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Ansible Role to setup Avi Controller on KVM

Requirements

• python >= 2.6
• avisdk : It can be installed by pip install avisdk --upgrade
• avinetworks.avisdk : It can be installed by ansible-galaxy install -f avinetworks.avisdk

Role Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Comments
kvm_vm_hostname	Yes		Name for VM
kvm_vm_base_img	Yes		controller.qcow2 file
kvm_vm_vcpus	No	8	How many cpus the controller will use.
kvm_vm_ram	No	24576 MB	How much memory the controller will use.
kvm_network_type	No	direct	Which network type you have to use.
kvm_network_source_mode	No	bridge	Which network bridge you have to use.
kvm_network_model	No	virtio	Which network model you have to use.
kvm_vm_os_disk_size	No	100	How much disk size the controller will use.
kvm_host_mgmt_intf	Yes		host management interface name
ctrl_mgmt_ip	Yes		Management Ip for the controller
ctrl_mgmt_mask	Yes		Subnet mast for the controller
ctrl_default_gw	Yes		Default gateway for controller
state	No	create	If create then it will create controller and for delete it will delete the controller.
kvm_pinning	Yes		If you want to enable pinning CPU for the VM
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.

Standard Example

Kvm host (inventory) file

[kvm]
10.170.5.51
[kvm:vars]
ansible_ssh_user=root
ansible_ssh_pass=<password>

- hosts: kvm
  vars:
    kvm_vm_hostname: "ctrl1"
    kvm_host_mgmt_intf: eno1.100
    ctrl_mgmt_ip: 10.130.5.12
    ctrl_mgmt_mask: 255.255.255.0
    ctrl_default_gw: 10.130.5.1
    kvm_pinning: true
  tasks:
    - name: Create KVM VM
      include_role:
        name: avinetworks.avicontroller_kvm

Command to run the playbook

ansible-playbook kvm.yml -i <inventory file> -vv