Thanks guys, not sure why the ansible isnt showing up,
Posting again:
- hosts: ovirt.ovirt.mydom.internal
tasks:
- import_tasks: ovirt_auth.yml
- name: Creates new virtual machine
ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
auth: "{{ ovirt_auth }}"
name: "{{ vm_fqdn }}"
state: present
clone: true
cluster: lrg0-ovirt-cluster
storage_domain: lrg0-ovirt-mydom-internal-Local
memory: 16GiB
cpu_cores: 8
cpu_sockets: 2
template: template-test00-centos8
type: server
operating_system: other_linux
sso: true
disk_format: raw
# disks:
# - name: "{{ vm_fqdn }}-disk0"
# bootable: true
# nics:
# - name: nic1
# boot_protocol: dhcp
# interface: virtio
# profile_name: "{{ net_profile_name }}"
graphical_console:
protocol:
- spice
- vnc
cloud_init:
custom_script: |
host_name: "{{ vm_fqdn }}"
user_name: myadmin
user_password: <password>
write_files:
- path: /tmp/setup.sh
permissions: '0755'
content: |
#!/bin/bash
echo "$(hostnamectl)" >> /tmp/myhostname.txt
ipa-client-install --hostname=`hostname -f` \
--mkhomedir --domain=services.mydom.internal \
--realm=SERVICES.MYDOM.INTERNAL --no-ntp \
--principal=admin --password=<password> \
--enable-dns-updates --unattended
runcmd:
- [ /tmp/setup.sh, "{{ vm_fqdn }}" ]
On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 5:11 PM Staniforth, Paul <
p.stanifo...@leedsbeckett.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi Sina,
> I get easily confused with cloud-init but shouldn't you be
> setting the hostname, username, etc before the custom script?
>
> Also, you could rename the disk as a separate play in your playbook.
>
> e.g.
>
> # Change Disk Name- ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_disk:
> id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
> storage_domain: data
> name: "new_disk_name"
> vm_name: rhel7
>
>
> Regards,
> Paul S.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Sina Owolabi <notify.s...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 26 November 2021 15:00
> *To:* Staniforth, Paul <p.stanifo...@leedsbeckett.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* users@ovirt.org <users@ovirt.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ovirt-users] Re: Creating VMs from templates with their
> own disks
>
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> Thanks Paul.
>
> I seem to be getting this by hand, but trying with ansible, I think my
> skills are a bit lacking.
> I can create with ansible, and it seems to work well, except for the fact
> that the new vm is
> created with the hostname of the vm from which the template was made.
> The disk is also named by the template.
> My ansiblle yaml is below and I'm pretty sure its wrong (especially where
> it needs to use cloud-init to inject the correct hostname, and the other
> prepping I would like to add).
> Please can you help correct me?
>
> ---
> - hosts: ovirt.ovirt.mydom.internal
> tasks:
> - import_tasks: ovirt_auth.yml
>
> - name: Creates new virtual machine
> ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
> auth: "{{ ovirt_auth }}"
> name: "{{ vm_fqdn }}"
> state: present
> clone: true
> cluster: lrg0-ovirt-cluster
> storage_domain: lrg0-ovirt-mydom-internal-Local
> memory: 16GiB
> cpu_cores: 8
> cpu_sockets: 2
> template: template-test00-centos8
> type: server
> operating_system: other_linux
> sso: true
> disk_format: raw
> # disks:
> # - name: "{{ vm_fqdn }}-disk0"
> # bootable: true
> # nics:
> # - name: nic1
> # boot_protocol: dhcp
> # interface: virtio
> # profile_name: "{{ net_profile_name }}"
> graphical_console:
> protocol:
> - spice
> - vnc
> cloud_init:
> custom_script: |
> host_name: "{{ vm_fqdn }}"
> user_name: myadmin
> user_password: <password>
> write_files:
> - path: /tmp/setup.sh
> permissions: '0755'
> content: |
> #!/bin/bash
> echo "$(hostnamectl)" >> /tmp/myhostname.txt
>
> ipa-client-install --hostname=`hostname -f` \
> --mkhomedir --domain=services.mydom.internal \
> --realm=SERVICES.MYDOM.INTERNAL --no-ntp \
> --principal=admin --password=<password> \
> --enable-dns-updates --unattended
> runcmd:
> - [ /tmp/setup.sh, "{{ vm_fqdn }}" ]
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 9:26 PM Staniforth, Paul <
> p.stanifo...@leedsbeckett.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello Sina,
>
> to use the template.
