Role Name

An Ansible role to create virtual machines on KVM.

Requirements

You need to have Libvirt installed.

Role Variables

# Name of the virtual machine
virt_guest_name: "vm1"

# Number of CPU cores
virt_guest_vcpus: 1

# Unit for memory. Use GB or MB
virt_guest_memory_unit: "GB"

# Amount of memory
virt_guest_memory: 2

# List of disks to add
# Format:
# - path: /var/lib/libvirt/images/
#   size: SIZE in MB
virt_guest_disks: []

# Owner and group for the disk files
virt_guest_disks_owner: qemu
virt_guest_disks_group: qemu

# List of networks to connect to
# Format:
# - NET_NAME
virt_guest_networks: []

# Path to ISO file to attach to CD-ROM
virt_guest_iso: ""

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- name: Create a virtual guest
  hosts: hypervisor
  become: yes
  vars:
    virt_guest_name: vm1
    virt_guest_disks:
      - path: /var/kvm-images
        size: 20480
    virt_guest_networks:
      - virbr1
    virt_guest_iso: /tmp/iso/centos.iso
  roles:
    - role: siavashoutadi.virt_guest

License

Apache