Using Terraform to Deploy the VMware Nested ESXi Appliance
With the addition of OVF/OVA customized properties in Terraform, I figured I would put together a few runbooks for appliances to deploy. This post will cover the details deploy the Nested ESXi Appliance.
Pre-Requsites
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Execute the Runbook
- The script is pretty straight forward, you will need to download the Appliance OVA to a local directory and fill in the appropriate variables on the configuration file. Terraform also supports a Remote OVF, but due to performance reasons I have find local to work better.
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| git clone https://github.com/dstamen/Terraform.git #Clone the Github Repository | |
| cd Terraform/deploy-nested-esxi #Change to Runbook Directory | |
| vi modules/deploy-nested-esxi/main.tf #Update the configuration file to provide your vCenter Server and Appliance Settings and then Save the file | |
| terraform init #Initialize and install the provider if needed | |
| terraform plan #Validate the run book will work | |
| terraform apply #Deploy your VMs! |
Conclusion
Im loving all the new pieces of automation that are coming out to help simplify deployments.
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See Also
- Using Terraform to Deploy the VMware Event Broker Appliance
- Using Terraform to Deploy the Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Appliance
- Unable to Provision a vVol Hard Disk on a VM Located on VMFS Datastore
- Considerations for vSphere Component Backup and Restore: Part 2
- Considerations for vSphere Component Backup and Restore: Part 1