kvm_cloud_init_vm

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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

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

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

role centos cloudinit kvm
Install
ansible-galaxy install tosin2013/ansible-role-kvm-cloud-init-vm
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Tosin Akinosho
Associate Principal Solution Architect RedHat. Enthusiast in Cloud, DevOps, and AI. Specializing in AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.