ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm module – Module to manage Virtual Machines in oVirt/RHV

Note

This module is part of the ovirt.ovirt collection (version 3.2.0).

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 ovirt.ovirt. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm.

New in ovirt.ovirt 1.0.0

Synopsis

• This module manages whole lifecycle of the Virtual Machine(VM) in oVirt/RHV.

• Since VM can hold many states in oVirt/RHV, this see notes to see how the states of the VM are handled.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.7

• ovirt-engine-sdk-python >= 4.4.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
affinity_group_mappings list / elements=dictionary	Mapper which maps affinity name between VM’s OVF and the destination affinity this VM should be registered to, relevant when state is registered.
affinity_label_mappings list / elements=dictionary	Mapper which maps affinity label name between VM’s OVF and the destination label this VM should be registered to, relevant when state is registered.
allow_partial_import boolean	Boolean indication whether to allow partial registration of Virtual Machine when state is registered. Choices: false true
auth dictionary / required	Dictionary with values needed to create HTTP/HTTPS connection to oVirt:
ca_file string	A PEM file containing the trusted CA certificates. The certificate presented by the server will be verified using these CA certificates. If ca_file parameter is not set, system wide CA certificate store is used. Default value is set by OVIRT_CAFILE environment variable.
compress boolean	Flag indicating if compression is used for connection. Choices: false true ← (default)
headers dictionary	Dictionary of HTTP headers to be added to each API call.
hostname string	A string containing the hostname of the server, usually something like `server.example.com`. Default value is set by OVIRT_HOSTNAME environment variable. Either url or hostname is required.
insecure boolean	A boolean flag that indicates if the server TLS certificate and host name should be checked. Choices: false ← (default) true
kerberos boolean	A boolean flag indicating if Kerberos authentication should be used instead of the default basic authentication. Choices: false true
password string	The password of the user. Default value is set by OVIRT_PASSWORD environment variable.
timeout integer	Number of seconds to wait for response.
token string	Token to be used instead of login with username/password. Default value is set by OVIRT_TOKEN environment variable.
url string	A string containing the API URL of the server, usually something like `https://server.example.com/ovirt-engine/api`. Default value is set by OVIRT_URL environment variable. Either url or hostname is required.
username string	The name of the user, something like admin@internal. Default value is set by OVIRT_USERNAME environment variable.
ballooning_enabled boolean	If true, use memory ballooning. Memory balloon is a guest device, which may be used to re-distribute / reclaim the host memory based on VM needs in a dynamic way. In this way it’s possible to create memory over commitment states. Choices: false true
bios_type string	Set bios type, necessary for some operating systems and secure boot. If no value is passed, default value is set from cluster. NOTE - Supported since oVirt 4.3. Choices: "i440fx_sea_bios" "q35_ovmf" "q35_sea_bios" "q35_secure_boot"
boot_devices list / elements=string	List of boot devices which should be used to boot. For example [ cdrom, hd ]. Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: "cdrom" "hd" "network"
boot_menu boolean	True enable menu to select boot device, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: false true
cd_iso string	ISO file from ISO storage domain which should be attached to Virtual Machine. If you have multiple ISO disks with the same name use disk ID to specify which should be used or use storage_domain to filter disks. If you pass empty string the CD will be ejected from VM. If used with state running or present and VM is running the CD will be attached to VM. If used with state running or present and VM is down the CD will be attached to VM persistently.
clone boolean	If yes then the disks of the created virtual machine will be cloned and independent of the template. This parameter is used only when state is running or present and VM didn’t exist before. Choices: false ← (default) true
clone_permissions boolean	If yes then the permissions of the template (only the direct ones, not the inherited ones) will be copied to the created virtual machine. This parameter is used only when state is running or present and VM didn’t exist before. Choices: false ← (default) true
cloud_init dictionary	Dictionary with values for Unix-like Virtual Machine initialization using cloud init.
authorized_ssh_keys string	Use this SSH keys to login to Virtual Machine.
custom_script string	Cloud-init script which will be executed on Virtual Machine when deployed. This is appended to the end of the cloud-init script generated by any other options. For further information, refer to cloud-init User-Data documentation.
dns_search string	DNS search domains to be configured on Virtual Machine.
dns_servers string	DNS servers to be configured on Virtual Machine, maximum of two, space-separated.
host_name string	Hostname to be set to Virtual Machine when deployed.
nic_boot_protocol string	Set boot protocol of the network interface of Virtual Machine. Choices: "none" "dhcp" "static"
nic_boot_protocol_v6 string	Set boot protocol of the network interface of Virtual Machine. Choices: "none" "dhcp" "static"
nic_gateway string	If boot protocol is static, set this gateway to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_gateway_v6 string	If boot protocol is static, set this gateway to network interface of Virtual Machine. For IPv6 addresses the value is an integer in the range of 0-128, which represents the subnet prefix.
nic_ip_address string	If boot protocol is static, set this IP address to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_ip_address_v6 string	If boot protocol is static, set this IP address to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_name string	Set name to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_netmask string	If boot protocol is static, set this netmask to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_netmask_v6 string	If boot protocol is static, set this netmask to network interface of Virtual Machine.
