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VMware: vSphere Automation SDK installation docs (#57280)

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* VMware: adds instructions for installing vSphere Automation SDK to the dynamic inventory scenario
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Abhijeet Kasurde 2019-06-04 00:22:31 +05:30 committed by Alicia Cozine
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- Add installation documentation for vSphere Automation SDK for Python in vmware inventory plugin docs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57224).

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The best way to interact with your hosts is to use the VMware dynamic inventory plugin, which dynamically queries VMware APIs and
tells Ansible what nodes can be managed.
To be able to use this VMware dynamic inventory plugin, you need to enable it first by specifying the following in the ``ansible.cfg`` file:
Requirements
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To use the VMware dynamic inventory plugins, you must install `pyVmomi <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi>`_
on your control node (the host running Ansible).
To include tag-related information for the virtual machines in your dynamic inventory, you also need the `vSphere Automation SDK <https://code.vmware.com/web/sdk/65/vsphere-automation-python>`_, which supports REST API features like tagging and content libraries, on your control node.
You can install the ``vSphere Automation SDK`` following `these instructions <https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python#installing-required-python-packages>`_.
.. code-block:: bash
$ pip install pyvmomi
To use this VMware dynamic inventory plugin, you need to enable it first by specifying the following in the ``ansible.cfg`` file:
.. code-block:: ini
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The GitHub Page of pyVmomi
`pyVmomi Issue Tracker <https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues>`_
The issue tracker for the pyVmomi project
`vSphere Automation SDK GitHub Page <https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python>`_
The GitHub Page of vSphere Automation SDK for Python
`vSphere Automation SDK Issue Tracker <https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python/issues>`_
The issue tracker for vSphere Automation SDK for Python
:ref:`working_with_playbooks`
An introduction to playbooks
:ref:`playbooks_vault`