QEMU-KVM Role

This role installs virtualization tools qemu-kvm along with other tools (like libvirtd, libvirt-client, etc.).

Variables

General

• qemu_kvm_packages: [optional]: a list of packages to install (check defaults/main.yml for details).
• qemu_kvm_use_rhev_version: [optional, default is true]: choose whether to use the virt7-kvm-common-candidate repo (only for el7).
• qemu_kvm_remove_default_network: [optional, default is true]: remove the default qemu-kvm network.

Configure

• qemu_kvm_libvirtguests_onshutdown: [optional, default is suspend]: set the ON_SHUTDOWN= variable (in /etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests). Possible values: shutdown or suspend.

Examples

1. Playbook qemu-kvm.yml

- hosts:
    - hostname
  roles:
    - qemu-kvm

2. To Install:

   ansible-playbook --user=username --become qemu-kvm.yml
   

3. To Configure (set the variable ON_SHUTDOWN=shutdown):

   ansible-playbook --user=username --become --extra-vars="qemu_kvm_libvirtguests_onshutdown=shutdown" qemu-kvm.yml --tags=libvirt-guests-configure
   

   Or you can set the variable qemu_kvm_libvirtguests_onshutdown: "shutdown" in host_vars\hostname.

NOTE

After changing the ON_SHUTDOWN value in /etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests, the libvirt-guests service does NOT restart automatically (otherwise, all VMs will be shut down or suspended).

License

GPLv3 license

Author Information

Vitaly Yakovenko