ansible/qemu-vm: Start the VMs

Start the VMs (i.e., PXE clients) now that the PXE Server is configured. Each VM should boot from the network and use the preseed file to automatically complete the Debian installation. Signed-off-by: Dimitris Poulopoulos <[email protected]>
dpoulopoulos · Mar 7, 2024 · 82db2f5 · 82db2f5
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/qemu-vm/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/qemu-vm/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@
       community.libvirt.virt:
         command: define
         xml: "{{ lookup('template', 'vm-template.xml.j2') }}"
+
+- name: Start the PXE client
+  community.libvirt.virt:
+    name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    command: start
+    state: running
+  delegate_to: "{{ vm_host }}"
+  when: pxe_done
diff --git a/ansible/site.yaml b/ansible/site.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,11 @@
   roles:
     - role: pxe-client
 
+- name: Start QEMU VMs
+  hosts: qemu
+  tags: qemu-vm
+  gather_facts: false
+  roles:
+    - role: qemu-vm
+  vars:
+    pxe_done: true