Refactor vApp properties;Add dependency

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/nodetemplates.yml

@@ -38,19 +38,15 @@
         index_var: index
 
     - name: Add vApp properties on deployed VM's
-      community.vmware.vmware_guest:
-        name: "{{ item.instance.hw_name }}"
-        vapp_properties:
-          - id: guestinfo.dns.servers
-            value: ${dns:{{ vcenter_info.network }}}
-          - id: guestinfo.dns.domains
-            value: ${searchPath:{{ vcenter_info.network }}}
-          - id: guestinfo.interface.0.ip.0.address
-            value: ip:{{ vcenter_info.network }}
-          - id: guestinfo.interface.0.ip.0.netmask
-            value: ${netmask:{{ vcenter_info.network }}}
-          - id: guestinfo.interface.0.route.0.gateway
-            value: ${gateway:{{ vcenter_info.network }}}
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: >-
+          vappproperty-manager \
+            -server {{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }} \
+            -username {{ vapp['hv.username'] }} \
+            -password {{ vapp['hv.password'] }} \
+            -dc {{ vcenter_info.datacenter }} \
+            -network {{ vcenter_info.network }} \
+            -vm {{ item.instance.hw_name }}
       when: existing_ova.results[index] is failed
       loop: "{{ ova_deploy.results }}"
       loop_control:

ansible/vars/metacluster.yml

@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ dependencies:
       extra_opts: --strip-components=2
     - filename: yq
       url: http://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.30.5/yq_linux_amd64
+    - filename: vappprop-manager
+      url: https://code.spamasaurus.com/api/packages/djpbessems/generic/vappprop-manager/v0.1.0/vappprop-manager
 
   packages:
     apt: