run playbook

hosts.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
-local:
-  hosts:
-    localhost:
+all:
   vars:
-    ansible_connection: local
     userdata: "{{playbook_dir}}/userdata"
+    ovmf: /usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd # not required for libvirt
     virtual_machines:
     - name: mirror-env
-      ram: 2G
+      ram: 3G
       disk_size: 10G
-vm:
-  hosts:
-    ubuntu@localhost:
-  vars:
-    ansible_connection: ssh
-    ansible_port: 7777
-    ansible_user: ubuntu
-    ansible_password: ubuntu
+      ssh_port: 7777
+  children:
+    local:
+      hosts:
+        localhost:
+      vars:
+        ansible_connection: local
+    vm:
+      hosts:
+        ubuntu@localhost:
+      vars:
+        ansible_connection: ssh
+        ansible_port: 7777
+        ansible_user: ubuntu
+        ansible_password: ubuntu

mirror-vm.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - hosts: local
-  become: true
   roles:
   - vm-qemu
+  - run-vm
+
+- hosts: vm
+  roles:
+  - post-install

roles/post-install/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 - name: install dependencies
   apt:
     pkg:

roles/run-vm/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Run all VMs
+  include_tasks: vm.yml
+  loop: "{{virtual_machines}}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: vm

roles/run-vm/tasks/vm.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Start VM"
+  async: 10000
+  poll: 0
+  shell:
+    cmd: "qemu-system-x86_64 \
+        -enable-kvm -boot order=d \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive1,if=virtio,id=a,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive2,if=virtio,id=b,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive3,if=virtio,id=c,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive4,if=virtio,id=d,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive5,if=virtio,id=e,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive6,if=virtio,id=f,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/seed.iso,if=virtio,format=raw \
+        -bios {{ovmf}} \
+        -m {{vm.ram}} \
+        -net user,hostfwd=tcp::{{vm.ssh_port}}-:22 \
+		-net nic"

roles/vm-qemu/tasks/vm.yml

@@ -1,40 +1,56 @@
 ---
 # quite a lot of duplication, probably fix later
 # Gather info
-- name: Check if vm was created already
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Check if vm was created already"
   stat:
     path: "{{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}"
   register: vmexists
   ignore_errors: true
-- name: Check for ubuntu iso
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Check for ubuntu iso"
   stat:
     path: "{{role_path}}/files/ubuntu20_04.iso"
   register: isoexists
   ignore_errors: true
-- name: Check for ubuntu iso seed
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Check for ubuntu iso seed"
   stat: 
     path: "{{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/seed.iso"
   register: seedexists
   ignore_errors: true
 
 # Setting up VM
-- name: Create directory for VM
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Create directory for VM"
   file:
     state: directory
     path: "{{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}"
   when: vmexists.stat.exists == false
 
 # didn't use get_url module since it broke with symlinks
-- name: Fetching ubuntu iso
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Fetching ubuntu iso"
   command: curl -o "{{role_path}}/files/ubuntu20_04.iso" https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04.3/ubuntu-20.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso
   when: isoexists.stat.exists == false
 
-- name:  Create disk images
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Create disk images"
   shell:
     cmd: "for i in {1..6}; do qemu-img create -f qcow2 {{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive${i} {{vm.disk_size}}; done"
   when: vmexists.stat.exists == false
 
-- name: Creating cloud-init iso
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Creating cloud-init iso"
   command: "genisoimage -output {{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/seed.iso -volid cidata -joliet -rock {{role_path}}/files/user-data {{role_path}}/files/meta-data"
   when: seedexists.stat.exists == false
 
+- name: "{{vm.name}} - Starting autoinstallation"
+  shell:
+    cmd: "qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom {{role_path}}/files/ubuntu20_04.iso \
+        -enable-kvm -boot order=d \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive1,if=virtio,id=a,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive2,if=virtio,id=b,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive3,if=virtio,id=c,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive4,if=virtio,id=d,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive5,if=virtio,id=e,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/drive6,if=virtio,id=f,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
+        -drive file={{userdata}}/{{vm.name}}/seed.iso,if=virtio,format=raw \
+        -bios {{ovmf}} \
+        -m {{vm.ram}}"
+
+# todo: find a way to not ask for confirmation to start autoinstall
+# bug: autoinstall will not shutdown properly so the ansible task will never finish