regenerate_ssh_keys boolean	If True SSH keys will be regenerated on Virtual Machine. Choices: false true
root_password string	Password to be set for user specified by user_name parameter.
timezone string	Timezone to be set to Virtual Machine when deployed.
user_name string	Username to be used to set password to Virtual Machine when deployed.
cloud_init_nics list / elements=dictionary	List of dictionaries representing network interfaces to be setup by cloud init. This option is used, when user needs to setup more network interfaces via cloud init. If one network interface is enough, user should use cloud_init nic_* parameters. cloud_init nic_* parameters are merged with cloud_init_nics parameters.
nic_boot_protocol string	Set boot protocol of the network interface of Virtual Machine. Can be one of none, dhcp or static.
nic_boot_protocol_v6 string	Set boot protocol of the network interface of Virtual Machine. Can be one of none, dhcp or static.
nic_gateway string	If boot protocol is static, set this gateway to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_gateway_v6 string	If boot protocol is static, set this gateway to network interface of Virtual Machine. For IPv6 addresses the value is an integer in the range of 0-128, which represents the subnet prefix.
nic_ip_address string	If boot protocol is static, set this IP address to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_ip_address_v6 string	If boot protocol is static, set this IP address to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_name string	Set name to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_netmask string	If boot protocol is static, set this netmask to network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_netmask_v6 string	If boot protocol is static, set this netmask to network interface of Virtual Machine.
cloud_init_persist aliases: sysprep_persist boolean	If yes the cloud_init or sysprep parameters will be saved for the virtual machine and the virtual machine won’t be started as run-once. Choices: false ← (default) true
cluster string	Name of the cluster, where Virtual Machine should be created. Required if creating VM.
cluster_mappings list / elements=dictionary	Mapper which maps cluster name between VM’s OVF and the destination cluster this VM should be registered to, relevant when state is registered. Cluster mapping is described by the following dictionary:
dest_name string	The name of the destination cluster.
source_name string	The name of the source cluster.
comment string	Comment of the Virtual Machine.
cpu_cores integer	Number of virtual CPUs cores of the Virtual Machine. Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine.
cpu_mode string	CPU mode of the virtual machine. It can be some of the following: host_passthrough, host_model or custom. For host_passthrough CPU type you need to set placement_policy to pinned. If no value is passed, default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine.
cpu_pinning list / elements=dictionary	CPU Pinning topology to map virtual machine CPU to host CPU. CPU Pinning topology is a list of dictionary which can have following values:
cpu string	Number of the host CPU.
vcpu string	Number of the virtual machine CPU.
cpu_shares integer	Set a CPU shares for this Virtual Machine. Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine.
cpu_sockets integer	Number of virtual CPUs sockets of the Virtual Machine. Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine.
cpu_threads integer	Number of threads per core of the Virtual Machine. Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine.
custom_compatibility_version string	Enables a virtual machine to be customized to its own compatibility version. If ‘custom_compatibility_version‘ is set, it overrides the cluster’s compatibility version for this particular virtual machine.
custom_emulated_machine string	Sets the value of the custom_emulated_machine attribute.
custom_properties list / elements=dictionary	Properties sent to VDSM to configure various hooks. Custom properties is a list of dictionary which can have following values:
name string	Name of the custom property. For example: hugepages, vhost, sap_agent, etc.
regexp string	Regular expression to set for custom property.
value string	Value to set for custom property.
delete_protected boolean	If yes Virtual Machine will be set as delete protected. If no Virtual Machine won’t be set as delete protected. If no value is passed, default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: false true
description string	Description of the Virtual Machine.
disk_format string	Specify format of the disk. If cow format is used, disk will by created as sparse, so space will be allocated for the volume as needed, also known as thin provision. If raw format is used, disk storage will be allocated right away, also known as preallocated. Note that this option isn’t idempotent as it’s not currently possible to change format of the disk via API. This parameter is considered only when template and storage domain is provided. Choices: "cow" ← (default) "raw"
disks list / elements=dictionary	List of disks, which should be attached to Virtual Machine. Disk is described by following dictionary.
activate boolean	True if the disk should be activated, default is activated. NOTE - This parameter is used only when state is running or present and is able to only attach disks. To manage disks of the VM in more depth please use ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_disk module instead. Choices: false true
bootable boolean	True if the disk should be bootable, default is non bootable. Choices: false true
id string	ID of the disk. Either name or id is required.
interface string	Interface of the disk. Choices: "virtio" ← (default) "ide"
name string	Name of the disk. Either name or id is required.
domain_mappings list / elements=dictionary	Mapper which maps aaa domain name between VM’s OVF and the destination aaa domain this VM should be registered to, relevant when state is registered. The aaa domain mapping is described by the following dictionary:
dest_name string	The name of the destination aaa domain.
source_name string	The name of the source aaa domain.
exclusive boolean	When state is exported this parameter indicates if the existing VM with the same name should be overwritten. Choices: false true
