proxmox_kvm - Management of Qemu(KVM) Virtual Machines in Proxmox VE cluster.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Allows you to create/delete/stop Qemu(KVM) Virtual Machines in Proxmox VE cluster.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • proxmoxer
  • requests

Options

parameter required default choices comments
acpi
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
Specify if ACPI should be enables/disabled.
agent
 no
  • yes
  • no
Specify if the QEMU GuestAgent should be enabled/disabled.
api_host
 yes
Specify the target host of the Proxmox VE cluster.
api_password
 no
Specify the password to authenticate with.
You can use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable.
api_user
 yes
Specify the user to authenticate with.
args
 no -serial unix:/var/run/qemu-server/VMID.serial,server,nowait
Pass arbitrary arguments to kvm.
This option is for experts only!
autostart
 no no
  • yes
  • no
Specify, if the VM should be automatically restarted after crash (currently ignored in PVE API).
balloon
 no
Specify the amount of RAM for the VM in MB.
Using zero disables the balloon driver.
bios
 no
  • seabios
  • ovmf
Specify the BIOS implementation.
boot
 no cnd
Specify the boot order -> boot on floppy a, hard disk c, CD-ROM d, or network n.
You can combine to set order.
bootdisk
 no
Enable booting from specified disk. (ide|sata|scsi|virtio\d+)
clone
 no
Name of VM to be cloned. If vmid is setted, clone can take arbitrary value but required for intiating the clone.
cores
 no 1
Specify number of cores per socket.
cpu
 no kvm64
Specify emulated CPU type.
cpulimit
 no
Specify if CPU usage will be limited. Value 0 indicates no CPU limit.
If the computer has 2 CPUs, it has total of '2' CPU time
cpuunits
 no 1000
Specify CPU weight for a VM.
You can disable fair-scheduler configuration by setting this to 0
delete
 no
Specify a list of settings you want to delete.
description
 no
Specify the description for the VM. Only used on the configuration web interface.
This is saved as comment inside the configuration file.
digest
 no
Specify if to prevent changes if current configuration file has different SHA1 digest.
This can be used to prevent concurrent modifications.
force
 no
  • yes
  • no
Allow to force stop VM.
Can be used only with states stopped, restarted.
format
 no qcow2
  • cloop
  • cow
  • qcow
  • qcow2
  • qed
  • raw
  • vmdk
Target drive's backing file's data format.
Used only with clone
freeze
 no
  • yes
  • no
Specify if PVE should freeze CPU at startup (use 'c' monitor command to start execution).
full
 no True
  • yes
  • no
Create a full copy of all disk. This is always done when you clone a normal VM.
For VM templates, we try to create a linked clone by default.
Used only with clone
hostpci
 no
Specify a hash/dictionary of map host pci devices into guest. hostpci='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - hostpci[n] where 0 ≤ n ≤ N.
Values allowed are - "host="HOSTPCIID[;HOSTPCIID2...]",pcie="1|0",rombar="1|0",x-vga="1|0"".
The host parameter is Host PCI device pass through. HOSTPCIID syntax is bus:dev.func (hexadecimal numbers).
pcie=boolean default=0 Choose the PCI-express bus (needs the q35 machine model).
rombar=boolean default=1 Specify whether or not the device's ROM will be visible in the guest's memory map.
x-vga=boolean default=0 Enable vfio-vga device support.
/!\ This option allows direct access to host hardware. So it is no longer possible to migrate such machines - use with special care.
hotplug
 no
Selectively enable hotplug features.
This is a comma separated list of hotplug features 'network', 'disk', 'cpu', 'memory' and 'usb'.
Value 0 disables hotplug completely and value 1 is an alias for the default 'network,disk,usb'.
hugepages
 no
  • any
  • 2
  • 1024
Enable/disable hugepages memory.
ide
 no
A hash/dictionary of volume used as IDE hard disk or CD-ROM. ide='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - ide[n] where 0 ≤ n ≤ 3.
Values allowed are - "storage:size,format=value".
storage is the storage identifier where to create the disk.
size is the size of the disk in GB.
format is the drive's backing file's data format. qcow2|raw|subvol.
keyboard
 no
Sets the keyboard layout for VNC server.
kvm
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
Enable/disable KVM hardware virtualization.
localtime
 no
  • yes
  • no
Sets the real time clock to local time.
This is enabled by default if ostype indicates a Microsoft OS.
lock
 no
  • migrate
  • backup
  • snapshot
  • rollback
Lock/unlock the VM.
machine
 no
Specifies the Qemu machine type.
type => (pc|pc(-i440fx?-\d+\.\d+(\.pxe)?|q35|pc-q35-\d+\.\d+(\.pxe)?))
memory
 no 512
Memory size in MB for instance.
migrate_downtime
 no
Sets maximum tolerated downtime (in seconds) for migrations.
migrate_speed
 no
Sets maximum speed (in MB/s) for migrations.
A value of 0 is no limit.
name
 no
Specifies the VM name. Only used on the configuration web interface.
Required only for state=present.
net
 no
A hash/dictionary of network interfaces for the VM. net='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - net[n] where 0 ≤ n ≤ N.
Values allowed are - "model="XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX",brigde="value",rate="value",tag="value",firewall="1|0",trunks="vlanid"".
Model is one of e1000 e1000-82540em e1000-82544gc e1000-82545em i82551 i82557b i82559er ne2k_isa ne2k_pci pcnet rtl8139 virtio vmxnet3.
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX should be an unique MAC address. This is automatically generated if not specified.
The bridge parameter can be used to automatically add the interface to a bridge device. The Proxmox VE standard bridge is called 'vmbr0'.
