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# Ansible for VMware

Welcome to the Ansible for VMware Guide! This is a set of placeholder docs to be filled in.

The purpose of this guide is to teach you everything you need to know about using Ansible with VMware.

To get started, please select one of the following topics.

- Introduction to Ansible for VMware
  - Introduction
  - Requirements
  - vmware_guest module
- Ansible for VMware Concepts
  - Control Node
  - Delegation
  - Modules
  - Playbooks
  - pyVmomi
- VMware Prerequisites
- Getting Started with Ansible for VMware
- Using VMware dynamic inventory plugin
  - VMware Dynamic Inventory Plugin
- Ansible for VMware Scenarios
  - Deploy a virtual machine from a template
  - Rename an existing virtual machine
  - Remove an existing VMware virtual machine
  - Find folder path of an existing VMware virtual machine
  - Using VMware HTTP API using Ansible
  - Sample Scenario for Ansible VMware
- Ansible VMware Module Guide
- Troubleshooting Ansible for VMware
  - Debugging
  - Troubleshooting Item
- List of useful links to VMware
- Ansible VMware FAQ
  - vmware_guest