kvm_cloud_init_vm
Ansible Role: Deploy cloud init image on KVM
This role help deploy a new CentOS 7 vm on KVM.
Details
- Download cloud init Image.
- Generate cloud init user/meta data and booting iso.
- Increase root storage size to 20G.
- Clean up cd-rom/booting iso/user/meta data
- ovsswitch compatibility
- added deploy_kvm.sh script to repo
New usage
- Edit the generic_server template
- run deploy_kvm.sh script
sudo ./deploy_kvm.sh kvm_generation_configs/generic_server
- run ansible playbook
ansible-playbook exampleplaybook.yml
Tested Cloud Init Image
- CentOS
Requirements
None
Role Variables
| Name | Default value | Requird | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| kvm_install_host | localhost | no | The host where KVM install |
| kvm_vm_pool_dir | /var/lib/libvirt/images | no | The path where KVM VM images are stored |
| vm_data_dir | /root/kvm/vms | no | The path where VM information are stored |
| vm_recreate | true | no | Set false, if the same vm exist |
| cloud_init_vm_image | CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2 | no | Cloud init image name |
| cloud_init_vm_image_link | https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-1809.qcow2 | no | Cloud init image download link |
| cloud_init_user_data | {{vm_data_dir}}/{{vm_name}}/user-data | no | Cloud init user data file |
| cloud_init_meta_data | {{vm_data_dir}}/{{vm_name}}/meta-data | no | Cloud init meta data file |
| cloud_init_iso_image | {{vm_data_dir}}/{{vm_name}}/cidata.iso | no | Cloud init booting image |
| vm_name | CentOS_Base | no | |
| vm_local_hostname | base.example.com | no | VM internal hostname(it can be the same with vm_hostname) |
| vm_hostname | base.example.com | no | VM public hostname |
| vm_public_key | {{lookup('file','~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub')}} | no | SSH public key to login to the VM(ocp/redhat,centos/(ssh)) |
| vm_cpu | 2 | no | |
| vm_memory | 2048 | no | |
| vm_network_br | virbr0 | no | Default bridge name that the VM will use |
| vm_root_disk_size | 20G | no |
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. Modified by Tosin Akinosho
Install
ansible-galaxy install tosin2013/ansible-role-kvm-cloud-init-vmLicense
bsd-3-clause
Downloads
62
Owner
Associate Principal Solution Architect RedHat. Enthusiast in Cloud, DevOps, and AI. Specializing in AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.