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

Note

This plugin is part of the ovirt.ovirt collection (version 1.6.4).

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.

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

New in version 1.0.0: of ovirt.ovirt

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 Choices/Defaults 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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean indication whether to allow partial registration of Virtual Machine when state is registered.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Flag indicating if compression is used for connection.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
A boolean flag that indicates if the server TLS certificate and host name should be checked.
kerberos
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
A boolean flag indicating if Kerberos authentication should be used instead of the default basic authentication.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
bios_type
string
    Choices:
  • i440fx_sea_bios
  • q35_ovmf
  • q35_sea_bios
  • q35_secure_boot
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.
boot_devices
list / elements=string
    Choices:
  • cdrom
  • hd
  • network
List of boot devices which should be used to boot. For example [ cdrom, hd ].
Default value is set by oVirt/RHV engine.
boot_menu
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
True enable menu to select boot device, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
clone_permissions
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
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
    Choices:
  • none
  • dhcp
  • static
Set boot protocol of the network interface of Virtual Machine.
nic_boot_protocol_v6
string
    Choices:
  • none
  • dhcp
  • static
Set boot protocol of the network interface of Virtual Machine.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If True SSH keys will be regenerated on Virtual Machine.
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
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.

aliases: sysprep_persist
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
description
string
Description of the Virtual Machine.
disk_format
string
    Choices:
  • cow
  • raw
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.
disks
list / elements=dictionary
List of disks, which should be attached to Virtual Machine. Disk is described by following dictionary.
activate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
bootable
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
True if the disk should be bootable, default is non bootable.
id
string
ID of the disk. Either name or id is required.
interface
string
    Choices:
  • virtio
  • ide
Interface of the disk.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When state is exported this parameter indicates if the existing VM with the same name should be overwritten.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Please check to Synopsis to more detailed description of force parameter, it can behave differently in different situations.
force_migrate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true, the VM will migrate when placement_policy=user-migratable but not when placement_policy=pinned.
graphical_console
dictionary
Assign graphical console to the virtual machine.
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.
headless_mode
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true disable the graphics console for this virtual machine.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true kernel_params, initrd_path and kernel_path will persist in virtual machine configuration, if False it will be used for run once.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies the disk allocation policy of the resulting virtual machine. true for sparse, false for preallocated.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true, the VM will migrate to any available host.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
nics
list / elements=dictionary
List of NICs, which should be attached to Virtual Machine. NIC is described by following dictionary.
interface
string
    Choices:
  • virtio
  • e1000
  • rtl8139
Type of the network interface.
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=string / 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=string
List of physical NUMA node indexes to pin this virtual NUMA node to.
numa_tune_mode
string
    Choices:
  • interleave
  • preferred
  • strict
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.
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
Default:
3
Number of the seconds the module waits until another poll request on entity status is sent.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Boolean indication whether to reassign bad macs when state is registered.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
True enable VirtIO serial console, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine.
serial_policy
string
    Choices:
  • vm
  • host
  • custom
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.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true, use smart card authentication.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true, the sound card is added to the virtual machine.
sso
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
True enable Single Sign On by Guest Agent, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • next_run
  • present
  • registered
  • running
  • stopped
  • suspended
  • exported
  • reboot
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.
stateless
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
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.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true, in addition return remote_vv_file inside vm dictionary, which contains compatible content for remote-viewer application. Works only state is running.
timeout
integer
Default:
180
The amount of time in seconds the module should wait for the instance to get into desired state.
timezone
string
Sets time zone offset of the guest hardware clock.
For example Etc/GMT
type
string
    Choices:
  • desktop
  • server
  • high_performance
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.
usb_support
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
True enable USB support, False to disable it. By default is chosen by oVirt/RHV engine.
use_latest_template_version
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specify if latest template version should be used, when running a stateless VM.
If this parameter is set to yes stateless VM is created.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies the disk allocation policy of the resulting virtual machine. true for sparse, false for preallocated.
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.
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
yes if the module should wait for the entity to get into desired state.
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies the disk allocation policy of the resulting virtual machine. true for sparse, false for preallocated.
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://[email protected]. 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 Returned Description
id
string
On success if VM is found.
ID of the VM which is managed

Sample:
7de90f31-222c-436c-a1ca-7e655bd5b60c
vm
dictionary
On success if VM is found.
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.



Authors

  • Ondra Machacek (@machacekondra)
  • Martin Necas (@mnecas)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ovirt/ovirt/ovirt_vm_module.html