vm-export.yml

---
# Export VMware ovf template

- name: Export ovf
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: '<your-vcenter-url>'
    vcenter_username: '<your-vcenter-username>'
    vcenter_password: '<your-vcenter-password>'
    vm_name: '<your-vm-name>'
    s3_bucket: '<your-s3-bucket>'
    s3_key: '<your-s3-key>'
    s3_description: '<your-s3-description>'
    export_directory_path: '<your-export-path>'
    
    
  
  tasks:

    - community.vmware.vmware_export_ovf:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        name: '{{ vm_name }}'
        validate_certs: false
        export_with_images: true
        export_dir: '{{ export_directory_path }}'
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Copy vmdk to S3
      command: >
          aws s3 cp '{{ export_directory_path }}'/'{{ vm_name }}'/'{{ vm_name }}-0'.vmdk s3://'{{ s3_bucket }}'/'{{ s3_key }}'

    - name: Import VMDK to AMI
      command: >
          aws ec2 import-image --description '{{ s3_description }}' --license-type BYOL --disk-containers "file://containers.json"