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

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: ansible-role-kvm-cloud-init-vm

License

BSD/MIT

Author Information

This role was created in 2018 by Jooho Lee.