export_domain string	When state is exportedthis parameter specifies the name of the export storage domain.
export_ova dictionary	Dictionary of values to be used to export VM as OVA.
directory string	The name of the directory where the OVA has to be exported.
filename string	The name of the exported OVA file.
host string	The name of the destination host where the OVA has to be exported.
fetch_nested boolean	If True the module will fetch additional data from the API. It will fetch IDs of the VMs disks, snapshots, etc. User can configure to fetch other attributes of the nested entities by specifying nested_attributes. Choices: false ← (default) true
force boolean	Please check to Synopsis to more detailed description of force parameter, it can behave differently in different situations. Choices: false ← (default) true
force_migrate boolean	If true, the VM will migrate when placement_policy=user-migratable but not when placement_policy=pinned. Choices: false true
graphical_console dictionary	Assign graphical console to the virtual machine.
copy_paste_enabled boolean	Indicates whether a user is able to copy and paste content from an external host into the graphic console. This option is only available for the SPICE console type. Choices: false true
disconnect_action string	Returns the action that will take place when the graphic console(SPICE only) is disconnected. The options are: none No action is taken. lock_screen Locks the currently active user session. logout Logs out the currently active user session. reboot Initiates a graceful virtual machine reboot. shutdown Initiates a graceful virtual machine shutdown.
file_transfer_enabled boolean	Indicates if a user is able to drag and drop files from an external host into the graphic console. This option is only available for the SPICE console type. Choices: false true
headless_mode boolean	If true disable the graphics console for this virtual machine. Choices: false true
keyboard_layout string	The keyboard layout to use with this graphic console. This option is only available for the VNC console type. If no keyboard is enabled then it won’t be reported.
monitors integer	The number of monitors opened for this graphic console. This option is only available for the SPICE protocol. Possible values are 1, 2 or 4.
protocol list / elements=string	Graphical protocol, a list of spice, vnc, or both.
high_availability boolean	If yes Virtual Machine will be set as highly available. If no Virtual Machine won’t be set as highly available. If no value is passed, default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: false true
high_availability_priority integer	Indicates the priority of the virtual machine inside the run and migration queues. Virtual machines with higher priorities will be started and migrated before virtual machines with lower priorities. The value is an integer between 0 and 100. The higher the value, the higher the priority. If no value is passed, default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine.
host string	Specify host where Virtual Machine should be running. By default the host is chosen by engine scheduler. This parameter is used only when state is running or present.
host_devices list / elements=dictionary	Single Root I/O Virtualization - technology that allows single device to expose multiple endpoints that can be passed to VMs host_devices is an list which contain dictionary with name and state of device
id string	ID of the Virtual Machine to manage.
initrd_path string	Path to an initial ramdisk to be used with the kernel specified by kernel_path option. Ramdisk image must be stored on either the ISO domain or on the host’s storage.
instance_type string	Name of virtual machine’s hardware configuration. By default no instance type is used.
io_threads integer	Number of IO threads used by virtual machine. 0 means IO threading disabled.
kernel_params string	Kernel command line parameters (formatted as string) to be used with the kernel specified by kernel_path option.
kernel_params_persist boolean	If true kernel_params, initrd_path and kernel_path will persist in virtual machine configuration, if False it will be used for run once. Choices: false ← (default) true
kernel_path string	Path to a kernel image used to boot the virtual machine. Kernel image must be stored on either the ISO domain or on the host’s storage.
kvm dictionary	Dictionary of values to be used to connect to kvm and import a virtual machine to oVirt.
drivers_iso string	The name of the ISO containing drivers that can be used during the virt-v2v conversion process.
name string	The name of the KVM virtual machine.
password string	The password to authenticate against the KVM.
sparse boolean	Specifies the disk allocation policy of the resulting virtual machine. true for sparse, false for preallocated. Choices: false true ← (default)
storage_domain string	Specifies the target storage domain for converted disks. This is required parameter.
url string	The URL to be passed to the virt-v2v tool for conversion. For example qemu:///system. This is required parameter.
username string	The username to authenticate against the KVM.
lease string	Name of the storage domain this virtual machine lease reside on. Pass an empty string to remove the lease. NOTE - Supported since oVirt 4.1.
lun_mappings list / elements=dictionary	Mapper which maps lun between VM’s OVF and the destination lun this VM should contain, relevant when state is registered. lun_mappings is described by the following dictionary:
logical_unit_address string	The address of the block storage host.
logical_unit_id string	The logical unit number to identify a logical unit,
logical_unit_password) string	Password to be used to connect to the block storage host.
logical_unit_port string	The port being used to connect with the LUN disk.
logical_unit_portal string	The portal being used to connect with the LUN disk.
logical_unit_target string	The iSCSI specification located on an iSCSI server
logical_unit_username string	Username to be used to connect to the block storage host.
storage_type string	The storage type which the LUN reside on (iscsi or fcp)”
memory string	Amount of memory of the Virtual Machine. Prefix uses IEC 60027-2 standard (for example 1GiB, 1024MiB). Default value is set by engine.
