Ansible. Proxmox. Create Container Almalinux 8 from template using Ansible Playbook

PVE server

Download CT template

pveam available

pveam download cephfs01-pve almalinux-8-default_20210928_amd64.tar.xz

Ansible server

Install ansible

dnf install -y ansible

Create root Ansible project dir

mkdir ./pve_create_ct

cd ./pve_create_ct

Add necessary project files

tree

.
├── ansible.cfg
├── ct_create.yml
├── inventory
│   └── hosts.ini
└── vars.yml

mkdir ./inventory

nano inventory/hosts.ini

[pve]
pve01 ansible_port=22 ansible_host=192.168.17.251 ansible_host_ip=192.168.17.251
[pve:vars]
ansible_user=root
ansible_ssh_pass=PassWord

nano ansible.cfg

[defaults]
inventory = inventory/hosts.ini
host_key_checking = False
stdout_callback = yaml
callback_enabled = timer

nano vars.yml

pve_api_host: 192.168.17.251
pve_api_user: root@pam
pve_api_password: PassWord#1
pve_node: pve01
ct_id: 501
ct_storage: ceph-rbd01
ct_password: PassWord
ct_hostname: ct-al8-autodeploy-01
ct_unprivileged: true
ct_ostemplate: cephfs01-pve:vztmpl/almalinux-8-default_20210928_amd64.tar.xz
ct_cores: 1
ct_memory: 512
ct_swap: 512
ct_disk: 5
ct_onboot: yes
ct_netif: '{"net0":"name=eth0,ip=dhcp,bridge=vmbr0"}'

nano ct_create.yml

---
- name: Initial setup LXC
  hosts: pve01
  vars_files:
    - vars.yml

  tasks:

    - name: Create LXC
      proxmox:
        timeout: 3600
        node: "{{ pve_node }}"
        api_user: "{{ pve_api_user }}"
        api_password: "{{ pve_api_password }}"
        api_host: "{{ pve_api_host }}"
        hostname: "{{ ct_hostname }}"
        #vmid: "{{ ct_id }}"
        storage: "{{ ct_storage }}"
        password: "{{ ct_password }}"
        unprivileged: "{{ ct_unprivileged }}"
        ostemplate: "{{ ct_ostemplate }}"
        cores: "{{ ct_cores }}"
        memory: "{{ ct_memory }}"
        swap: "{{ ct_swap }}"
        disk: "{{ ct_disk }}"
        onboot: "{{ ct_onboot }}"
        netif: "{{ ct_netif }}"

    - name: Start LXC
      tags:
        - start-lxc
      proxmox:
        api_host:     "{{ pve_api_host }}"
        api_password: "{{ pve_api_password }}"
        api_user:     "{{ pve_api_user }}"
        hostname:     "{{ ct_hostname }}"
        #vmid:         "{{ ct_id }}"
        node:         "{{ pve_node }}"
        state:        started
...

Edit vars

nano inventory/hosts.ini

nano vars.ini

Run VM creation

ansible-playbook ct_create.yml