Terraform vSphere VM Automation with Packer

This repository contains Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automating virtual machine provisioning on VMware vSphere using Terraform and Packer.
It enables consistent VM builds, rapid deployment, and simplified lifecycle management.

---

🚀 Features

• Automated VM creation on vSphere with Terraform
• Golden image building with Packer
• Configurable CPU, memory, disk, and network settings
• Support for cloning from templates
• Easy customization via variables

---

📦 Prerequisites

• Terraform >= 1.0
• Packer
• VMware vSphere environment (vCenter + ESXi)
• vSphere credentials with sufficient permissions
• Access to a datastore and network in vSphere

---

⚙️ Setup

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/your-org/terraform-vsphere-vm-automation.git
   cd terraform-vsphere-vm-automation

vsphere_user = "administrator@vsphere.local" vsphere_password = "yourpassword" vsphere_server = "vcenter.example.com"

2. Configure variables Create or edit terraform.tfvars: datacenter_name = "Datacenter" cluster_name = "Cluster" datastore_name = "Datastore" network_name = "VM Network" ubuntu_name = "ubuntu-template"

3. Build base image with Packer

   packer build packer/ubuntu.json
   

4. Initialize Terraform

   terraform init
   

5. Validate configuration

   terraform validate
   

6. Preview changes

   terraform plan
   

7. Apply configuration

   terraform apply
   

8. Destroy resources (optional)

   terraform destroy