RHEL Edge KVM Deployer role

This role is used to deploy RHEL Edge KVM images that where build from fleet mananger.

Requirements

• Ansible 2.9 or higher

ansible-galaxy collection install community.libvirt
ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix
ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

• NMAP

sudo yum install nmap -y

Role Variables

libvirt_image_dir: /var/lib/libvirt/images
libvirt_iso_dir:  /var/lib/libvirt/images
libvirt_iso_name: rhel-edge-kvm.iso
libvirt_vm_name:  rhel-edge-kvm
template_dir: /tmp/
libvirt_defaults:
  edge_device:
    cpu: 2
    memory: 2097152 

virtual_machines:
  - name: "{{ libvirt_vm_name }}"
    hostname: "{{ libvirt_vm_name }}" # there is a character limit with the hostname it will brake sysprep
    password: "{{ libvirt_vm_name }}"
    os: "rhel85"
    isos:
      - name: "{{ libvirt_iso_name }}"
        dev: sdb
    disk_size: 20G
    image_index: 2
    image_name: "RHEL Edge image"
    disk_iso: "{{ libvirt_vm_name }}"
    connection_type: "bridge" # "bridge" or "network" bridge is default
    bridgename: "provisioning" 
    bridge_mac: "{{ '52:54:00' | community.general.random_mac }}"
    vlanid: 0 # use 503 in network mode for emulated lab or 0 in hardware bridge mode
    subnet: "192.168.1.1/24"
    secondary_dns: 1.1.1.1

Dependencies

• Ansible 2.9 or higher

sudo ansible-galaxy install git+https://github.com/tosin2013/rhel-edge-kvm-role.git --force

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

cat edge_vm.yml
- hosts: client
  roles:
    - rhel-edge-kvm-role

cat hosts
[client]
localhost   ansible_connection=local

CREATE A VM

sudo ansible-playbook  -i hosts edge_vm.yml -t create_kvm_vm -K

Destroy a VM

sudo ansible-playbook  -i hosts edge_vm.yml -t destroy_kvm_vm -K

License

BSD

Author Information

Tosin Akinosho