NDP Automation

Toolset for creating VMs using Ansible and PXE.

Requirements

Ansible controller:

1. Python 3.12

Steps

1. Initialize the project.

   make init

2. Populate ./inventory.yml with real-world hosts and variable values using the inventory guide.

   • Note: Once this local file is in place it cannot be overridden again by the command above.

3. Create the VMs using Ansible and PXE.

   make create

4. Provision the VMs using Ansible.

   make provision

Bugs

• github: Support VirtIO RNG to proxmox kvm module

Resources

Ansible:

• Proxmox forums: Provision VM from template using ansible.
• community.general.proxmox_kvm module
• community.general.proxmox_vm_info module
• community.general.proxmox_disk module – Management of a disk of a Qemu(KVM) VM in a Proxmox VE cluster
• community.general.lvol module – Configure LVM logical volumes
• Autoinstall configuration reference manual
• cloud-init: All cloud config examples