community.libvirt.libvirt_lxc connection – Run tasks in lxc containers via libvirt

Note

This connection plugin is part of the community.libvirt collection (version 1.1.0).

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.libvirt.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.libvirt.libvirt_lxc.

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

remote_addr

string

Container identifier.

Default: “The set user as per docker\u0027s configuration”

Configuration:

  • Variable: ansible_host

  • Variable: ansible_libvirt_lxc_host

Authors

  • Michael Scherer (@mscherer)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.