tobias_richter.proxmox

This role takes care of configuring some parts of the Proxmox virtual environment:

• lxc template download
• sysctl configuration
• special lxc container configurations (e.g. allow zigbee stick in container, allow tinc vpn in container)
• ldap auth domains
• zvdump tmp dir
• influxdb monitoring backend
• postfix mail relay configuration for sending mails
• dns domain
• nameserver

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 2.7 or higher.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

pve_templates: []
  #- debian-10.0-standard_10.0-1_amd64.tar.gz
  #- ubuntu-18.04-standard_18.04.1-1_amd64.tar.gz

Defines the templates to be provisioned / downloaded.

pve_sysctl: []
  #- name: kernel.shmall
  #  value: 4194304
  #- name: kernel.shmmax
  #  value: 17179869184
  

Define sysctl values to be configured.

pve_ldap_domains: []
  #- name: "My name"
  #  password: "bind password"
  #  server: "ldap.corp
  #  bind_dn: "uid=ldapbind,ou=users,dc=ldap,dc=corp"
  #  base_dn: "ou=users,dc=ldap,dc=corp"
  #  user_attr: "uid"
  #  default: 1
  #  secure: 1

Configure ldap auth domains.

pve_vzdump_tmpdir: /opt/vzdump-tmp

Path to the pve_vzdum_tmpdir.

pve_lxc_config: [] # - id: 111 # options: # # allow tunnel creation on lxc for VPN # - name: lxc.cgroup.devices.allow # value: "c 10:200 rwm" # state: absent # - name: lxc.cap.keep # value: "sys_module mknod" # state: absent # - name: lxc.mount.entry # value: /dev/net/tun dev/net/tun none bind,create=file # - id: 117 # options: # # allow zigbee stick in container # - name: lxc.cgroup.devices.allow # value: "c 166:* rwm" # state: present # - name: lxc.mount.entry # value: /dev/ttyACM0 dev/ttyACM0 none bind,optional,create=file

Custom lxc configurations. See commented lines for examples.

# pve_influxdb_port:
# pve_influxdb_host:

Configure influxdb monitoring.

pve_dns_domain: local

Configure dns search domain.

pve_nameserver: 8.8.8.8

Configure primary nameserver (google is default).

Example Playbook

This playbook downloads the lxc template for Debian 10 / Buster and applies configurations when you want to run gitlab in an lxc container.

- hosts: pve
  roles:
    - role: tobias_richter.proxmox
      # prepare debian template
      pve_templates:
        - debian-10.0-standard_10.0-1_amd64.tar.gz
      # kernel configs for gitlab when running in lxc container 
      pve_sysctl:
        - name: kernel.shmall
          value: 4194304
        - name: kernel.shmmax
          value: 17179869184