Speed up setup on VMware if ssh is available

roles/environment/tasks/main.yml

@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
       changed_when: result.rc == 0
       register: result
 
+    - name: Set connection back to SSH
+      when: hypervisor == "vmware" and vmware_ssh | bool
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        ansible_connection: ssh
+        ansible_user: "root"
+        ansible_password: ""
+        ansible_become_password: ""
+        ansible_ssh_extra_args: '-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
+
     - name: Speed-up Bootstrap process
       ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
         path: /etc/pacman.conf

vars_example.yml

@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ ansible_vmware_guest_path: "/{{ hypervisor_cluster }}/vm{{ vm_path }}/{{ hostnam
 ansible_vmware_validate_certs: no 
 ansible_vmware_tools_user: "root"
 ansible_vmware_tools_password: ""
+vmware_ssh: true