Ansible

Advanced Ansible Playbook for Nutanix: Enterprise-Grade VM Provisioning with Validation, Tagging, and Notification

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Introduction In production environments, VM provisioning requires more than just spinning up a virtual machine. You must ensure the VM is validated, tagged correctly, and monitored for failures. This enterprise-grade Ansible playbook combines provisioning, tagging, verification, and notifications in a single flow. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Full-Stack Enterprise Playbook … Read more

Ansible Playbooks for VM Compliance Reporting on Nutanix

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Introduction Enforcing configuration standards across Nutanix AHV VMs is critical for operational consistency and audit readiness. This article walks through an Ansible playbook that checks VM power state, memory, CPU, disk, and tags, reporting back on any non-compliant settings. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: VM Compliance Audit Flow Use Case … Read more

Auto-Generate Nutanix Reports with Ansible and Email Integration

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Introduction Nutanix operations teams benefit from having a consolidated daily snapshot of cluster health, VM status, and storage capacity. With Ansible, you can automate report generation and email delivery. This post shows how to create a consolidated Nutanix infrastructure report and send it to your team each morning. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository … Read more

Building a Self-Healing Nutanix Environment with Ansible

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Introduction Self-healing infrastructure reduces downtime and manual intervention. With Ansible, Nutanix admins can detect VM or system issues and automatically trigger recovery actions, like powering on VMs, attaching NICs, or restoring from snapshots. This playbook outlines a closed-loop health monitor and repair engine. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Self-Healing Automation … Read more

Patching and Updating Prism Services via Playbooks

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Introduction Nutanix Prism Central and Prism Element updates are essential for security and performance. But manual patching risks inconsistencies, missed steps, and delays. With Ansible, you can validate upgrade readiness, schedule updates, and report results, all in a controlled and automated way. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Prism Update Automation … Read more

Deploying Multi-VM Applications on AHV with Ansible

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Introduction Many enterprise applications require multiple virtual machines, web frontends, app layers, and databases. With Ansible and Nutanix AHV, you can define entire application stacks in YAML and deploy them with a single command. This playbook demonstrates how to deploy and configure multiple VMs in a repeatable fashion. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository … Read more

User and Role Management via Ansible and Prism Central

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Introduction Role-based access control (RBAC) in Nutanix is critical to secure infrastructure operations. Prism Central allows you to define users, roles, and permissions across the enterprise. This post shows you how to automate RBAC with Ansible, ensuring secure, consistent access for admins, operators, and service accounts. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub … Read more

Scheduling Certificate Checks with Ansible

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Introduction An expired SSL certificate in Nutanix Prism Central can cause major disruptions to GUI access and API integrations. This article shows how to automate Prism certificate checks using Ansible, alerting your ops team before certificates reach expiration. No more last-minute fire drills. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Certificate Monitoring … Read more

Nutanix Cluster Expansion Using Ansible

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Introduction Scaling a Nutanix cluster manually via Prism is fine for one-off events, but enterprise and edge environments demand repeatable, secure automation. This guide shows how to onboard new nodes to a Nutanix cluster using Ansible. With a single playbook, you can add multiple hosts, validate their state, and complete your cluster expansion. My Personal … Read more

Creating Storage Containers with Ansible

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Introduction Storage containers in Nutanix define how data is stored, deduplicated, compressed, and tiered. Automating container creation using Ansible enables consistent configurations across clusters and sites. This article walks through creating storage containers with compression enabled using a reusable playbook. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Container Provisioning Workflow Use Case … Read more

Managing VM Power State with Ansible

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Introduction Whether you’re scheduling routine maintenance, automating DR procedures, or managing lab environments, the ability to control VM power state is essential. With Ansible, you can automate VM power operations, start, stop, reboot, and validate, all from a single playbook. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: VM Power Workflow Use Case … Read more

Dynamic VM Network Assignment Using Ansible

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Introduction Virtual machine networking in Nutanix AHV is defined by subnet assignments, bridges (e.g., br0), and VLAN tags. Ansible lets you assign VM NICs dynamically during or after deployment, ensuring proper segmentation for dev, test, and prod workloads. This guide provides a flexible playbook for assigning networks to Nutanix VMs. My Personal Repository on GitHub … Read more

Automating Snapshot Lifecycle for Nutanix with Ansible

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Introduction Snapshots are critical for backup and recovery, but they must be managed correctly to avoid sprawl. With Ansible, you can automate the full snapshot lifecycle on Nutanix AHV, creating, listing, and deleting snapshots through playbooks. This article shows you how to set up reusable snapshot tasks and schedule them reliably. My Personal Repository on … Read more

Deploying Nutanix AHV VMs with Ansible

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Introduction Once your Ansible control node is configured, deploying a virtual machine on Nutanix AHV is just a few lines of YAML away. This article walks through an enterprise-ready playbook to launch AHV VMs using the Nutanix Ansible collection. We’ll cover options for CPU, memory, networks, and storage, and how to make the playbook reusable. … Read more

Automating Nutanix with Ansible: Foundations, Playbooks, and Best Practices

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Introduction Nutanix and Ansible are a natural fit for enterprise automation. While Nutanix provides powerful APIs and CLI tools, Ansible brings repeatable, version-controlled orchestration to the datacenter. This guide helps you install, authenticate, and run your first playbook using the official Nutanix Ansible collection. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Step 1: … Read more