memory_guaranteed string	Amount of minimal guaranteed memory of the Virtual Machine. Prefix uses IEC 60027-2 standard (for example 1GiB, 1024MiB). memory_guaranteed parameter can’t be lower than memory parameter. Default value is set by engine.
memory_max string	Upper bound of virtual machine memory up to which memory hot-plug can be performed. Prefix uses IEC 60027-2 standard (for example 1GiB, 1024MiB). Default value is set by engine.
migrate boolean	If true, the VM will migrate to any available host. Choices: false true
multi_queues_enabled boolean added in ovirt.ovirt 1.7.0	If `true`, each virtual interface will get the optimal number of queues, depending on the available virtual Cpus. Choices: false true
name string	Name of the Virtual Machine to manage. If VM don’t exists name is required. Otherwise id or name can be used.
nested_attributes list / elements=string	Specifies list of the attributes which should be fetched from the API. This parameter apply only when fetch_nested is true.
next_run boolean	If true, the update will not be applied to the VM immediately and will be only applied when virtual machine is restarted. NOTE - If there are multiple next run configuration changes on the VM, the first change may get reverted if this option is not passed. Choices: false true
nics list / elements=dictionary	List of NICs, which should be attached to Virtual Machine. NIC is described by following dictionary.
interface string	Type of the network interface. Choices: "virtio" ← (default) "e1000" "rtl8139"
mac_address string	Custom MAC address of the network interface, by default it’s obtained from MAC pool. NOTE - This parameter is used only when state is running or present and is able to only create NICs. To manage NICs of the VM in more depth please use ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_nic module instead.
name string	Name of the NIC.
profile_name string	Profile name where NIC should be attached.
numa_nodes list / elements=dictionary	List of vNUMA Nodes to set for this VM and pin them to assigned host’s physical NUMA node. Each vNUMA node is described by following dictionary:
cores list / elements=integer / required	List of VM CPU cores indexes to be included in this NUMA node.
index string / required	The index of this NUMA node.
memory string / required	Memory size of the NUMA node in MiB.
numa_node_pins list / elements=integer	List of physical NUMA node indexes to pin this virtual NUMA node to.
numa_tune_mode string	Set how the memory allocation for NUMA nodes of this VM is applied (relevant if NUMA nodes are set for this VM). It can be one of the following: interleave, preferred or strict. If no value is passed, default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: "interleave" "preferred" "strict"
operating_system string	Operating system of the Virtual Machine, for example ‘rhel_8x64’. Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. Use the ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm_os_info module to obtain the current list.
placement_policy string	The configuration of the virtual machine’s placement policy. If no value is passed, default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. Placement policy can be one of the following values:
migratable string	Allow manual and automatic migration.
pinned string	Do not allow migration.
user_migratable string	Allow manual migration only.
placement_policy_hosts list / elements=string	List of host names.
poll_interval integer	Number of the seconds the module waits until another poll request on entity status is sent. Default: 3
quota_id string	Virtual Machine quota ID to be used for disk. By default quota is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine.
reassign_bad_macs boolean	Boolean indication whether to reassign bad macs when state is registered. Choices: false true
rng_device string	Random number generator (RNG). You can choose of one the following devices urandom, random or hwrng. In order to select hwrng, you must have it enabled on cluster first. /dev/urandom is used for cluster version >= 4.1, and /dev/random for cluster version <= 4.0
role_mappings list / elements=dictionary	Mapper which maps role name between VM’s OVF and the destination role this VM should be registered to, relevant when state is registered. Role mapping is described by the following dictionary:
dest_name string	The name of the destination role.
source_name string	The name of the source role.
serial_console boolean	True enable VirtIO serial console, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: false true
serial_policy string	Specify a serial number policy for the Virtual Machine. Following options are supported. vm - Sets the Virtual Machine’s UUID as its serial number. host - Sets the host’s UUID as the Virtual Machine’s serial number. custom - Allows you to specify a custom serial number in serial_policy_value. Choices: "vm" "host" "custom"
serial_policy_value string	Allows you to specify a custom serial number. This parameter is used only when serial_policy is custom.
smartcard_enabled boolean	If true, use smart card authentication. Choices: false true
snapshot_name string	Snapshot to clone VM from. Snapshot with description specified should exist. You have to specify snapshot_vm parameter with virtual machine name of this snapshot.
snapshot_vm string	Source VM to clone VM from. VM should have snapshot specified by snapshot. If snapshot_name specified snapshot_vm is required.
soundcard_enabled boolean	If true, the sound card is added to the virtual machine. Choices: false true
sso boolean	True enable Single Sign On by Guest Agent, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: false true
state string	Should the Virtual Machine be running/stopped/present/absent/suspended/next_run/registered/exported/reboot. When state is registered and the unregistered VM’s name belongs to an already registered in engine VM in the same DC then we fail to register the unregistered template. present state will create/update VM and don’t change its state if it already exists. running state will create/update VM and start it. next_run state updates the VM and if the VM has next run configuration it will be rebooted. Please check notes to more detailed description of states. exported state will export the VM to export domain or as OVA. registered is supported since 2.4. reboot is supported since 2.10, virtual machine is rebooted only if it’s in up state. reset sends a reset request to a virtual machine. Choices: "absent" "next_run" "present" ← (default) "registered" "running" "stopped" "suspended" "exported" "reboot" "reset"
