Ansible Role: vmwaretools

This role will help you with installing original vmware-tools from VMware or fallback to Open VMware Tools (open-vm-tools).

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

# The version of VMware Tools to install. Possible values can be found here: http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html
vmwaretools_tools_version: latest

# The server which holds the YUM repository. Customize this if you mirror public
# YUM repos to your internal network.
vmwaretools_yum_server: https://packages.vmware.com

# The path on *yum_server* where the repository can be found. Customize this if
# you mirror public YUM repos to your internal network.
vmwaretools_yum_path: /tools

# Repository package version
# For example: 9.4.10-1 version for http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/repos/vmware-tools-repo-RHEL6-9.4.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
# If it is not specified it's autodetected by "Get repository package version
# if vmwaretools_repo_version is undefined." task.
# vmwaretools_repo_version: 9.4.10-1

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  become: yes
  roles:
    - role: ruzickap.vmwaretools
      when: ansible_virtualization_type == 'VMware'

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by petr.ruzicka@gmail.com

ansible-role-vmwaretools

Commits

chore(deps): update actions/create-github-app-token action to v1.10.0

chore(deps): update oxsecurity/megalinter action to v7.11.1

chore(deps): update amannn/action-semantic-pull-request action to v5.5.2

chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v4.1.4

chore(deps): update actions/create-github-app-token action to v1.9.3

chore(deps): update actions/setup-python action to v5.1.0

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