feat(pb,role,task): adds storage validation and uses it in LXC and VM deployment

playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     - name: Include input and validation for human admin user creation
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../tasks/human_admin_user_validation.yaml
 
+    - name: Include input and validation for storage selection
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../tasks/storage_validation.yaml
+
 
   roles:
     - ../roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox 

playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     - name: Include input and validation for become method
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../tasks/become_method_validation.yaml
 
+    - name: Include input and validation for storage selection
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../tasks/storage_validation.yaml
+
   roles:
     - ../roles/deploy_vm_on_proxmox 
 

roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
       # This is minimal requirement for rootfs
       # It might be resized later
       size: 4 # 4GB rootfs
-      # We put rootfs on fast local storage (NVMe SSD)
+      # We put rootfs on user-selected sotrage
-      storage: local
+      storage: "{{ guest_storage }}"
+    # We need timeout in case a slow storage is used, since it may cause a significant delay
+    timeout: 90
     pubkey: "{{ lookup('file', lookup('env', 'HOME') + '/.ssh/ansible_key.pub') }}"
     netif:
       net0: "name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip={{ guest_ip_address }}/{{ guest_netmask }},bridge=vmbr0"

roles/deploy_vm_on_proxmox/tasks/create_vm.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     clone: "{{ guest_os_template }}-cloud-init-template"
     name: "{{ guest_hostname }}"
-    storage: main
+    storage: "{{ guest_storage }}"
     format: qcow2
     full: true
     timeout: 500

tasks/storage_validation.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- 
+
+- name: Set default storage
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    guest_storage: "main"
+
+- name: Prompt for guest storage with immediate validation
+  ansible.builtin.pause:
+    prompt: "Choose storage for root, available: main (HDD), local (PCIe NVMe SSD) [{{ guest_storage }}]"
+  register: storage_result
+  until: >
+    storage_result.user_input | length == 0 or
+    (
+      storage_result.user_input in ['main', 'local']
+    )
+  retries: 2
+  delay: 0
+
+- name: Use user input only if provided, otherwise keep the default
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    guest_storage: "{{ storage_result.user_input }}"
+  when: storage_result.user_input | length > 0