community.general.lxd – Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc CLI

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.3).

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.

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

Synopsis

  • Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc CLI

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

executable

string

shell to use for execution inside container

Default: “/bin/sh”

Configuration:

  • Variable: ansible_executable

  • Variable: ansible_lxd_executable

project

string

added in 2.0.0 of community.general

Name of the LXD project to use.

Configuration:

  • Variable: ansible_lxd_project

remote

string

added in 2.0.0 of community.general

Name of the LXD remote to use.

Default: “local”

Configuration:

  • Variable: ansible_lxd_remote

remote_addr

string

Container identifier.

Default: “inventory_hostname”

Configuration:

  • Variable: ansible_host

  • Variable: ansible_lxd_host

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