Ansible Role: libvirt

An ansible role to install libvirt/KVM packages and enable the libvirtd service.

Requirements

Supported GNU/Linux Distributions

• Archlinux
• AlmaLinux
• Debian
• Centos
• Fedora
• RedHat
• Rocky
• Suse
• Ubuntu

Role tasks, variables and templates

Tasks

• install

  All installation-related tasks are defined in the install playbook. This allows you to install the required packages and start/enable the required service with tasks_from in the include_role, import_role, … ansible modules.

  See example below.

Tags

• install

  Install the required packages.

Example Playbooks

Install libvirt packages

- name: Install libvirt 
  gather_facts: true 
  become: true
  hosts: kvm_hosts
  roles:
    - role: stafwag.libvirt

Install libvirt packages with include_role

---
- name: Install libvirt 
  gather_facts: true 
  hosts: all
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: Install the requirements
      include_role:
        name: "{{ item }}"
        tasks_from:
          install
      with_items:
        - stafwag.libvirt

License

MIT/BSD

Author Information

Created by Staf Wagemakers, email: staf@wagemakers.be, personal website: https://www.wagemakers.be, my company: https://mask27.dev .