Role Variable for Service Engine

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