feat(pb,role): adds alpine as an option for VM deploying

inventory/hosts.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 ---
 all:
   children:
+    this_host:
+      hosts:
+        localhost:
+          ansible_become_password: "{{ ansible_become_passwd }}"
+          ansible_connection: local
+          ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ ansible_playbook_python }}"
     physical:
+      hosts:
         proxmox_1:
           ansible_host: "{{ proxmox_1_host }}"
           ansible_become_password: "{{ ansible_become_passwd }}"

inventory/localhost.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-physical:
-  hosts:
-    localhost:
-      ansible_become_password: "{{ ansible_become_passwd }}"
-      ansible_connection: local
-      ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ ansible_playbook_python }}"

playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Deploy LXC
-  hosts: all
+  hosts: localhost
   remote_user: ansible
   gather_facts: false
 

playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Deploy VM
-  hosts: all
+  hosts: localhost
   remote_user: ansible
   gather_facts: false
 
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
       prompt: "Hostname for the VM (may only contain letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens)"
       private: false
 
+    - name: vm_os_template
+      prompt: "Select OS template. Available: debian-13 | alpine"
+      default: "debian-13"
+      private: false
+    
+    - name: vm_become_method
+      prompt: "Select become method. Available: sudo | su | pbrun | pfexec | doas | dzdo | ksu | runas | machinectl"
+      default: "sudo"
+      private: false
+
     - name: vm_ip_address
       prompt: "IP address for the VM (in x.x.x.x/x formant)"
       private: false
@@ -28,15 +38,35 @@
       when: not vm_hostname is regex('^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$')
       run_once: true
 
+    - name: Validate OS template
+      ansible.builtin.fail:
+        msg: |
+          Invalid OS template: "{{ vm_os_template }}"
+          Select from available options: debian-13, alpine 
+      when: vm_os_template not in ['debian-13', 'alpine']
+      run_once: true
+    
+    - name: Validate become method
+      ansible.builtin.fail:
+        msg: |
+          Invalid become method: "{{ vm_become_method }}"
+          Select from available options: sudo | su | pbrun | pfexec | doas | dzdo | ksu | runas | machinectl 
+      when: vm_become_method not in ['sudo', 'su', 'pbrun', 'pfexec', 'doas', 'dzdo', 'ksu', 'runas', 'machinectl']
+      run_once: true
+
   roles:
     - ../roles/deploy_vm_on_proxmox 
 
   tasks:
-    - name: Make the prompted hostname available to the whole playbook
+    - name: Make the hostname available to the whole playbook
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         fact_vm_hostname: "{{ vm_hostname }}"
     
-    - name: Make the prompted IP available to the whole playbook
+    - name: Make the OS template available to the whole playbook
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        fact_vm_os_template: "{{ vm_os_template }}"
+    
+    - name: Make the IP available to the whole playbook
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         fact_vm_ip_address: "{{ vm_ip_address.split('/') | first }}"
 
@@ -46,6 +76,7 @@
         groups: new_host
         ansible_user: ansible
         ansible_become_password: "{{ ansible_become_passwd }}"
+        ansible_become_method: "{{ vm_become_method }}"
 
 
 - name: Configure VM

playbooks/maintain.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: Deploy and set up an LXC container in Proxmox
+- name: Perform regular maintenance
   hosts: virtual
   remote_user: ansible
   

roles/base_system/tasks/set_locale_and_time.yaml

@@ -1,19 +1,63 @@
 ---
-- name: Generate locales
+- name: Generate locales for Debian-based systems
   community.general.locale_gen:
     name:
       - en_US.UTF-8
       - ru_RU.UTF-8
     state: present
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Debian") or
+        (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Ubuntu")
 
-- name: Set locale
+- name: Set locale for Debian-based systems
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     dest: /etc/locale.conf
     mode: '0644'
     content: |
       LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Debian") or
+        (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Ubuntu")
 
+# The same for Alpine
+- name: Install musl-locales package for Alpine
+  community.general.apk:
+    name: musl-locales
+    state: present
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+- name: Copy default locale profile to a custom override file for Alpine
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh
+    dest: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
+    remote_src: true
+    mode: '0644'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    force: false   # Do not overwrite if the file already exists
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+- name: Set LANG and LC_ALL in the custom locale file for Alpine
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
+    regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}"
+    line: "{{ item.line }}"
+    state: present
+  loop:
+    - { regexp: '^export LANG=', line: 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8' }
+    - { regexp: '^export LC_ALL=', line: 'export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8' }
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+- name: Ensure Unicode is enabled in /etc/rc.conf for Alpine
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/rc.conf
+    regexp: '^#?unicode='
+    line: 'unicode="YES"'
+    state: present
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+
+# Works fine for all
 - name: Set time
   community.general.timezone:
     name: Europe/Samara
+

roles/base_system/vars/main/alpine_packages.yaml

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ alpine_packages:
   - git
   - kitty
   - neovim
+  - openssh
   - openssh-server
   - ranger
   - rsync
-  - ssh
+  - tzdata
   - zsh

roles/configure_ansible_user/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
       - sudo
     update-cache: true
 
+- name: Ensure /etc/resolv.conf exists with DNS servers
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine")
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /etc/resolv.conf
+    content: |
+      nameserver 192.168.0.1
+      nameserver 8.8.8.8
+    mode: '0644'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+  become: true
+
 # The same commands for Alpine
 - name: Update and install packages on Alpine
   when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine")
@@ -24,6 +36,12 @@
     name: sshusers
     state: present
 
+- name: Ensure group "sudo" exists
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: sudo
+    state: present
+
+
 ## Add the user to sshusers (for ssh access) and sudo (gain root access)
 - name: Create a new user with a password for Ansible
   ansible.builtin.user:

roles/deploy_vm_on_proxmox/tasks/create_vm.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     api_token_id: ansible
     api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_token_secret }}"
 
-    clone: debian-13-cloud-init-template
+    clone: "{{ vm_os_template }}-cloud-init-template"
     name: "{{ vm_hostname }}"
     storage: main
     format: qcow2