deveth0.pct

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Connects to a Proxmox Hypervisor and creates LXC Container using the pct command. Afterwards it copies over the first SSH Key of the root user to the new container.

Installation

You can either use ansible-galaxy to install this role:

ansible-galaxy install deveth0.pct

Or checkout this git-repository to your roles directory:

git clone https://github.com/deveth0/ansible-pct.git deveth0.pct

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with the default values:

Variable Default Usage
lxc_hypervisor The IP of the Proxmox hypervisor to use
lxc_id The ID of the new container
lxc_hostname The hostname of the new container
lxc_template Path of the template to use for the container
lxc_memory 512 Memory assigned to the new container
lxc_swap 512 Swap assigned to the new container
lxc_cpu_limit 2 CPUs assigned to the new container
lxc_disk 8 Diskspace assigned to the new container
lxc_storage local Storage used for the new container
lxc_net_ip IP assigned to the new container
lxc_net_netmask 24 Netmask assigned to the new container
lxc_net_gw Default Gateway used in the new container
lxc_net_bridge vmbr0 Network Bridge assigned to the new container
lxc_nameserver Default Nameserver used in the new container

Dependencies

No dependencies required

Example Playbook

name: Create LXC VM
hosts: newVMs
# It's important to disable gather_facts as the new VMs are not available here
gather_facts: False

vars:
  lxc_net_gw: 10.0.2.1
  lxc_hostname: foo.bar
  lxc_template: /var/lib/vz/template/cache/debian-8.0-standard_8.4-1_amd64.tar.gz
  lxc_nameserver: 8.8.8.8
  lxc_storage: local-dir
  lxc_hypervisor: 10.0.2.10

roles:
  - role: deveth0.pct

Example Hosts

This host file creates two Container

[newVMs]
10.0.2.51 lxc_net_ip=10.0.2.51 lxc_id=251
10.0.2.52 lxc_net_ip=10.0.2.52 lxc_id=252

License

Apache License 2.0

Author Information

This Role was created by Alex Muthmann.

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Ansible Role to create LXC Container using the Proxmox 'pct' command

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