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lxd_container - Manage LXD Containers

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

Management of LXD containers

Options

parameter required default choices comments
architecture
no
The archiecture for the container (e.g. "x86_64" or "i686"). See https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/rest-api.md#post-1
cert_file
no "{}/.config/lxc/client.crt" .format(os.environ["HOME"])
The client certificate file path.
config
no
The config for the container (e.g. {"limits.cpu": "2"}). See https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/rest-api.md#post-1
If the container already exists and its "config" value in metadata obtained from GET /1.0/containers/<name> https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/rest-api.md#10containersname are different, they this module tries to apply the configurations.
The key starts with 'volatile.' are ignored for this comparison.
Not all config values are supported to apply the existing container. Maybe you need to delete and recreate a container.
devices
no
The devices for the container (e.g. { "rootfs": { "path": "/dev/kvm", "type": "unix-char" }). See https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/rest-api.md#post-1
ephemeral
no
Whether or not the container is ephemeral (e.g. true or false). See https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/rest-api.md#post-1
force_stop
no
If this is true, the lxd_container forces to stop the container when it stops or restarts the container.
key_file
no "{}/.config/lxc/client.key" .format(os.environ["HOME"])
The client certificate key file path.
name
yes
Name of a container.
source
no
The source for the container (e.g. { "type": "image", "mode": "pull", "server": "https://images.linuxcontainers.org", "protocol": "lxd", "alias": "ubuntu/xenial/amd64" }). See https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/rest-api.md#post-1
state
no started
  • started
  • stopped
  • restarted
  • absent
  • frozen
Define the state of a container.
timeout
no 30
A timeout for changing the state of the container.
This is also used as a timeout for waiting until IPv4 addresses are set to the all network interfaces in the container after starting or restarting.
trust_password
no
The client trusted password.
You need to set this password on the LXD server before running this module using the following command. lxc config set core.trust_password <some random password> See https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/18/lxd-api-direct-interaction/
If trust_password is set, this module send a request for authentication before sending any requests.
url
no unix:/var/lib/lxd/unix.socket
The unix domain socket path or the https URL for the LXD server.
wait_for_ipv4_addresses
no
If this is true, the lxd_container waits until IPv4 addresses are set to the all network interfaces in the container after starting or restarting.

Examples

# An example for creating a Ubuntu container and install python
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Create a started container
      lxd_container:
        name: mycontainer
        state: started
        source:
          type: image
          mode: pull
          server: https://images.linuxcontainers.org
          protocol: lxd
          alias: ubuntu/xenial/amd64
        profiles: ["default"]
        wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
        timeout: 600

    - name: check python is installed in container
      delegate_to: mycontainer
      raw: dpkg -s python
      register: python_install_check
      failed_when: python_install_check.rc not in [0, 1]
      changed_when: false

    - name: install python in container
      delegate_to: mycontainer
      raw: apt-get install -y python
      when: python_install_check.rc == 1

# An example for deleting a container
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Delete a container
      lxd_container:
        name: mycontainer
        state: absent

# An example for restarting a container
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Restart a container
      lxd_container:
        name: mycontainer
        state: restarted

# An example for restarting a container using https to connect to the LXD server
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Restart a container
      lxd_container:
        url: https://127.0.0.1:8443
        # These cert_file and key_file values are equal to the default values.
        #cert_file: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/.config/lxc/client.crt"
        #key_file: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/.config/lxc/client.key"
        trust_password: mypassword
        name: mycontainer
        state: restarted

# Note your container must be in the inventory for the below example.
#
# [containers]
# mycontainer ansible_connection=lxd
#
- hosts:
    - mycontainer
  tasks:
    - name: copy /etc/hosts in the created container to localhost with name "mycontainer-hosts"
      fetch:
        src: /etc/hosts
        dest: /tmp/mycontainer-hosts
        flat: true

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Common Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
old_state The old state of the container when state is started or restarted string stopped
addresses Mapping from the network device name to a list of IPv4 addresses in the container when state is started or restarted object {'eth0': ['10.155.92.191']}
actions List of actions performed for the container. success list ["create", "start"]
logs The logs of requests and responses. when ansible-playbook is invoked with -vvvv. list (too long to be placed here)

Notes

Note

Containers must have a unique name. If you attempt to create a container with a name that already existed in the users namespace the module will simply return as “unchanged”.

Note

There are two ways to can run commands in containers, using the command module or using the ansible lxd connection plugin bundled in Ansible >= 2.1, the later requires python to be installed in the container which can be done with the command module.

Note

You can copy a file from the host to the container with the Ansible copy and templater module and the lxd connection plugin. See the example below.

Note

You can copy a file in the creatd container to the localhost with command=lxc file pull container_name/dir/filename filename. See the first example below.

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, developing_test_pr and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/lxd_container_module.html