>
> Create new VM and select the template.
>
> Click the advanced options.
>
> In the boot section you can set the HD to be the first boot devices and
> unselect any CD.
> In the Resource Allocation section, you can set the storage allocation to
> clone instead of thin ( this will create a copy of the template disk), you
> can also set the disk alias name.
>
> you can also edit the template to make sure the HD is the first boot
> device.
>
> I don't know what's in your ansible yaml definition.
>
> Cloning is for copying VMs or snapshots not templates.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul S.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Sina Owolabi <notify.s...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 24 November 2021 09:28
> *To:* Staniforth, Paul <p.stanifo...@leedsbeckett.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* users@ovirt.org <users@ovirt.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ovirt-users] Re: Creating VMs from templates with their
> own disks
>
>
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> Hello
>
> Sorry for the late reply, work has been crazy.
>
> This doesnt seem to work as advertised, or I am still not getting it.
> Either way I would really appreciate some help and guidance.
>
> Steps I have attempted:
> 1. Create and configure VM as I want it to be (disk, partitioning, etc).
> 2. Shutdown the vm, create a template from it.
>
> Cloning manually:
> Cloning fails with this message:
> Error while executing action:
> clone00.domain.tld:
>
> - Cannot add VM. One or more provided storage domains are either not
> in active status or of an illegal type for the requested operation.
>
> I cant modify the storage allocation, and the disk its attempting to use
> is the disk of the source VM.
>
> Manual template install:
> Choosing to install manually with a template requires me to add a new
> disk, and to boot off the CD (defined in the template) and manually set
> things up. This I do not wish to do, because I would rather automate.
>
> Cloning with ansible, defining the cloud-init script and using the
> template:
> VM is successfully created, but logging in with remote-viewer drops me
> into the installation process (setting up from the attached ISO). Which is
> also not desired.
>
> Please help me with what I am doing wrong.
> Again the goal is to have the vm setup with its own credentials.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 9:24 AM Staniforth, Paul <
> p.stanifo...@leedsbeckett.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> The VMs can get created from a template otherwise the blank
> template is used if a particular template is used it can be thin dependent
> VM the VMs disks is linked to the Templates disk and it just carries the
> changes made in the VMs disk (this is quicker and uses less space if you a
> lot of disks). The other option is to create a cloned VM and this will copy
> the Templates disk to the VM so it's no longer dependent.
>
> In the ansible documentation look for the clone option.
>
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> Regards,
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> Paul S.
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> Im sorry, I am trying to wrap my head around this but it is difficult.
>
> I just want to be able to stand up new vms, with their own storage,
> similar to how I can with plain vanilla KVM, with a template or without,
> maybe even with a kickstart, and hopefully with ansible.
>
> Right now anytime I try to create a VM, using the template, (with
> ansible), it gets the template disk attached, and from the console I see
> the new vm is named as the vm I created the template with. Cloud init
> script that is meant to rename the vm, and join it to IPA, is ignored.
>
> If I create storage for the vm, before creating it, both the template
> storage and the new storage are attached to the vm, which is also
> confusing. Cloud init is also ignored.
>
> I didn't think something this straightforward would end up needing a shift
> in thinking about how vms are created, especially with a product that's
> more than likely using kvm under the hood.
>
> I would appreciate some straightforward guiding steps, if I can get them.
> Really. It's been a frustrating week.
>
>
> > On 2021-11-17 13:50, Sina Owolabi wrote:
> >
> >
> > You can create a template with no disk, then VM's created from that
> > template will also have no disk. Then add a new disk to the VM after you
> > create it. This is how the default blank template works. You can also
> > create a template with an empty disk, then every VM created will also
> > get an empty disk by default. You can always rename disks as well.
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