create-vm-customization-spec.yml

---

# Steve Maher: AAP Create a VM Customization.

- name: Create VM Customization Specification in vCenter using REST API
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: "your_vcenter_server"
    vcenter_username: "your_vcenter_username"
    vcenter_password: "your_vcenter_password"
    custom_spec_name: "CustomSpecExample"
    description: "Customization spec created by Ansible using vmware_rest"
    domain: "example.com"
    dns_servers: ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4"]
    ip_address: "192.168.1.100"
    subnet_mask: "255.255.255.0"
    gateway: ["192.168.1.1"]

  tasks:
    - name: Log in to vCenter using REST API
      vmware.vmware_rest.rest_login:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: no
      register: login_result

    - name: Create a VM customization specification
      vmware.vmware_rest.rest_request:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        method: POST
        validate_certs: no
        path: "/vcenter/guest/customization-specs"
        headers:
          vmware-api-session-id: "{{ login_result.vmware_api_session_id }}"
        data:
          name: "{{ custom_spec_name }}"
          description: "{{ description }}"
          spec:
            identity:
              linuxPrep:
                domain: "{{ domain }}"
                hostName:
                  type: FIXED
                  name: "{{ custom_spec_name }}"
            globalIPSettings:
              dnsServerList: "{{ dns_servers }}"
              dnsSuffixList: ["{{ domain }}"]
            nicSettingMap:
              - adapter:
                  ip: "{{ ip_address }}"
                  subnetMask: "{{ subnet_mask }}"
                  gateway: "{{ gateway }}"

    - name: Log out of vCenter
      vmware.vmware_rest.rest_logout:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        vmware_api_session_id: "{{ login_result.vmware_api_session_id }}"