proxmox_template – management of OS templates in Proxmox VE cluster

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • allows you to upload/delete templates in Proxmox VE cluster

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • proxmoxer
  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_host
- / required
the host of the Proxmox VE cluster
api_password
-
the password to authenticate with
you can use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable
api_user
- / required
the user to authenticate with
content_type
-
    Choices:
  • vztmpl ←
  • iso
content type
required only for state=present
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
can be used only with state=present, exists template will be overwritten
node
- / required
Proxmox VE node, when you will operate with template
src
-
path to uploaded file
required only for state=present

aliases: path
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the template
storage
-
Default:
"local"
target storage
template
-
the template name
required only for states absent, info
timeout
-
Default:
30
timeout for operations
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
enable / disable https certificate verification

Notes

Note

  • Requires proxmoxer and requests modules on host. This modules can be installed with pip.

Examples

# Upload new openvz template with minimal options
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: 1q2w3e
    api_host: node1
    src: ~/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz

# Upload new openvz template with minimal options use environment PROXMOX_PASSWORD variable(you should export it before)
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_host: node1
    src: ~/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz

# Upload new openvz template with all options and force overwrite
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: 1q2w3e
    api_host: node1
    storage: local
    content_type: vztmpl
    src: ~/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz
    force: yes

# Delete template with minimal options
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: 1q2w3e
    api_host: node1
    template: ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz
    state: absent

Status

Authors

  • Sergei Antipov (@UnderGreen)

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