community.general.rhevm module – RHEV/oVirt automation
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package.
It is not included in ansible-core.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.rhevm.
Synopsis
This module only supports oVirt/RHEV version 3.
A newer module ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm supports oVirt/RHV version 4.
Allows you to create/remove/update or powermanage virtual machines on a RHEV/oVirt platform.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
ovirtsdk
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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This option uses complex arguments and is a list of items that specify the bootorder. Default: |
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The CD you wish to have mounted on the VM when |
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The RHEV/oVirt cluster in which you want you VM to start. Default: |
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This parameter is used to configure the CPU share. Default: |
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The RHEV/oVirt datacenter in which you want you VM to start. Default: |
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This option sets the delete protection checkbox. Choices:
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This option uses complex arguments and is a list of disks with the options name, size and domain. |
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This option uses complex arguments and is a list of interfaces with the options name and vlan. |
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The template to use for the VM. |
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A boolean switch to make a secure or insecure connection to the server. Choices:
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The minimum amount of memory you wish to reserve for this system. Default: |
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The name of the VM. |
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The operating system option in RHEV/oVirt. Default: |
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The password for user authentication. |
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The port on which the API is reachable. Default: |
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The name/IP of your RHEV-m/oVirt instance. Default: |
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This serves to create/remove/update or powermanage your VM. Choices:
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The timeout you wish to define for power actions. When When When |
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To define if the VM is a server or desktop. Choices:
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The user to authenticate with. Default: |
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To make your VM High Available. Choices:
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The number of CPUs you want in your VM. Default: |
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The host you wish your VM to run on. |
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The amount of memory you want your VM to use (in GB). Default: |
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
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Support: none |
Can run in |
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Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Examples
- name: Basic get info from VM
community.general.rhevm:
server: rhevm01
user: '{{ rhev.admin.name }}'
password: '{{ rhev.admin.pass }}'
name: demo
state: info
- name: Basic create example from image
community.general.rhevm:
server: rhevm01
user: '{{ rhev.admin.name }}'
password: '{{ rhev.admin.pass }}'
name: demo
cluster: centos
image: centos7_x64
state: present
- name: Power management
community.general.rhevm:
server: rhevm01
user: '{{ rhev.admin.name }}'
password: '{{ rhev.admin.pass }}'
cluster: RH
name: uptime_server
image: centos7_x64
state: down
- name: Multi disk, multi nic create example
community.general.rhevm:
server: rhevm01
user: '{{ rhev.admin.name }}'
password: '{{ rhev.admin.pass }}'
cluster: RH
name: server007
type: server
vmcpu: 4
vmmem: 2
ifaces:
- name: eth0
vlan: vlan2202
- name: eth1
vlan: vlan36
- name: eth2
vlan: vlan38
- name: eth3
vlan: vlan2202
disks:
- name: root
size: 10
domain: ssd-san
- name: swap
size: 10
domain: 15kiscsi-san
- name: opt
size: 10
domain: 15kiscsi-san
- name: var
size: 10
domain: 10kiscsi-san
- name: home
size: 10
domain: sata-san
boot_order:
- network
- hd
state: present
- name: Add a CD to the disk cd_drive
community.general.rhevm:
user: '{{ rhev.admin.name }}'
password: '{{ rhev.admin.pass }}'
name: server007
cd_drive: rhev-tools-setup.iso
state: cd
- name: New host deployment + host network configuration
community.general.rhevm:
password: '{{ rhevm.admin.pass }}'
name: ovirt_node007
type: host
cluster: rhevm01
ifaces:
- name: em1
- name: em2
- name: p3p1
ip: 172.31.224.200
netmask: 255.255.254.0
- name: p3p2
ip: 172.31.225.200
netmask: 255.255.254.0
- name: bond0
bond:
- em1
- em2
network: rhevm
ip: 172.31.222.200
netmask: 255.255.255.0
management: true
- name: bond0.36
network: vlan36
ip: 10.2.36.200
netmask: 255.255.254.0
gateway: 10.2.36.254
- name: bond0.2202
network: vlan2202
- name: bond0.38
network: vlan38
state: present
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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Returns all of the VMs variables and execution. Returned: always Sample: |