create-vm-customization-sec-uri.yml

---
- name: Create Linux VM Customization Specification in vCenter with London timezone and custom script using REST API
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: "your_vcenter_server"
    vcenter_username: "your_vcenter_username"
    vcenter_password: "your_vcenter_password"
    custom_spec_name: "LinuxCustomSpecWithScript"
    description: "Linux customization spec with London timezone and custom script, created by Ansible using uri"
    domain: "example.com"
    dns_servers: ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4"]
    ip_address: "192.168.1.100"
    subnet_mask: "255.255.255.0"
    gateway: ["192.168.1.1"]
    timezone: "Europe/London"
    custom_script_path: "/etc/custom.sh"

  tasks:
    - name: Obtain a session ID for vCenter
      uri:
        url: "https://{{ vcenter_hostname }}/rest/com/vmware/cis/session"
        method: POST
        user: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: no
      register: login_result
      no_log: true

    - name: Create a Linux VM customization specification with timezone and custom script
      uri:
        url: "https://{{ vcenter_hostname }}/rest/vcenter/guest/customization-specs"
        method: POST
        headers:
          vmware-api-session-id: "{{ login_result.json.value }}"
        validate_certs: no
        body_format: json
        body:
          name: "{{ custom_spec_name }}"
          description: "{{ description }}"
          spec:
            identity:
              linuxPrep:
                domain: "{{ domain }}"
                hostName:
                  type: FIXED
                  name: "{{ custom_spec_name }}"
                timeZone: "{{ timezone }}"
                postInstallScript: "{{ custom_script_path }}"
            globalIPSettings:
              dnsServerList: "{{ dns_servers }}"
              dnsSuffixList: ["{{ domain }}"]
            nicSettingMap:
              - adapter:
                  ip: "{{ ip_address }}"
                  subnetMask: "{{ subnet_mask }}"
                  gateway: "{{ gateway }}"
      register: create_spec_result

    - name: Log out of vCenter
      uri:
        url: "https://{{ vcenter_hostname }}/rest/com/vmware/cis/session"
        method: DELETE
        headers:
          vmware-api-session-id: "{{ login_result.json.value }}"
        validate_certs: no