stateless boolean	If yes Virtual Machine will be set as stateless. If no Virtual Machine will be unset as stateless. If no value is passed, default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: false true
storage_domain string	Name of the storage domain where all template disks should be created. This parameter is considered only when template is provided. IMPORTANT - This parameter is not idempotent, if the VM exists and you specify different storage domain, disk won’t move.
storage_error_resume_behaviour string added in ovirt.ovirt 3.2.0	If the storage, on which this virtual machine has some disks gets unresponsive, the virtual machine gets paused. These are the possible options, what should happen with the virtual machine at the moment the storage becomes available again. Choices: "auto_resume" "kill" "leave_paused"
sysprep dictionary	Dictionary with values for Windows Virtual Machine initialization using sysprep.
active_directory_ou string	Active Directory Organizational Unit, to be used for login of user.
custom_script string	A custom Sysprep definition in the format of a complete unattended installation answer file.
domain string	Domain to be set to Windows Virtual Machine.
host_name string	Hostname to be set to Virtual Machine when deployed.
input_locale string	Input localization of the Windows Virtual Machine.
org_name string	Organization name to be set to Windows Virtual Machine.
root_password string	Password to be set for username to Windows Virtual Machine.
system_locale string	System localization of the Windows Virtual Machine.
timezone string	Timezone to be set to Windows Virtual Machine.
ui_language string	UI language of the Windows Virtual Machine.
user_name string	Username to be used for set password to Windows Virtual Machine.
windows_license_key string	License key to be set to Windows Virtual Machine.
template string	Name of the template, which should be used to create Virtual Machine. Required if creating VM. If template is not specified and VM doesn’t exist, VM will be created from Blank template.
template_version integer	Version number of the template to be used for VM. By default the latest available version of the template is used.
ticket boolean	If true, in addition return remote_vv_file inside vm dictionary, which contains compatible content for remote-viewer application. Works only state is running. Choices: false true
timeout integer	The amount of time in seconds the module should wait for the instance to get into desired state. Default: 180
timezone string	Sets time zone offset of the guest hardware clock. For example Etc/GMT
tpm_enabled boolean added in ovirt.ovirt 3.2.0	If `true`, a TPM device is added to the virtual machine. Choices: false true
type string	Type of the Virtual Machine. Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine. high_performance is supported since Ansible 2.5 and oVirt/RHV 4.2. Choices: "desktop" "server" "high_performance"
usb_support boolean	True enable USB support, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine. Choices: false true
use_latest_template_version boolean	Specify if latest template version should be used, when running a stateless VM. If this parameter is set to yes stateless VM is created. Choices: false true
virtio_scsi_enabled boolean added in ovirt.ovirt 1.7.0	Enable Virtio SCSI support. Choices: false true
virtio_scsi_multi_queues integer added in ovirt.ovirt 1.7.0	Number of queues for a Virtio-SCSI controller, possible values: -1 - Indicates that the queues will be automatically set. 0 - Indicates that the Virtio SCSI multi-queue will be disabled. >0 - Number of Virtio SCSI queues to use by virtual machine.
vmware dictionary	Dictionary of values to be used to connect to VMware and import a virtual machine to oVirt.
drivers_iso string	The name of the ISO containing drivers that can be used during the virt-v2v conversion process.
password string	The password to authenticate against the VMware.
sparse boolean	Specifies the disk allocation policy of the resulting virtual machine. true for sparse, false for preallocated. Choices: false true ← (default)
storage_domain string	Specifies the target storage domain for converted disks. This is required parameter.
url string	The URL to be passed to the virt-v2v tool for conversion. For example vpx://wmware_user@vcenter-host/DataCenter/Cluster/esxi-host?no_verify=1
username string	The username to authenticate against the VMware.
vnic_profile_mappings list / elements=dictionary	Mapper which maps an external virtual NIC profile to one that exists in the engine when state is registered. vnic_profile is described by the following dictionary:
source_network_name string	The network name of the source network.
source_profile_name string	The profile name related to the source network.
target_profile_id string	The id of the target profile id to be mapped to in the engine.
volatile boolean added in ovirt.ovirt 2.2.0	Indicates that this run configuration will be discarded even in the case of guest-initiated reboot. Choices: false true
wait boolean	yes if the module should wait for the entity to get into desired state. Choices: false true ← (default)
wait_after_lease integer added in ovirt.ovirt 2.1.0	Number of seconds which should the module wait after the lease is changed. Default: 5
watchdog dictionary	Assign watchdog device for the virtual machine. Watchdogs is a dictionary which can have following values:
action string	Watchdog action to be performed when watchdog is triggered. For example: none, reset, poweroff, pause or dump.
model string	Model of the watchdog device. For example: i6300esb, diag288 or null.
xen dictionary	Dictionary of values to be used to connect to XEN and import a virtual machine to oVirt.
drivers_iso string	The name of the ISO containing drivers that can be used during the virt-v2v conversion process.
sparse boolean	Specifies the disk allocation policy of the resulting virtual machine. true for sparse, false for preallocated. Choices: false true ← (default)
storage_domain string	Specifies the target storage domain for converted disks. This is required parameter.
url string	The URL to be passed to the virt-v2v tool for conversion. For example xen+ssh://root@zen.server. This is required parameter.

