community.general.vmadm module – Manage SmartOS virtual machines and zones

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.

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

Synopsis

• Manage SmartOS virtual machines through vmadm(1M).

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
archive_on_delete boolean	When enabled, the zone dataset will be mounted on /zones/archive upon removal. Choices: false true
autoboot boolean	Whether or not a VM is booted when the system is rebooted. Choices: false true
boot string	Set the boot order for KVM VMs.
brand string	Type of virtual machine. The bhyve option was added in community.general 0.2.0. Choices: "joyent" ← (default) "joyent-minimal" "lx" "kvm" "bhyve"
cpu_cap integer	Sets a limit on the amount of CPU time that can be used by a VM. Use 0 for no cap.
cpu_shares integer	Sets a limit on the number of fair share scheduler (FSS) CPU shares for a VM. This limit is relative to all other VMs on the system.
cpu_type string	Control the type of virtual CPU exposed to KVM VMs. Choices: "qemu64" ← (default) "host"
customer_metadata dictionary	Metadata to be set and associated with this VM, this contain customer modifiable keys.
delegate_dataset boolean	Whether to delegate a ZFS dataset to an OS VM. Choices: false true
disk_driver string	Default value for a virtual disk model for KVM guests.
disks list / elements=dictionary	A list of disks to add, valid properties are documented in vmadm(1M).
dns_domain string	Domain value for /etc/hosts.
docker boolean	Docker images need this flag enabled along with the brand set to lx. Choices: false true
filesystems list / elements=dictionary	Mount additional filesystems into an OS VM.
firewall_enabled boolean	Enables the firewall, allowing fwadm(1M) rules to be applied. Choices: false true
force boolean	Force a particular action (i.e. stop or delete a VM). Choices: false true
fs_allowed string	Comma separated list of filesystem types this zone is allowed to mount.
hostname string	Zone/VM hostname.
image_uuid string	Image UUID.
indestructible_delegated boolean	Adds an @indestructible snapshot to delegated datasets. Choices: false true
indestructible_zoneroot boolean	Adds an @indestructible snapshot to zoneroot. Choices: false true
internal_metadata dictionary	Metadata to be set and associated with this VM, this contains operator generated keys.
internal_metadata_namespace string	List of namespaces to be set as internal_metadata-only; these namespaces will come from internal_metadata rather than customer_metadata.
kernel_version string	Kernel version to emulate for LX VMs.
limit_priv string	Set (comma separated) list of privileges the zone is allowed to use.
maintain_resolvers boolean	Resolvers in /etc/resolv.conf will be updated when updating the resolvers property. Choices: false true
max_locked_memory integer	Total amount of memory (in MiBs) on the host that can be locked by this VM.
max_lwps integer	Maximum number of lightweight processes this VM is allowed to have running.
max_physical_memory integer	Maximum amount of memory (in MiBs) on the host that the VM is allowed to use.
max_swap integer	Maximum amount of virtual memory (in MiBs) the VM is allowed to use.
mdata_exec_timeout integer	Timeout in seconds (or 0 to disable) for the svc:/smartdc/mdata:execute service that runs user-scripts in the zone.
name aliases: alias string	Name of the VM. vmadm(1M) uses this as an optional name.
nic_driver string	Default value for a virtual NIC model for KVM guests.
nics list / elements=dictionary	A list of nics to add, valid properties are documented in vmadm(1M).
nowait boolean	Consider the provisioning complete when the VM first starts, rather than when the VM has rebooted. Choices: false true
qemu_extra_opts string	Additional qemu cmdline arguments for KVM guests.
qemu_opts string	Additional qemu arguments for KVM guests. This overwrites the default arguments provided by vmadm(1M) and should only be used for debugging.
quota integer	Quota on zone filesystems (in MiBs).
ram integer	Amount of virtual RAM for a KVM guest (in MiBs).
resolvers list / elements=string	List of resolvers to be put into /etc/resolv.conf.
routes dictionary	Dictionary that maps destinations to gateways, these will be set as static routes in the VM.
spice_opts string	Addition options for SPICE-enabled KVM VMs.
spice_password string	Password required to connect to SPICE. By default no password is set. Please note this can be read from the Global Zone.
state string	States for the VM to be in. Please note that present, stopped and restarted operate on a VM that is currently provisioned. present means that the VM will be created if it was absent, and that it will be in a running state. absent will shutdown the zone before removing it. stopped means the zone will be created if it does not exist already, before shutting it down. Choices: "present" "running" ← (default) "absent" "deleted" "stopped" "created" "restarted" "rebooted"
tmpfs integer	Amount of memory (in MiBs) that will be available in the VM for the /tmp filesystem.
uuid string	UUID of the VM. Can either be a full UUID or * for all VMs.
vcpus integer	Number of virtual CPUs for a KVM guest.
vga string	Specify VGA emulation used by KVM VMs.
virtio_txburst integer	Number of packets that can be sent in a single flush of the tx queue of virtio NICs.
virtio_txtimer integer	Timeout (in nanoseconds) for the TX timer of virtio NICs.
vnc_password string	Password required to connect to VNC. By default no password is set. Please note this can be read from the Global Zone.
vnc_port integer	TCP port to listen of the VNC server. Or set 0 for random, or -1 to disable.
zfs_data_compression string	Specifies compression algorithm used for this VMs data dataset. This option only has effect on delegated datasets.
zfs_data_recsize integer	Suggested block size (power of 2) for files in the delegated dataset’s filesystem.
zfs_filesystem_limit integer	Maximum number of filesystems the VM can have.
zfs_io_priority integer	IO throttle priority value relative to other VMs.
zfs_root_compression string	Specifies compression algorithm used for this VMs root dataset. This option only has effect on the zoneroot dataset.
zfs_root_recsize integer	Suggested block size (power of 2) for files in the zoneroot dataset’s filesystem.
zfs_snapshot_limit integer	Number of snapshots the VM can have.
zpool string	ZFS pool the VM’s zone dataset will be created in.

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create SmartOS zone
  community.general.vmadm:
    brand: joyent
    state: present
    alias: fw_zone
    image_uuid: 95f265b8-96b2-11e6-9597-972f3af4b6d5
    firewall_enabled: true
    indestructible_zoneroot: true
    nics:
      - nic_tag: admin
        ip: dhcp
        primary: true
    internal_metadata:
      root_pw: 'secret'
    quota: 1

- name: Delete a zone
  community.general.vmadm:
    alias: test_zone
    state: deleted

- name: Stop all zones
  community.general.vmadm:
    uuid: '*'
    state: stopped

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
alias string	Alias of the managed VM. Returned: When addressing a VM by alias. Sample: "dns-zone"
state string	State of the target, after execution. Returned: success Sample: "running"
uuid string	UUID of the managed VM. Returned: always Sample: "b217ab0b-cf57-efd8-cd85-958d0b80be33"

Authors

• Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse (@jasperla)

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