Ansible Role: serdigital64.hypervisor.hpv_libvirt_server

Purpose

Manage provisioning of LibVirt server

Supported features in the current version:

  • Prepare environment for application deployment.
  • Deploy application. Packages are defined in the variable hpv_libvirt_server_profiles.
  • Control application subsystem services. Services are defined in the variable hpv_libvirt_server_subsystem_profile.
  • Configure application.
  • Configure application subsystem server.

The hpv_libvirt_server Ansible-Role is part of the A:Platform64 project and is available in the hypervisor Ansible-Collection.

Usage

The following example is an Ansible Playbook that includes all the supported features:

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---
- name: "Hypervisor / LibVirt / Server / Usage example"
  hosts: "localhost"
  gather_facts: true

  tasks:
    - name: "Example: Install, setup and start LibVirt server"
      vars:
        hpv_libvirt_server:
          resolve_prereq: true
          prepare: true
          deploy: true
          setup: true
          control: true
        hpv_libvirt_server_subsystem:
          enabled: true
          status: "started"
        hpv_libvirt_server_server_options:
          tcp_access:
            enabled: true
            port: "16509"
            listen: "127.0.0.1"
            cleartext: false
          qemu:
            security_driver: false
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.hypervisor.hpv_libvirt_server"
...

The playbook can be run by executing:

# Set ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS to the default install location. Change as needed.
ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="${HOME}/.ansible/collections"
ansible-playbook "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/serdigital64/hypervisor/playbooks/hpv_libvirt_server.yml"

Role Parameters

Actions

  • Use action-parameters to control what tasks are enabled for the role to execute.
  • Parameters should be declared as task level vars as they are intented to be dynamic.
hpv_libvirt_server:
  resolve_prereq:
  prepare:
  deploy:
  setup:
  control:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
hpv_libvirt_server.resolve_prereq no boolean false Enable automatic resolution of prequisites
hpv_libvirt_server.prepare no boolean false Enable environment preparation
hpv_libvirt_server.deploy no boolean false Enable installation of application packages
hpv_libvirt_server.setup no boolean false Enable application configuration
hpv_libvirt_server.control no boolean false Enable application subsystem service control

End State

  • Use end-state parameters to define the target state after role execution.
  • Parameters should be declared in host_vars or group_vars as they are intended to be permanent.
hpv_libvirt_server_application:
  name:
  type:
  version:
  installed:
hpv_libvirt_server_subsystem:
  enabled:
  status:
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options:
  tcp_access:
    enabled:
    port:
    listen:
    cleartext:
  qemu:
    security_driver:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
hpv_libvirt_server_application no dictionary Set application package end state
hpv_libvirt_server_application.name no string "libvirt_server" Select application package name
hpv_libvirt_server_application.type no string "distro" Select application package type
hpv_libvirt_server_application.version no string "latest" Select application package version
hpv_libvirt_server_application.installed no boolean true Set application package end state
hpv_libvirt_server_subsystem no dictionary Set application subsystem end state
hpv_libvirt_server_subsystem.enabled no boolean false Enable the subsystem?
hpv_libvirt_server_subsystem.status no string "stopped" Set the service state
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options no dictionary Set subsystem server options
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options.tcp_access no dictionary Define remote management access
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options.tcp_access.enabled no boolean false Enable remote access?
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options.tcp_access.port no string "16509" Set remote access port
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options.tcp_access.listen no string "127.0.0.1" Set listen IPv4 address
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options.tcp_access.cleartext no boolean false Allow cleartext ?
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options.qemu no dictionary Configure qemu driver
hpv_libvirt_server_server_options.qemu.security_driver no boolean false Enable platform specific security driver?

Deployment

OS Compatibility

The operating system compatibility list is defined in the variable: hpv_libvirt_server_platforms

Dependencies

  • Ansible Collections:
    • serdigital64.backup
      • bkp_archive
    • serdigital64.system
      • sys_package
      • sys_repository

Prerequisites

The Ansible engine must be already installed and configured for privileged access and remote execution.

In addition the following prerequisites can be automatically solved when running the playbook by setting the role action: resolve_prereq: true

  • Package manager for the target application is installed and enabled.

Installation Procedure

Manually install Ansible Collections from the Ansible Galaxy repository:

ansible-galaxy collection install --upgrade serdigital64.hypervisor

Automatic installation is also available by deploying A:Platform64

Contributing

Help on implementing new features and maintaining the code base is welcomed.

Please see the guidelines for further details.

Author

License

Apache-2.0