Ensure that VM are created on the requested ESXi host (#400)

Ensure that VM are created on the requested ESXi host Reviewed-by: https://github.com/apps/ansible-zuul
ansible-collections · Sep 25, 2020 · 34ef77f · 34ef77f
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/400-vm-created-on-specified-host.yml b/changelogs/fragments/400-vm-created-on-specified-host.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - vmware_guest - takes now into account the ``esxi_hostname`` argument to create the vm on the right host
+    according to the doc (https://github.com/ansible-collections/vmware/pull/359).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py
@@ -3157,10 +3157,14 @@ def deploy_vm(self):
                                                         snapshotDirectory=None,
                                                         suspendDirectory=None,
                                                         vmPathName="[" + datastore_name + "]")
+                esx_host = None
+                # Only select specific host when ESXi hostname is provided
+                if self.params['esxi_hostname']:
+                    esx_host = self.select_host()
 
                 clone_method = 'CreateVM_Task'
                 try:
-                    task = destfolder.CreateVM_Task(config=self.configspec, pool=resource_pool)
+                    task = destfolder.CreateVM_Task(config=self.configspec, pool=resource_pool, host=esx_host)
                 except vmodl.fault.InvalidRequest as e:
                     self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to create virtual machine due to invalid configuration "
                                               "parameter %s" % to_native(e.msg))