playbooks/deploy_and_set_up_lxc_on_proxmox.yaml

@@ -31,17 +31,9 @@
     - ../roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox 
 
   tasks:
-    - name: Make the prompted IP available to the whole playbook
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        fact_lxc_ip_address: "{{ lxc_ip_address.split('/') | first }}"
-
-    - name: Make the "human admin user" selection available to the whole playbook
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        fact_lxc_create_human_admin_user: "{{ lxc_create_human_admin_user }}"
-
     - name: Add the target host to the inventory
       ansible.builtin.add_host:
-        name: "{{ fact_lxc_ip_address }}"
+        name: "{{ lxc_ip_address }}"
         groups: new_host
         ansible_user: ansible
         ansible_become_password: "{{ ansible_become_passwd }}"
@@ -66,10 +58,10 @@
     - name: Include human admin user role
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
         name: ../roles/human_admin_user
-      when: "hostvars['localhost']['fact_lxc_create_human_admin_user'] | bool"
+      when: "hostvars['localhost']['lxc_human_admin_user'] | bool"
 
     - name: Include update configs role
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
         name: ../roles/update_configs
-      when: "hostvars['localhost']['fact_lxc_create_human_admin_user'] | bool"
+      when: "hostvars['localhost']['lxc_human_admin_user'] | bool"
 

roles/deploy_lxc_on_proxmox/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     password: "{{ lxc_root_password }}"
     hostname: "{{ lxc_hostname }}"
     ostemplate: 'main:vztmpl/debian-13-golden-image.tar.gz'
-    unprivileged: "{{ lxc_is_privileged }}"
+    unprivileged: "{{ lxc_privileged }}"
     memory: 2048
     cores: 2
     state: present
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       storage: local
     pubkey: "{{ lookup('file', lookup('env', 'HOME') + '/.ssh/ansible_key.pub') }}"
     netif:
-      net0: "name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip={{ lxc_ip_address }},bridge=vmbr0"
+      net0: "name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip={{ lxc_ip_address }}/{{ lxc_netmask }},bridge=vmbr0"
 
 - name: Make sure the container has started
   become: false

tasks/ip_validation.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 - name: Set default ip
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    lxc_ip_address: "192.168.0.90/24"
+    lxc_ip_address: "192.168.0.90"
+
+- name: Set default network mask
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    lxc_netmask: "24"
 
 - name: Prompt for IP with immediate validation
   ansible.builtin.pause:
@@ -14,7 +18,12 @@
   retries: 2
   delay: 0
 
-- name: Use user input only if provided, otherwise keep the default
+- name: Use user input only if provided, otherwise keep the default (IP)
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    lxc_ip_address: "{{ ip_result.user_input }}"
+    lxc_ip_address: "{{ ip_result.user_input.split('/') | first }}"
+  when: ip_result.user_input | length > 0
+
+- name: Use user input only if provided, otherwise keep the default (netmask)
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    lxc_netmask: "{{ ip_result.user_input.split('/') | second }}"
   when: ip_result.user_input | length > 0