Option rate is used to limit traffic bandwidth from and to this interface. It is specified as floating point number, unit is 'Megabytes per second'.
If you specify no bridge, we create a kvm 'user' (NATed) network device, which provides DHCP and DNS services.
newid
 no
VMID for the clone. Used only with clone.
If newid is not set, the next available VM ID will be fetched from ProxmoxAPI.
node
 no
Proxmox VE node, where the new VM will be created.
Only required for state=present.
For other states, it will be autodiscovered.
numa
 no
A hash/dictionaries of NUMA topology. numa='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - numa[n] where 0 ≤ n ≤ N.
Values allowed are - "cpu="<id[-id];...>",hostnodes="<id[-id];...>",memory="number",policy="(bind|interleave|preferred"").
cpus CPUs accessing this NUMA node.
hostnodes Host NUMA nodes to use.
memory Amount of memory this NUMA node provides.
policy NUMA allocation policy.
onboot
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
Specifies whether a VM will be started during system bootup.
ostype
 no l26
  • other
  • wxp
  • w2k
  • w2k3
  • w2k8
  • wvista
  • win7
  • win8
  • l24
  • l26
  • solaris
Specifies guest operating system. This is used to enable special optimization/features for specific operating systems.
The l26 is Linux 2.6/3.X Kernel.
parallel
 no
A hash/dictionary of map host parallel devices. parallel='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - (parallel[n]) where 0 ≤ n ≤ 2.
Values allowed are - "/dev/parport\d+|/dev/usb/lp\d+".
pool
 no
Add the new VM to the specified pool.
protection
 no
  • yes
  • no
Enable/disable the protection flag of the VM. This will enable/disable the remove VM and remove disk operations.
reboot
 no
  • yes
  • no
Allow reboot. If set to yes, the VM exit on reboot.
revert
 no
Revert a pending change.
sata
 no
A hash/dictionary of volume used as sata hard disk or CD-ROM. sata='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - sata[n] where 0 ≤ n ≤ 5.
Values allowed are - "storage:size,format=value".
storage is the storage identifier where to create the disk.
size is the size of the disk in GB.
format is the drive's backing file's data format. qcow2|raw|subvol.
scsi
 no
A hash/dictionary of volume used as SCSI hard disk or CD-ROM. scsi='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - sata[n] where 0 ≤ n ≤ 13.
Values allowed are - "storage:size,format=value".
storage is the storage identifier where to create the disk.
size is the size of the disk in GB.
format is the drive's backing file's data format. qcow2|raw|subvol.
scsihw
 no
  • lsi
  • lsi53c810
  • virtio-scsi-pci
  • virtio-scsi-single
  • megasas
  • pvscsi
Specifies the SCSI controller model.
serial
 no
A hash/dictionary of serial device to create inside the VM. '{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - serial[n](str; required) where 0 ≤ n ≤ 3.
Values allowed are - (/dev/.+|socket).
/!\ If you pass through a host serial device, it is no longer possible to migrate such machines - use with special care.
shares
 no
Rets amount of memory shares for auto-ballooning. (0 - 50000).
The larger the number is, the more memory this VM gets.
The number is relative to weights of all other running VMs.
Using 0 disables auto-ballooning, this means no limit.
skiplock
 no
Ignore locks
Only root is allowed to use this option.
smbios
 no
Specifies SMBIOS type 1 fields.
snapname
 no
The name of the snapshot. Used only with clone.
sockets
 no 1
Sets the number of CPU sockets. (1 - N).
startdate
 no
Sets the initial date of the real time clock.
Valid format for date are 'now' or '2016-09-25T16:01:21' or '2016-09-25'.
startup
 no
Startup and shutdown behavior. [[order=]\d+] [,up=\d+] [,down=\d+].
Order is a non-negative number defining the general startup order.
Shutdown in done with reverse ordering.
state
 no present
  • present
  • started
  • absent
  • stopped
  • restarted
  • current
Indicates desired state of the instance.
If current, the current state of the VM will be fecthed. You can access it with results.status
storage
 no
Target storage for full clone.
tablet
 no no
  • yes
  • no
Enables/disables the USB tablet device.
target
 no
Target node. Only allowed if the original VM is on shared storage.
Used only with clone
tdf
 no
  • yes
  • no
Enables/disables time drift fix.
template
 no no
  • yes
  • no
Enables/disables the template.
timeout
 no 30
Timeout for operations.
update
 no no
  • yes
  • no
If yes, the VM will be update with new value.
Cause of the operations of the API and security reasons, I have disabled the update of the following parameters
net, virtio, ide, sata, scsi. Per example updating net update the MAC address and virtio create always new disk...
validate_certs
 no no
  • yes
  • no
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
vcpus
 no
Sets number of hotplugged vcpus.
vga
 no std
  • std
  • cirrus
  • vmware
  • qxl
  • serial0
  • serial1
  • serial2
  • serial3
  • qxl2
  • qxl3
  • qxl4
Select VGA type. If you want to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use option 'std' or 'vmware'.
virtio
 no
A hash/dictionary of volume used as VIRTIO hard disk. virtio='{"key":"value", "key":"value"}'.
Keys allowed are - virto[n] where 0 ≤ n ≤ 15.
Values allowed are - "storage:size,format=value".
storage is the storage identifier where to create the disk.
size is the size of the disk in GB.
format is the drive's backing file's data format. qcow2|raw|subvol.
vmid
 no
Specifies the VM ID. Instead use name parameter.
If vmid is not set, the next available VM ID will be fetched from ProxmoxAPI.
watchdog
 no
Creates a virtual hardware watchdog device.

