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libvirt

Manage Libvirt virtual machines (domains).

Attributes

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Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
autostart		boolean		Set autostart flag on the domain.
disk		object		Disk configuration.
force		boolean		Force stop (destroy) instead of graceful shutdown.
memory		integer		Memory allocation in MiB.
name	true	string		Name of the domain/VM.
network		object		Network interface configuration.
remove_storage		boolean		Remove associated storage when undefining.
state		string	running stopped paused undefined present destroyed restarted	State of the domain.
uri		string		Libvirt connection URI.
vcpu		integer		Number of virtual CPUs.
xml		string		Domain XML definition (overrides other resource parameters).

{$include_doc /// ## Example /// /// yaml /// - name: Define and start a VM /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: running /// memory: 2048 /// vcpu: 2 /// disk: /// path: /var/lib/libvirt/images/webserver.qcow2 /// size: 20G /// format: qcow2 /// network: /// network_type: bridge /// source: virbr0 /// /// - name: Define VM with custom XML /// libvirt: /// name: myvm /// state: present /// xml: | /// <domain type='kvm'> /// <name>myvm</name> /// <memory unit='MiB'>4096</memory> /// <vcpu>4</vcpu> /// ... /// </domain> /// /// - name: Start a VM /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: running /// /// - name: Stop a VM /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: stopped /// /// - name: Pause a VM /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: paused /// /// - name: Restart a VM /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: restarted /// /// - name: Set VM autostart /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// autostart: true /// /// - name: Undefine a VM /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: undefined /// /// - name: Undefine a VM with storage /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: undefined /// remove_storage: true /// /// - name: Connect to remote libvirt /// libvirt: /// name: webserver /// state: running /// uri: qemu+ssh://root@192.168.1.10/system ///}