In this blog post I will show you how VMware users can automate the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8) using the vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm module and a valid Kickstart file.

 
Scenario requirements

For this scenario, we will assume following requirements:

    vCenter 7.0.1 or latest with at least one ESXi
    RHEL 8 installation DVD
    Ansible
    vmware.vmware_rest collection installed with latest version