Nutanix CE + Terraform Homelab

Physical 4-node Nutanix Community Edition cluster – 100 % automated with Terraform

Real hardware (4 × Dell OptiPlex) • Latest AOS/CE • Cluster VIP 172.16.16.200

Lab Topology

Node	Host IP	CVM IP	Role
NU01	172.16.16.101	172.16.16.201	Cluster member
NU02	172.16.16.102	172.16.16.202	Cluster member
NU03	172.16.16.103	172.16.16.203	Cluster member
NU04	172.16.16.104	172.16.16.204	Cluster member

What this repo creates with a single terraform apply

• Cluster Management
• 3 storage containers
  → Linux_Servers (500 GB) | Windows_Servers (500 GB) | Sec_Lab (100 GB)
• 3 VLAN subnets with DHCP
  → VLAN 50 (Linux) – full internet
  → VLAN 100 (Windows) – full internet
  → VLAN 75 (Sec_Lab) – zero internet (blocked via Flow NFC)
• Ubuntu 22.04 cloud-init VMs (instant boot + SSH-ready)
• Windows Server 2022 / Windows 10 / Windows 11 VMs (ISO ready)
• Automatic snapshots + instant linked clones (golden-image workflow)
• Flow micro-segmentation ready for Sec_Lab

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/sselvamani/nutanix-ce-terraform-lab.git
cd nutanix-ce-terraform-lab
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply -auto-approve

## Folder structure 
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├── cloud-init
│   ├── clone-ubuntu.tftpl
│   ├── ubuntu-cloud-init.yaml
│   └── ubuntu-cloud-init.yml
├── cluster-inventory-20251204.txt
├── flow_microsegmentation.tf
├── images.tf
├── outputs.tf
├── provider.tf
├── README.md
├── screenshots
├── subnets.tf
├── terraform.tfstate
├── terraform.tfstate.backup
├── terraform.tfvars
├── ubuntu_lite.tf
├── variables.tf
├── versions.tf
└── vms
    ├── clones.tf
    ├── snapshots.tf
    ├── windows_10.tf
    ├── windows_11.tf
    └── windows_2022.tf