Notes

Note

• If VM is in UNASSIGNED or UNKNOWN state before any operation, the module will fail. If VM is in IMAGE_LOCKED state before any operation, we try to wait for VM to be DOWN. If VM is in SAVING_STATE state before any operation, we try to wait for VM to be SUSPENDED. If VM is in POWERING_DOWN state before any operation, we try to wait for VM to be UP or DOWN. VM can get into UP state from POWERING_DOWN state, when there is no ACPI or guest agent running inside VM, or if the shutdown operation fails. When user specify UP state, we always wait to VM to be in UP state in case VM is MIGRATING, REBOOTING, POWERING_UP, RESTORING_STATE, WAIT_FOR_LAUNCH. In other states we run start operation on VM. When user specify stopped state, and If user pass force parameter set to true we forcibly stop the VM in any state. If user don’t pass force parameter, we always wait to VM to be in UP state in case VM is MIGRATING, REBOOTING, POWERING_UP, RESTORING_STATE, WAIT_FOR_LAUNCH. If VM is in PAUSED or SUSPENDED state, we start the VM. Then we gracefully shutdown the VM. When user specify suspended state, we always wait to VM to be in UP state in case VM is MIGRATING, REBOOTING, POWERING_UP, RESTORING_STATE, WAIT_FOR_LAUNCH. If VM is in PAUSED or DOWN state, we start the VM. Then we suspend the VM. When user specify absent state, we forcibly stop the VM in any state and remove it.

• If you update a VM parameter that requires a reboot, the oVirt engine always creates a new snapshot for the VM, and an Ansible playbook will report this as changed.

• In order to use this module you have to install oVirt Python SDK. To ensure it’s installed with correct version you can create the following task: pip: name=ovirt-engine-sdk-python version=4.4.0

Examples

# Examples don't contain auth parameter for simplicity,
# look at ovirt_auth module to see how to reuse authentication:

- name: Creates a new Virtual Machine from template named 'rhel7_template'
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: present
    name: myvm
    template: rhel7_template
    cluster: mycluster

- name: Register VM
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: registered
    storage_domain: mystorage
    cluster: mycluster
    name: myvm

- name: Register VM using id
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: registered
    storage_domain: mystorage
    cluster: mycluster
    id: 1111-1111-1111-1111

- name: Register VM, allowing partial import
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: registered
    storage_domain: mystorage
    allow_partial_import: "True"
    cluster: mycluster
    id: 1111-1111-1111-1111

