tosin2013.kvm_cloud_init_vm

Ansible Role: Deploy Cloud Init Image on KVM

This role is designed to help you deploy a new CentOS 7 virtual machine (VM) on KVM.

Details

Downloads the cloud-init image.
Creates cloud-init user and meta data along with a booting ISO.
Increases the root storage size to 20GB.
Cleans up the CD-ROM, booting ISO, user, and meta data.
Ensures compatibility with OVS (Open vSwitch).
Includes a deploy_kvm.sh script in the repository.

New Usage

Edit the generic_server template.

Run the deploy_kvm.sh script:

sudo ./deploy_kvm.sh kvm_generation_configs/generic_server

Execute the Ansible playbook:
```
ansible-playbook exampleplaybook.yml
```

Tested Cloud Init Image

CentOS

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Name	Default Value	Required	Description
kvm_install_host	localhost	no	The host where KVM is installed
kvm_vm_pool_dir	/var/lib/libvirt/images	no	Path where KVM VM images are stored
vm_data_dir	/root/kvm/vms	no	Path where VM information is stored
vm_recreate	true	no	Set to false if the same VM already exists
cloud_init_vm_image	CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2	no	The name of the cloud-init image
cloud_init_vm_image_link	https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-1809.qcow2	no	Link to download the cloud-init image
cloud_init_user_data	{{vm_data_dir}}/{{vm_name}}/user-data	no	File for cloud-init user data
cloud_init_meta_data	{{vm_data_dir}}/{{vm_name}}/meta-data	no	File for cloud-init meta data
cloud_init_iso_image	{{vm_data_dir}}/{{vm_name}}/cidata.iso	no	Booting image for cloud-init
vm_name	CentOS_Base	no	Name of the virtual machine
vm_local_hostname	base.example.com	no	Internal VM hostname (can be the same as vm_hostname)
vm_hostname	base.example.com	no	Public hostname for the VM
vm_public_key	{{lookup('file','~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub')}}	no	SSH public key for logging into the VM
vm_cpu	2	no	Number of CPUs for the VM
vm_memory	2048	no	Amount of memory for the VM
vm_network_br	virbr0	no	Default bridge name for the VM
vm_root_disk_size	20G	no	Size of the root disk for the VM

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- name: Example Playbook
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - import_role:
        name: tosin2013.kvm_cloud_init_vm

License

BSD/MIT

Author Information

This role was created in 2018 by Jooho Lee and modified by Tosin Akinosho.

Informazioni sul progetto

Deploy a VM(CentOS7) using cloud-init on KVM

role centos cloudinit kvm

Installa

ansible-galaxy install tosin2013.kvm_cloud_init_vm

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Licenza

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Proprietario

Tosin Akinosho

Associate Principal Solution Architect RedHat. Enthusiast in Cloud, DevOps, and AI. Specializing in AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.