playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml

@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@
 
   vars_prompt:
     - name: lxc_hostname
-      prompt: "Hostname for the container:"
+      prompt: "Hostname for the container"
       private: false
 
     - name: lxc_root_password
-      prompt: "Root password:"
+      prompt: "Root password"
       private: true
       confirm: true
       encrypt: sha512_crypt
 
     - name: lxc_ip_address
-      prompt: "IP address for the container (in x.x.x.x/x formant):"
+      prompt: "IP address for the container (in x.x.x.x/x formant)"
       private: false
 
 

playbooks/deploy_vm_from_cloud_init.yaml

@@ -2,27 +2,16 @@
 - name: Deploy a virtual machine from a cloud init image
   hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: false
-  roles:
-    - ../roles/basic_proxmox_vm
 
-- name: Basic Proxmox guest deployment
-  hosts: all
-  remote_user: ansible
-  roles:
-    - ../roles/basic_postinstall
   vars_files:
     ../inventory/group_vars/all/secrets.yaml
   vars:
     ansible_user_passwd_hash: "{{ ansible_password | password_hash('sha512', 's3edscrj45e6r') }}"
     user_passwd_hash: "{{ user_password | password_hash('sha512', 's3ed6123jhgcr') }}"
+  vars_prompt:
+    - name: vm_hostname
+      prompt: "Hostname for the VM"
+      private: false
 
-  handlers:
-    - name: restart ssh-server
-      service:
-        name: ssh
-        state: restarted
-    
-    - name: restart sshd-server
-      service:
-        name: sshd
-        state: restarted
+  roles:
+    - ../roles/deploy_vm_on_proxmox

roles/deploy_vm_on_proxmox/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -10,13 +10,19 @@
     api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_token_secret }}"
 
     clone: debian-13-cloud-init-template
-    newid: 1041
-    name: ansible-ci-test
+    name: "{{ vm_hostname }}"
     storage: main
     format: qcow2
     full: true
     timeout: 500
 
+- name: Sleep for 20 seconds to ensure that Proxmox has cloned the VM
+  become: false
+  ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+    timeout: 20
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  changed_when: false
+
 - name: Tweak the hardware settings
   become: false
   community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
@@ -27,7 +33,7 @@
     api_token_id: ansible
     api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_token_secret }}"
 
-    vmid: 1041
+    name: "{{ vm_hostname }}"
     cores: 4
     memory: 4096 # Minimal value for debian based OS for smooth workflow
     update: true
@@ -42,12 +48,6 @@
     api_token_id: ansible
     api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_token_secret }}"
 
-    vmid: 1041
+    name: "{{ vm_hostname }}"
     state: started
 
-- name: Sleep for 3 minutes to ensure that cloud-init's done its thing
-  become: false
-  ansible.builtin.wait_for:
-    timeout: 180
-  delegate_to: localhost
-  changed_when: false