Create virtual machine in VMware using terraform

Create simple vm using VMware VCenter

To create a virtual machine in VMware using Terraform, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Install Terraform on your local machine if you do not already have it.
2. Install the VMware vSphere provider for Terraform by following the instructions at https://registry.terraform.io/providers/vmware/vsphere/latest/docs/guides/installation
3. Create a new directory for your Terraform configuration and navigate to it.
4. Create a file called main.tf in this directory and add the following code:

provider "vsphere" {
  user     = "your-username"
  password = "your-password"
  vsphere_server = "vcenter.example.com"
}

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
  name             = "vmname"
  resource_pool_id = "resgroup-12345"
  datacenter_id    = "datacenter-12345"

  num_cpus = 2
  memory   = 2048

  network_interface {
    label = "Network Adapter 1"
    ipv4_address = "192.168.1.10"
    ipv4_prefix_length = 24
    ipv4_gateway = "192.168.1.1"
  }

  disk {
    label = "disk0"
    size  = 20
  }

  cdrom {
    datastore_id = "datastore-12345"
    path = "[datastore1] ISO/vmname.iso"
  }
}

1. Replace your-username, your-password, vcenter.example.com, resgroup-12345, datacenter-12345, and datastore-12345 with the appropriate values for your environment.
2. Run the following command to initialize Terraform:

terraform init

1. Run the following command to create the virtual machine:

Terraform plan

Terraform apply

Finish.