNAME
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$ export GOVC_PASSWORD=ESXI_OR_VCENTER_PASSWORD
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$ export GOVC_URL=https://ESXI_OR_VCENTER_HOSTNAME:443
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$ govc find /
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.. seealso::
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`pyVmomi <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi>`_
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The GitHub Page of pyVmomi
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`pyVmomi Issue Tracker <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues>`_
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The issue tracker for the pyVmomi project
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`govc <https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/tree/master/govc>`_
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govc is a vSphere CLI built on top of govmomi
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:ref:`working_with_playbooks`
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An introduction to playbooks
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