community.general.proxmox_template – management of OS templates in Proxmox VE cluster

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.proxmox_template.

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 string / required		Specify the target host of the Proxmox VE cluster.
api_password string		Specify the password to authenticate with. You can use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable.
api_token_id string added in 1.3.0 of community.general		Specify the token ID.
api_token_secret string added in 1.3.0 of community.general		Specify the token secret.
api_user string / required		Specify the user to authenticate with.
content_type string	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 string		Proxmox VE node on which to operate.
src path		path to uploaded file required only for state=present
state string	Choices: present ← absent	Indicate desired state of the template
storage string	Default: "local"	target storage
template string		the template name Required for state absent to delete a template. Required for state present to download an appliance container template (pveam).
timeout integer	Default: 30	timeout for operations
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

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

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

- name: Upload new openvz template with all options and force overwrite
  community.general.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

- name: Delete template with minimal options
  community.general.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

- name: Download proxmox appliance container template
  community.general.proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: 1q2w3e
    api_host: node1
    storage: local
    content_type: vztmpl
    template: ubuntu-20.04-standard_20.04-1_amd64.tar.gz

Authors

• Sergei Antipov (@UnderGreen)