vms/ansible/roles/vmware/tasks/legacy.yml

- name: create mount point
  become: true
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: /mnt/vmware
    state: directory
    mode: 0700

- name: mount iso file
  become: true
  ansible.builtin.command: mount -o loop,ro {{ ansible_user_dir }}/linux.iso /mnt/vmware  # noqa command-instead-of-module
  changed_when: false

- name: create tmp dir
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: /tmp/vmware
    state: directory
    mode: 0700

- name: untar tools
  ansible.builtin.command: |
    set -ex
    tar zxf /mnt/vmware/VMWareTools-*.tar.gz -C /tmp/vmware
    sudo /tmp/vmware/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl --default --force-install
    rm -r /tmp/vmware
    sudo umount /mnt/vmware
  changed_when: false

- name: remove files
  become: true
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ item }}"
    state: absent
  loop:
    - /mnt/vmware
    - "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/linux.iso"

- name: add content to /etc/vmware-tools/locations
  ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
    block: |
      remove_answer ENABLE_VGAUTH
      answer ENABLE_VGAUTH no
      remove_answer ENABLE_VMBLOCK
      answer ENABLE_VMBLOCK no

- name: finish up installs
  become: true
  ansible.builtin.command: /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --default --skip-stop-abort
  changed_when: false