---
# create a new VM from a template
- name: VM from template
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local
  vars:
    vcenter_server: "vcenter.example.com"
    vcenter_datacenter: "dc01"
    vcenter_cluster: "cluster01"
    vcenter_datastore: "ds01"
    vcenter_host: "node1.example.com"
    vcenter_network: "private_network"    
  vars_prompt:
   - name: vcenter_username
     prompt: Enter the UserName
     private: no
   - name: vcenter_password
     prompt: Enter the Password    
     private: yes
   - name: vm_state 
     prompt: State as - present/absent/poweredon/poweredoff/restarted 
     default: poweredon
     private: no
  tasks:
    - name: Create a Windows 2016 virtual machine from a template
      vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
        esxi_hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
        validate_certs: False
        folder: /Infrastructure Servers
        name: ansible-windows-2016-std-v2        
        state: "{{ vm_state }}"
        template: packer-windows-2016-std-v2        
        disk:
         - size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default(60) }}"
           type: thin
           datastore: "{{ vcenter_datastore }}"
        hardware:
          memory_mb: 1024
          num_cpus: 2          
          scsi: lsilogicsas         
          version: 12 # Hardware version of virtual machine        
        networks:
          - name: "{{ vcenter_network }}"
            ip: 10.0.100.10
            netmask: 255.255.255.0            
        wait_for_ip_address: false
        customization:      
           hostname: w2016    
           dns_servers:
             - 10.0.100.2     
           timezone: 255               
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: windows_2016_deploy
      tags: windows_2016