Examples

# Create new VM with minimal options
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf

# Create new VM with minimal options and given vmid
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    vmid        : 100

# Create new VM with two network interface options.
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    net         : '{"net0":"virtio,bridge=vmbr1,rate=200", "net1":"e1000,bridge=vmbr2,"}'

# Create new VM with one network interface, three virto hard disk, 4 cores, and 2 vcpus.
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    net         : '{"net0":"virtio,bridge=vmbr1,rate=200"}'
    virtio      : '{"virtio0":"VMs_LVM:10", "virtio1":"VMs:2,format=qcow2", "virtio2":"VMs:5,format=raw"}'
    cores       : 4
    vcpus       : 2

# Clone VM with only source VM name
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    clone       : spynal   # The VM source
    name        : zavala  # The target VM name
    node        : sabrewulf
    storage     : VMs
    format      : qcow2
    timeout     : 500  # Note: The task can take a while. Adapt

# Clone VM with source vmid and target newid and raw format
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    clone       : arbitrary_name
    vmid        : 108
    newid       : 152
    name        : zavala  # The target VM name
    node        : sabrewulf
    storage     : LVM_STO
    format      : raw
    timeout     : 300  # Note: The task can take a while. Adapt

# Create new VM and lock it for snapashot.
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    lock        : snapshot

# Create new VM and set protection to disable the remove VM and remove disk operations
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    protection  : yes

# Start VM
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    state       : started

# Stop VM
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    state       : stopped

# Stop VM with force
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    state       : stopped
    force       : yes

# Restart VM
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    state       : restarted

# Remove VM
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    state       : absent

# Get VM current state
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    state       : current

# Update VM configuration
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    cpu         : 8
    memory      : 16384
    update      : yes

# Delete QEMU parameters
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    delete      : 'args,template,cpulimit'

# Revert a pending change
- proxmox_kvm:
    api_user    : root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host    : helldorado
    name        : spynal
    node        : sabrewulf
    revert      : 'template,cpulimit'

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
devices
The list of devices created or used.
 success dict { "ide0": "VMS_LVM:vm-115-disk-1", "ide1": "VMs:115/vm-115-disk-3.raw", "virtio0": "VMS_LVM:vm-115-disk-2", "virtio1": "VMs:115/vm-115-disk-1.qcow2", "virtio2": "VMs:115/vm-115-disk-2.raw" }
mac
List of mac address created and net[n] attached. Useful when you want to use provision systems like Foreman via PXE.
 success dict { "net0": "3E:6E:97:D2:31:9F", "net1": "B6:A1:FC:EF:78:A4" }
status
The current virtual machine status.
Returned only when state=current
success dict { "changed": false, "msg": "VM kropta with vmid = 110 is running", "status": "running" }
vmid
The VM vmid.
 success int 115

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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