proxmox_template - management of OS templates in Proxmox VE cluster

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • allows you to upload/delete templates in Proxmox VE cluster

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • proxmoxer
  • requests

Options

parameter required default choices comments
api_host
 yes
the host of the Proxmox VE cluster
api_password
 no
the password to authenticate with
you can use PROXMOX_PASSWORD environment variable
api_user
 yes
the user to authenticate with
content_type
 no vztmpl
  • vztmpl
  • iso
content type
required only for state=present
force
 no
  • yes
  • no
can be used only with state=present, exists template will be overwritten
node
 yes
Proxmox VE node, when you will operate with template
src
 no
path to uploaded file
required only for state=present
aliases: path
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the template
storage
 no local
target storage
template
 no
the template name
required only for states absent, info
timeout
 no 30
timeout for operations
validate_certs
 no
  • yes
  • no
enable / disable https certificate verification

Examples

# Upload new openvz template with minimal options
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: 1q2w3e
    api_host: node1
    src: ~/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz

# Upload new openvz template with minimal options use environment PROXMOX_PASSWORD variable(you should export it before)
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_host: node1
    src: ~/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz

# Upload new openvz template with all options and force overwrite
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: 1q2w3e
    api_host: node1
    storage: local
    content_type: vztmpl
    src: ~/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz
    force: yes

# Delete template with minimal options
- proxmox_template:
    node: uk-mc02
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: 1q2w3e
    api_host: node1
    template: ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz
    state: absent

Notes

Note

  • Requires proxmoxer and requests modules on host. This modules can be installed with pip.

Status

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

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/proxmox_template_module.html