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layout: "vsphere"
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page_title: "Provider: VMware vSphere"
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sidebar_current: "docs-vsphere-index"
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description: |-
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The VMware vSphere provider is used to interact with the resources supported by
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VMware vSphere. The provider needs to be configured with the proper credentials
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before it can be used.
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---
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# VMware vSphere Provider
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The VMware vSphere provider is used to interact with the resources supported by
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VMware vSphere.
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The provider needs to be configured with the proper credentials before it can be used.
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Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.
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~> **NOTE:** The VMware vSphere Provider currently represents _initial support_
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and therefore may undergo significant changes as the community improves it. This
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provider at this time only supports IPv4 addresses on virtual machines.
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## Example Usage
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```
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# Configure the VMware vSphere Provider
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provider "vsphere" {
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user = "${var.vsphere_user}"
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password = "${var.vsphere_password}"
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vsphere_server = "${var.vsphere_server}"
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}
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# Create a folder
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resource "vsphere_folder" "frontend" {
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path = "frontend"
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}
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# Create a virtual machine within the folder
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resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "web" {
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name = "terraform-web"
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folder = "${vsphere_folder.frontend.path}"
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vcpu = 2
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memory = 4096
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network_interface {
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label = "VM Network"
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}
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disk {
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template = "centos-7"
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}
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}
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```
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## Argument Reference
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The following arguments are used to configure the VMware vSphere Provider:
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* `user` - (Required) This is the username for vSphere API operations. Can also
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be specified with the `VSPHERE_USER` environment variable.
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* `password` - (Required) This is the password for vSphere API operations. Can
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also be specified with the `VSPHERE_PASSWORD` environment variable.
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* `vsphere_server` - (Required) This is the vCenter server name for vSphere API
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operations. Can also be specified with the `VSPHERE_SERVER` environment
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variable.
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* `allow_unverified_ssl` - (Optional) Boolean that can be set to true to
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disable SSL certificate verification. This should be used with care as it
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could allow an attacker to intercept your auth token. If omitted, default
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value is `false`. Can also be specified with the `VSPHERE_ALLOW_UNVERIFIED_SSL`
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environment variable.
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## Required Privileges
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In order to use Terraform provider as non priviledged user, a Role within
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vCenter must be assigned the following privileges:
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* Datastore
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- Allocate space
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- Browse datastore
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- Low level file operations
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- Remove file
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- Update virtual machine files
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- Update virtual machine metadata
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* Folder (all)
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- Create folder
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- Delete folder
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- Move folder
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- Rename folder
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* Network
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- Assign network
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* Resource
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- Apply recommendation
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- Assign virtual machine to resource pool
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* Virtual Machine
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- Configuration (all) - for now
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- Guest Operations (all) - for now
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- Interaction (all)
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- Inventory (all)
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- Provisioning (all)
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These settings were tested with [vSphere
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6.0](https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.security.doc%2FGUID-18071E9A-EED1-4968-8D51-E0B4F526FDA3.html)
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and [vSphere
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5.5](https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.security.doc%2FGUID-18071E9A-EED1-4968-8D51-E0B4F526FDA3.html).
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For additional information on roles and permissions, please refer to official
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VMware documentation.
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## Virtual Machine Customization
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Guest Operating Systems can be configured using
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[customizations](https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc_50/GUID-80F3F5B5-F795-45F1-B0FA-3709978113D5.html),
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in order to set things properties such as domain and hostname. This mechanism
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is not compatible with all operating systems, however. A list of compatible
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operating systems can be found
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[here](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/guestOS/guest-os-customization-matrix.pdf)
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If customization is attempted on an operating system which is not supported, Terraform will
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create the virtual machine, but fail with the following error message:
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```
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Customization of the guest operating system 'debian6_64Guest' is not
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supported in this configuration. Microsoft Vista (TM) and Linux guests with
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Logical Volume Manager are supported only for recent ESX host and VMware Tools
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versions. Refer to vCenter documentation for supported configurations. ```
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```
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In order to skip the customization step for unsupported operating systems, use
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the `skip_customization` argument on the virtual machine resource.
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## Acceptance Tests
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The VMware vSphere provider's acceptance tests require the above provider
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configuration fields to be set using the documented environment variables.
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In addition, the following environment variables are used in tests, and must be
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set to valid values for your VMware vSphere environment:
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* VSPHERE\_NETWORK\_GATEWAY
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* VSPHERE\_NETWORK\_IP\_ADDRESS
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* VSPHERE\_NETWORK\_LABEL
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* VSPHERE\_NETWORK\_LABEL\_DHCP
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* VSPHERE\_TEMPLATE
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The following environment variables depend on your vSphere environment:
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* VSPHERE\_DATACENTER
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* VSPHERE\_CLUSTER
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* VSPHERE\_RESOURCE\_POOL
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* VSPHERE\_DATASTORE
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The following additional environment variables are needed for running the
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"Mount ISO as CDROM media" acceptance tests.
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* VSPHERE\_CDROM\_DATASTORE
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* VSPHERE\_CDROM\_PATH
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These are used to set and verify attributes on the `vsphere_virtual_machine`
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resource in tests.
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Once all these variables are in place, the tests can be run like this:
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```
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make testacc TEST=./builtin/providers/vsphere
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```
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