- name: Register VM with vnic profile mappings and reassign bad macs
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: registered
    storage_domain: mystorage
    cluster: mycluster
    id: 1111-1111-1111-1111
    vnic_profile_mappings:
    - source_network_name: mynetwork
      source_profile_name: mynetwork
      target_profile_id: 3333-3333-3333-3333
    - source_network_name: mynetwork2
      source_profile_name: mynetwork2
      target_profile_id: 4444-4444-4444-4444
    reassign_bad_macs: "True"

- name: Register VM with mappings
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: registered
    storage_domain: mystorage
    cluster: mycluster
    id: 1111-1111-1111-1111
    role_mappings:
      - source_name: Role_A
        dest_name: Role_B
    domain_mappings:
      - source_name: Domain_A
        dest_name: Domain_B
    lun_mappings:
      - source_storage_type: iscsi
        source_logical_unit_id: 1IET_000d0001
        source_logical_unit_port: 3260
        source_logical_unit_portal: 1
        source_logical_unit_address: 10.34.63.203
        source_logical_unit_target: iqn.2016-08-09.brq.str-01:omachace
        dest_storage_type: iscsi
        dest_logical_unit_id: 1IET_000d0002
        dest_logical_unit_port: 3260
        dest_logical_unit_portal: 1
        dest_logical_unit_address: 10.34.63.204
        dest_logical_unit_target: iqn.2016-08-09.brq.str-02:omachace
    affinity_group_mappings:
      - source_name: Affinity_A
        dest_name: Affinity_B
    affinity_label_mappings:
      - source_name: Label_A
        dest_name: Label_B
    cluster_mappings:
      - source_name: cluster_A
        dest_name: cluster_B

- name: Creates a stateless VM which will always use latest template version
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    template: rhel7
    cluster: mycluster
    use_latest_template_version: true

# Creates a new server rhel7 Virtual Machine from Blank template
# on brq01 cluster with 2GiB memory and 2 vcpu cores/sockets
# and attach bootable disk with name rhel7_disk and attach virtio NIC
- ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: present
    cluster: brq01
    name: myvm
    memory: 2GiB
    cpu_cores: 2
    cpu_sockets: 2
    cpu_shares: 1024
    type: server
    operating_system: rhel_7x64
    disks:
      - name: rhel7_disk
        bootable: True
    nics:
      - name: nic1

# Change VM Name
- ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    name: "new_vm_name"

- name: Run VM with cloud init
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: rhel7
    template: rhel7
    cluster: Default
    memory: 1GiB
    high_availability: true
    high_availability_priority: 50  # Available from Ansible 2.5
    cloud_init:
      dns_servers: '8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4'
      nic_boot_protocol: static
      nic_ip_address: 10.34.60.86
      nic_netmask: 255.255.252.0
      nic_gateway: 10.34.63.254
      nic_name: eth1
      host_name: example.com
      custom_script: |
        write_files:
         - content: |
             Hello, world!
           path: /tmp/greeting.txt
           permissions: '0644'
      user_name: root
      root_password: super_password

- name: Run VM with cloud init, with multiple network interfaces
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: rhel7_4
    template: rhel7
    cluster: mycluster
    cloud_init_nics:
    - nic_name: eth0
      nic_boot_protocol: dhcp
    - nic_name: eth1
      nic_boot_protocol: static
      nic_ip_address: 10.34.60.86
      nic_netmask: 255.255.252.0
      nic_gateway: 10.34.63.254
    # IP version 6 parameters are supported since ansible 2.9
    - nic_name: eth2
      nic_boot_protocol_v6: static
      nic_ip_address_v6: '2620:52:0:2282:b898:1f69:6512:36c5'
      nic_gateway_v6: '2620:52:0:2282:b898:1f69:6512:36c9'
      nic_netmask_v6: '120'
    - nic_name: eth3
      nic_boot_protocol_v6: dhcp

- name: Run VM with sysprep
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: windows2012R2_AD
    template: windows2012R2
    cluster: Default
    memory: 3GiB
    high_availability: true
    sysprep:
      host_name: windowsad.example.com
      user_name: Administrator
      root_password: SuperPassword123

- name: Migrate/Run VM to/on host named 'host1'
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: running
    name: myvm
    host: host1

- name: Migrate/Run VM to/on host named 'host1' on cluster 'cluster1'
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: running
    name: myvm
    host: host1
    cluster: cluster1

- name: Migrate VM to any available host
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: running
    name: myvm
    migrate: true

- name: Change VMs CD
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    cd_iso: drivers.iso

- name: Eject VMs CD
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    cd_iso: ''

- name: Boot VM from CD
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    cd_iso: centos7_x64.iso
    boot_devices:
        - cdrom

- name: Stop vm
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: stopped
    name: myvm

