part08-vsphere-provider

Create a ready to use in production Virtual Machine with Terraform

Create a VMware vSphere virtual machine

Login to your Vcenter

1- Create a new virtual machine.

2- Choose a name for your virtual machine template.

3- Select a temporary compute resource for the virtual machine.

4- Select a datastore for the virtual machine.

5- Select the vSphere compatibility for the virtual machine.

6- Select "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)" as guest OS for the virtual machine.

7- Change the type of the SCSI controller to "VMware Paravirtual".

8- Choose a temporary network for the virtual machine.

9- Add the Ubuntu 18.04 ISO to the CD/DVD drive of the virtual machine.

10- Connect the CD/DVD drive at boot.

11- Finish the hardware customization of the virtual machine.

12- Validate the creation of the virtual machine.

13- Power on the virtual machine.

14- Launch the vSphere web console.

Install Ubuntu 18.04

Install Ubuntu.

Install the VMware tools

Clean the virtual machine configuration

1- Remove the temporary network configuration.

$ sudo rm /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml

2- Prevent cloud config from preserving the hostname.

$ sudo vim /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
...
preserve_hostname: true
...

3- Power off the Ubuntu virtual machine.

$ sudo shutdown now

4- Edit the settings of the virtual machine.

5- Set the network card back to "VM Network".

6- Set the CD/DVD drive back to "Client Device".

7- Validate the modification.

Create the VMware vSphere template

Convert the virtual machine to a vSphere template.

Edit the Environment file and run the Terraform code

terraform init
terraform validate
terraform fmt
terraform plan
terraform apply