Ansible Role: KVM

This role will install and configure KVM and all its dependencies.

The role can also be used to create and manage Libvirt networks, storage pools, storage volumes and domains.

Note: Currently, the removal of Libvirt objects has to be executed manually.

Requirements

This role has to be executed as user 'root'.

Tags

Following tags are supported by this role:

• install
• networks
• storage_pools
• storage_volumes
• domains

Variables

Variable	Type	Required	Default	Comment
kvm_networks	list()	No	[]	Libvirt networks configuration
kvm_storage_pools	list()	No	[]	Libvirt storage pools configuration
kvm_storage_volumes	list()	No	[]	Libvirt storage volumes configuration
kvm_domains	list()	No	[]	Libvirt domains configuration

Note: Click on a variable to see more information on how to use it.

Management

Virsh

The 'virsh' command line tool can be used to manage and configure domains.

root # virsh
Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal.

Type:  'help' for help with commands
       'quit' to quit

virsh # 

Cockpit

Cockpit is a browser-based administration tool for Linux which also provides a package for virtual machines.

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines

Note: This module also provides virtual machine console access.