Module for ESXi (free) deplyoment

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Hi

I’m new to terraform and I’m running an ESXi lab and want to install 3 linux boxes based on the provider (josenk/esxi).

My main.tf works basically for one instance:

resource “esxi_guest” “Linux” {
guest_name = “vmtest”
disk_store = “datastore”
boot_disk_size = “30”
memsize = “3072”
numvcpus = “1”
power = “on”
guestos = “ubuntu-64”

network_interfaces {
virtual_network = “VM Network”
}
}

But how do I create dynamically 3 boxes based on that resource?
I red there must be something done based on modules.

Can anyone explain how to do this?

Any help kindly appreciated!
ndee

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I figured out myself how to achieve this for free ESXi system.

It is basically very simple:

locals {
guests = {
“u-k8s-m1” = { },
“u-k8s-n1” = { },
“u-k8s-n2” = { }
}
}

resource “esxi_guest” “Linux” {
for_each = local.guests
guest_name = each.key
disk_store = “datastore”
boot_disk_size = “30”
memsize = “3072”
numvcpus = “1”
power = “off”
guestos = “ubuntu-64”

network_interfaces {
virtual_network = “VM Network”
}
}

I hope it helps others in case.

cheers

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@aracloud Could you please provide what have you inserted as a esxi_hostname, username and password? How did you find these values?