/ansible-deploy-csr

Deploy a CSR1000v into vCenter with a deployment spec

Deploy Cisco CSR1000V with Ansible

This Ansible playbook will deploy a Cisco CSR1000V .ova into VMware vCenter and provision using a deployment specification to pre-configure hostname, credentials, ip addressing, etc. Additional options can be configured, to see the full list of available properties deploy a CSR1000V into vCenter manually and then on the deployed VM go to Configure and vApp Options. Then scroll down to the Properties section.

Requirements

  • Ansible (verified on Ansible 2.11.2)
  • pyvmomi (pip install pyvmomi)
  • CSR1000V .ova (download from CCO)

Usage

  • Modify creds.yml.example with your vCenter credentials and save as creds.yml
  • Update the variables to match your vCenter environment and desired CSR1000V settings in group_vars/all/vars.yml
  • encrypt your creds: 
    ansible-vault encrypt creds.yml
  • run the playbook: 
    ansible-playbook main.yml --ask-vault-pass

Caveats

  • Failed with a KeyError on Ansible 2.10.2