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.. _vmware_ansible_intro:
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Introduction to Ansible for VMware
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.. contents:: Topics
Introduction
============
Ansible provides various modules to manage VMware infrastructure, which includes datacenter, cluster,
host system and virtual machine.
Requirements
============
Ansible VMware modules are written on top of `pyVmomi <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi>`_.
pyVmomi is the Python SDK for the VMware vSphere API that allows user to manage ESX, ESXi,
and vCenter infrastructure. You can install pyVmomi using pip:
.. code-block:: bash
$ pip install pyvmomi
vmware_guest module
===================
The :ref:`vmware_guest<vmware_guest_module>` module manages various operations related to virtual machines in the given ESXi or vCenter server.
.. seealso::
`pyVmomi <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi>`_
The GitHub Page of pyVmomi
`pyVmomi Issue Tracker <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues>`_
The issue tracker for the pyVmomi project
`govc <https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/tree/master/govc>`_
govc is a vSphere CLI built on top of govmomi
:ref:`working_with_playbooks`
An introduction to playbooks
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