avise_kvm

⛔️ DEPRECATED: This repo is no longer supported, please consider using https://github.com/vmware/ansible-collection-alb instead since this role is migrated to ansible collections.

Ansible Role to setup Avi Service Engines in KVM environment.

Requirements

  • python >= 2.6
  • avisdk : It can be installed by pip install avisdk --upgrade
  • avinetworks.avisdk : It can be installed by ansible-galaxy install -f avinetworks.avisdk

Role Variables

Variable Required Default Comments
kvm_vm_hostname Yes Name for VM
kvm_vm_base_img No se.qcow2 file
kvm_vm_vcpus No 2 How many cpus the service engine will use.
kvm_vm_ram No 2048 How much memory the service engine will use.
kvm_vm_os_disk_size No 20 How much disk size the service engine will use.
kvm_host_mgmt_intf Yes host management interface name
se_kvm_ctrl_ip Yes The IP address of the controller.
se_kvm_ctrl_username Yes The username to login into the controller.
se_kvm_ctrl_password Yes The password to login into the controller.
se_kvm_ctrl_version Yes The controller version.
state No create If create then create service engine and for delete it will delete the service engine.
se_auth_token No If defined it will be the token used to register the service engine to the controller
kvm_force_mode No true If VM with the given name exist then it will overwrite to that VM and for false it will stop the execution.
se_bond_seq Yes Bonding sequence
se_kvm_mgmt_ip Yes Management Ip for the service engine
se_kvm_mgmt_mask Yes Subnet mask
se_kvm_default_gw Yes Default gateway for service engine
kvm_pinning Yes If you want to enable pinning CPU for the VM
kvm_total_num_vfs Yes Numbers VFs will be pass-through to VM
kvm_virt_intf_name Yes Virtual Function name will be pass-through to VM
se_image_gen_timeout No 700 Timeout value for SE image generation

Standard Example

Kvm host (inventory) file

[kvm]
10.170.5.51
[kvm:vars]
ansible_ssh_user=root
ansible_ssh_pass=<password>
- hosts: kvm
  vars:
    state: create
    kvm_vm_hostname: "se1"
    kvm_vm_vcpus: "2"
    kvm_vm_ram: "2048"
    kvm_host_mgmt_intf: eno1.100
    se_kvm_ctrl_ip: "10.170.5.21"
    se_kvm_ctrl_username: "admin"
    se_kvm_ctrl_password: "<controller password>"
    se_kvm_ctrl_version: "18.2.2"
    se_bond_seq: "1,2,3,4"
    se_kvm_mgmt_ip: "10.170.5.15"
    se_kvm_mgmt_mask: "255.255.255.0"
    se_kvm_default_gw: "10.170.5.1"
    kvm_pinning: true
    kvm_total_num_vfs: 4
    kvm_virt_intf_name:
      - enp24s17f1
      - enp24s17f3
      - enp24s17f5
      - enp24s17f7
  tasks:
    - name: Avi SE | KVM | Create SE VM on KVM
      include_role:
        name: avinetworks.avise_kvm

Command to run the playbook

ansible-playbook kvm.yml -i <inventory file> -vv
Install
ansible-galaxy install avinetworks/ansible-role-avise-kvm
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