community / community.general / 0.1.1 / module / virt_net Manage libvirt network configuration Authors: Maciej Delmanowski (@drybjed) preview | supported by communitycommunity.general.virt_net (0.1.1) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==0.1.1
collections: - name: community.general version: 0.1.1
Manage I(libvirt) networks.
# Define a new network - virt_net: command: define name: br_nat xml: '{{ lookup("template", "network/bridge.xml.j2") }}'
# Start a network - virt_net: command: create name: br_nat
# List available networks - virt_net: command: list_nets
# Get XML data of a specified network - virt_net: command: get_xml name: br_nat
# Stop a network - virt_net: command: destroy name: br_nat
# Undefine a network - virt_net: command: undefine name: br_nat
# Gather facts about networks # Facts will be available as 'ansible_libvirt_networks' - virt_net: command: facts
# Gather information about network managed by 'libvirt' remotely using uri - virt_net: command: info uri: '{{ item }}' with_items: '{{ libvirt_uris }}' register: networks
# Ensure that a network is active (needs to be defined and built first) - virt_net: state: active name: br_nat
# Ensure that a network is inactive - virt_net: state: inactive name: br_nat
# Ensure that a given network will be started at boot - virt_net: autostart: yes name: br_nat
# Disable autostart for a given network - virt_net: autostart: no name: br_nat
# Add a new host in the dhcp pool - virt_net: name: br_nat command: modify xml: "<host mac='FC:C2:33:00:6c:3c' name='my_vm' ip='192.168.122.30'/>"
uri: default: qemu:///system description: - libvirt connection uri. required: false xml: description: - XML document used with the define command. required: false name: aliases: - network description: - name of the network being managed. Note that network must be previously defined with xml. required: true state: choices: - active - inactive - present - absent description: - specify which state you want a network to be in. If 'active', network will be started. If 'present', ensure that network is present but do not change its state; if it's missing, you need to specify xml argument. If 'inactive', network will be stopped. If 'undefined' or 'absent', network will be removed from I(libvirt) configuration. required: false command: choices: - define - create - start - stop - destroy - undefine - get_xml - list_nets - facts - info - status - modify description: - in addition to state management, various non-idempotent commands are available. See examples. Modify was added in version 2.1 required: false autostart: description: - Specify if a given network should be started automatically on system boot. required: false type: bool