006.poweron_vm_prompt.yml

- name: Power On All the Virtual Machines 
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  collections:
    - community.vmware

  vars_prompt:
    - name: "esxi_user"
      prompt: "Enter ESXi username"
      private: no
      default: "root"
    - name: "esxi_password"
      prompt: "Enter ESXi password"
      private: yes
    - name: "esxi_host"
      prompt: "Enter ESXi hostname or IP"
      private: no
      default: "192.168.1.3"
    - name: "datacenter"
      prompt: "Enter vSphere datacenter name"
      private: no
      default: "ha-datacenter"
    - name: "vms_to_power_on"
      prompt: |
        Available VMs:
        {% set vm_list = lookup('file', 'vmware_vm_report.txt').split('\n')
          | select('match', '^\\|\\s+[^\\+\\-\\s].*')
          | map('regex_search', '^\\|\\s+([a-zA-Z0-9\\-_]+)\\s+', '\\1')
          | map('first')
          | list %}
        {{ vm_list | join(', ') }}

        Enter comma-separated VM names to power on from the above list (or 'all' to power on all):
      private: no

  tasks:
    - name: Get VM list from report file
      set_fact:
        all_vms: "{{ lookup('file', 'vmware_vm_report.txt').split('\n')
                    | select('match', '^\\|\\s+[^\\+\\-\\s].*')
                    | map('regex_search', '^\\|\\s+([a-zA-Z0-9\\-_]+)\\s+', '\\1')
                    | map('first')
                    | list }}"

    - name: Determine VMs to power on based on input
      set_fact:
        vm_list: >-
          {{
            ('all' in (vms_to_power_on | lower))
            | ternary(all_vms, vms_to_power_on.split(',') | map('trim') | list)
          }}

    - name: Debug vm_list
      debug:
        var: vm_list

    - name: Power on specified VMs
      vmware.vmware.vm_powerstate:
        hostname: "{{ esxi_host }}"
        username: "{{ esxi_user }}"
        password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
        validate_certs: no
        datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
        name: "{{ item }}"
        state: powered-on
      loop: "{{ vm_list }}"