This section details the Role Variables for SE.
Role Variables
Variable |
Required |
Default |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|
kvm_vm_hostname |
Yes |
Name for VM |
|
kvm_vm_base_img |
No |
se.qcow2 file |
|
kvm_vm_vcpus |
No |
2 |
How many cpus the service engine will use. |
kvm_vm_ram |
No |
2048 |
How much memory the service engine will use. |
kvm_vm_os_disk_size |
No |
20 |
How much disk size the service engine will use. |
kvm_host_mgmt_intf |
Yes |
host management interface name |
|
se_kvm_ctrl_ip |
Yes |
The IP address of the controller. |
|
se_kvm_ctrl_username |
Yes |
The username to login into the controller. |
|
se_kvm_ctrl_password |
Yes |
The password to login into the controller. |
|
se_kvm_ctrl_version |
Yes |
The controller version. |
|
state |
No |
create |
If create then create service engine and for delete it will delete the service engine. |
se_auth_token |
No |
If defined it will be the token used to register the service engine to the controller |
|
kvm_force_mode |
No |
TRUE |
If VM with the given name exist then it will overwrite to that VM and for false it will stop the execution. |
se_bond_seq |
Yes |
Bonding sequence |
|
se_kvm_mgmt_ip |
Yes |
Management Ip for the service engine |
|
se_kvm_mgmt_mask |
Yes |
Subnet mask |
|
se_kvm_default_gw |
Yes |
Default gateway for service engine |
|
kvm_pinning |
Yes |
If you want to enable pinning CPU for the VM |
|
kvm_total_num_vfs |
Yes |
Numbers VFs will be pass-through to VM |
|
kvm_virt_intf_name |
Yes |
Virtual Function name will be pass-through to VM |
Standard Example
Kvm host (inventory) file
[kvm] 10.170.5.51 [kvm:vars] ansible_ssh_user=root ansible_ssh_pass=<password>
- hosts: kvm vars: state: create kvm_vm_hostname: "se1" kvm_vm_vcpus: "2" kvm_vm_ram: "2048" kvm_host_mgmt_intf: eno1.100 se_kvm_ctrl_ip: "10.170.5.21" se_kvm_ctrl_username: "admin" se_kvm_ctrl_password: "<controller password>" se_kvm_ctrl_version: "18.2.2" se_bond_seq: "1,2,3,4" se_kvm_mgmt_ip: "10.170.5.15" se_kvm_mgmt_mask: "255.255.255.0" se_kvm_default_gw: "10.170.5.1" kvm_pinning: true kvm_total_num_vfs: 4 kvm_virt_intf_name: - enp24s17f1 - enp24s17f3 - enp24s17f5 - enp24s17f7 tasks: - name: Avi SE | KVM | Create SE VM on KVM include_role: name: avinetworks.avise_kvm
Command to run the playbook
ansible-playbook kvm.yml -i <inventory file> -vv