QEMU-KVM role

This role install virtualization tools qemu-kvm with additional tools (libvirtd, libvirt-client, etc)

Variables

General

• qemu_kvm_packages: [optional]: list of packages to be installed (see defaults/main.yml for detail)
• qemu_kvm_use_rhev_version: [optional, default true]: set use or not virt7-kvm-common-candidate repo (el7 only)
• qemu_kvm_remove_default_network: [optional, default true]: delete default qemu-kvm network

Configure

• qemu_kvm_libvirtguests_onshutdown: [optional, default suspend, ]: set ON_SHUTDOWN= variable (in /etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests). Possible values: shutdown or suspend

Examples

1. Playbook qemu-kvm.yml`

- hosts:
    - hostname
  roles:
    - qemu-kvm

2. Install

ansible-playbook --user=username --become qemu-kvm.yml

3. Configure (set the variable ON_SHUTDOWN=shutdown)

ansible-playbook --user=username --become --extra-vars="qemu_kvm_libvirtguests_onshutdown=shutdown" qemu-kvm.yml --tags=libvirt-guests-configure

or you can define the variable qemu_kvm_libvirtguests_onshutdown: "shutdown" in host_vars\hostname

NOTE

After changing the value ON_SHUTDOWN in /etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests, the libvirt-guests service is NOT restarted automatically (otherwise all VM will be shutdown or suspended).

License

GPLv3 license

Author Information

Vitaly Yakovenko