【问题标题】:Create folder on VCenter server using Ansible使用 Ansible 在 vCenter 服务器上创建文件夹
【发布时间】:2015-12-23 08:25:20
【问题描述】:
  • 问题说明:
    1. 给定一个文件夹名称,检查它是否存在于 vCenter Server 上,如果不存在,则创建它。
    2. 从此文件夹下的模板中克隆虚拟机。

例如,我想在“管理员桌面”下克隆一个虚拟机,如下图所示: Click here to see the image

下面的脚本是从指定模板克隆虚拟机并将虚拟机放入指定文件夹。但当该文件夹在 VCenter 服务器上不存在时失败:

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  sudo: false
  user: root
  gather_facts: false
  serial: 1

  vars_files:
    - createVmVars.yml

  tasks:
    - name: Deploying VM from template.
      vsphere_guest:
        vcenter_hostname: "{{vcenter_hostname}}"
        username: "{{vcenter_username}}"
        password: "{{vcenter_password}}"
        guest: "{{guest_name}}"
        from_template: yes
        template_src: "{{template_src}}"
        cluster: "{{cluster}}"
        resource_pool: "{{resource_pool}}"
        vm_extra_config:
          folder: "{{folder_name}}"

需要帮助使这个脚本灵活,以便当文件夹不存在时,它应该创建提到的文件夹,然后在这个文件夹下克隆虚拟机。

【问题讨论】:

    标签: ansible vcenter


    【解决方案1】:

    您可以使用这个 Ansible 模块在 vsphere 中创建文件夹:

    #!/usr/bin/python
    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
    
    DOCUMENTATION = '''
    ---
    author: "Shashank Awasthi"
    module: vsphere_create_folder
    short_description: Create a folder on VCenter if it does not exist
    description:
      - This module requires login to VCenter Server
      - This module requires pysphere python module installed
      - This module creates a folder on mentioned VCenter Server
      - This module does not create any folder if the folder with the same name is already existing on the VCenter Server
      - This module supports nesting upto only 2 levels
    version_added: "1.2"
    options:
      host:
        description:
          - The vsphere Server on which the folder is to be created
        required: true
      login:
        description:
          - The login name to authenticate on VSphere
        required: true
      password:
        description:
          - The password to authenticate VSphere
        required: true
      folder_name:
        description:
          - The folder name which is to be created
        required: true
      parent_folder_name:
        description:
          The name of parent folder under which the folder_name is residing.
        required: true
      datacenter_name:
        description:
          - The name of the datacenter where the folder is to be created
        required: true
    examples:
      - description: create the folder with name NewDeployments
        code:
           - local_action: vsphere_create_folder host=$eszserver login=$esxlogin password=$esxpassword folder_name=$folder_name
    parent_folder_name=$parent_folder_name  datacenter_name=$dc_name
    notes:
      - This module ought ot be run from a system which can access vsphere directly
    '''
    
    import sys
    
    try:
            import pysphere
            from pysphere import *
            from pysphere.resources import VimService_services as VI
    except ImportError:
            print "failed=true, msg=Pysphere Python module not available"
            sys.exit(1)
    
    def main():
            module = AnsibleModule(
                    argument_spec = dict(
                            host =  dict(requred = True),
                            login = dict(required = True),
                            password = dict(required = True),
                            folder_name = dict(required = True),
                            parent_folder_name =  dict(required = True),
                            datacenter_name = dict(required = True)
                    )
            )
    
            host = module.params.get('host')
            login = module.params.get('login')
            password = module.params.get('password')
            folder_name = module.params.get('folder_name')
            parent_folder_name = module.params.get('parent_folder_name')
            datacenter_name = module.params.get('datacenter_name')
    
            server = pysphere.VIServer()
            try:
                    server.connect(host,login,password)
            except Exception, e:
                    module.fail_json(msg = 'Failed to connect to %s: %s' % (host, e))
    
    
            def createFolder(vm_folder,folder_name):
                    try:
                            request = VI.CreateFolderRequestMsg()
                            _this = request.new__this(vm_folder)
                            _this.set_attribute_type(vm_folder.get_attribute_type())
                            request.set_element__this(_this)
                            request.set_element_name(folder_name)
                            server._proxy.CreateFolder(request)
                    except pysphere.ZSI.FaultException, e:
                            pass
    
            try:
                    datacenters = server._get_datacenters()
                    dc = datacenters[datacenter_name]
    
                    dc_props = VIProperty(server,dc)
                    vm_folder = dc_props.vmFolder._obj
    
                    createFolder(vm_folder,parent_folder_name)
    
                    folders =  server._retrieve_properties_traversal(property_names=['name'], from_node =  dc, obj_type = 'Folder')
    
                    for f in folders:
                            if f.PropSet[0].Val == parent_folder_name:
                                    vm_folder = f.Obj
                                    break
                    createFolder(vm_folder,folder_name)
            except Exception, e:
                    module.fail_json(msg = "failed to create folder: %s" % e)
    
    
    
    
            module.exit_json(changed = True, folder = folder_name, parent_folder = parent_folder_name)
    
    #<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
    main()
    

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