- name: Upgrade memory to already created VM
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    memory: 4GiB

- name: Hot plug memory to already created and running VM (VM won't be restarted)
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    memory: 4GiB

# Create/update a VM to run with two vNUMA nodes and pin them to physical NUMA nodes as follows:
# vnuma index 0-> numa index 0, vnuma index 1-> numa index 1
- name: Create a VM to run with two vNUMA nodes
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    cluster: mycluster
    numa_tune_mode: "interleave"
    numa_nodes:
    - index: 0
      cores: [0]
      memory: 20
      numa_node_pins: [0]
    - index: 1
      cores: [1]
      memory: 30
      numa_node_pins: [1]

- name: Update an existing VM to run without previously created vNUMA nodes (i.e. remove all vNUMA nodes+NUMA pinning setting)
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    cluster: mycluster
    state: "present"
    numa_tune_mode: "interleave"
    numa_nodes:
    - index: -1

# When change on the VM needs restart of the VM, use next_run state,
# The VM will be updated and rebooted if there are any changes.
# If present state would be used, VM won't be restarted.
- ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: next_run
    name: myvm
    boot_devices:
      - network

- name: Import virtual machine from VMware
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: stopped
    cluster: mycluster
    name: vmware_win10
    timeout: 1800
    poll_interval: 30
    vmware:
      url: vpx://[email protected]/Folder1/Cluster1/2.3.4.5?no_verify=1
      name: windows10
      storage_domain: mynfs
      username: user
      password: password

- name: Create vm from template and create all disks on specific storage domain
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: vm_test
    cluster: mycluster
    template: mytemplate
    storage_domain: mynfs
    nics:
    - name: nic1

- name: Remove VM, if VM is running it will be stopped
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: absent
    name: myvm

# Defining a specific quota for a VM:
# Since Ansible 2.5
- ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_quotas_info:
    data_center: Default
    name: myquota
  register: ovirt_quotas
- ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    sso: False
    boot_menu: True
    bios_type: q35_ovmf
    usb_support: True
    serial_console: True
    quota_id: "{{ ovirt_quotas[0]['id'] }}"

- name: Create a VM that has the console configured for both Spice and VNC
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    template: mytemplate
    cluster: mycluster
    graphical_console:
      protocol:
        - spice
        - vnc

# Execute remote viewer to VM
- block:
  - name: Create a ticket for console for a running VM
    ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
      name: myvm
      ticket: true
      state: running
    register: myvm

  - name: Save ticket to file
    ansible.builtin.copy:
      content: "{{ myvm.vm.remote_vv_file }}"
      dest: ~/vvfile.vv

  - name: Run remote viewer with file
    ansible.builtin.command: remote-viewer ~/vvfile.vv

# Default value of host_device state is present
- name: Attach host devices to virtual machine
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    host: myhost
    placement_policy: pinned
    host_devices:
      - name: pci_0000_00_06_0
      - name: pci_0000_00_07_0
        state: absent
      - name: pci_0000_00_08_0
        state: present

- name: Add placement policy with multiple hosts
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    placement_policy: migratable
    placement_policy_hosts:
      - host1
      - host2

- name: Export the VM as OVA
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    name: myvm
    state: exported
    cluster: mycluster
    export_ova:
        host: myhost
        filename: myvm.ova
        directory: /tmp/

- name: Clone VM from snapshot
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    snapshot_vm: myvm
    snapshot_name: myvm_snap
    name: myvm_clone
    state: present

- name: Import external ova VM
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    cluster: mycluster
    name: myvm
    host: myhost
    timeout: 1800
    poll_interval: 30
    kvm:
      name: myvm
      url: ova:///path/myvm.ova
      storage_domain: mystorage

- name: Cpu pinning of 0#12_1#13_2#14_3#15
  ovirt.ovirt.ovirt_vm:
    state: present
    cluster: mycluster
    name: myvm
    cpu_pinning:
      - cpu: 12
        vcpu: 0
      - cpu: 13
        vcpu: 1
      - cpu: 14
        vcpu: 2
      - cpu: 15
        vcpu: 3

Return Values

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

Key	Description
id string	ID of the VM which is managed Returned: On success if VM is found. Sample: "7de90f31-222c-436c-a1ca-7e655bd5b60c"
vm dictionary	Dictionary of all the VM attributes. VM attributes can be found on your oVirt/RHV instance at following url: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#types/vm. Additionally when user sent ticket=true, this module will return also remote_vv_file parameter in vm dictionary, which contains remote-viewer compatible file to open virtual machine console. Please note that this file contains sensible information. Returned: On success if VM is found.

Authors

• Ondra Machacek (@machacekondra)

• Martin Necas (@mnecas)

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