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.. _virt:
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virt
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Manages virtual machines supported by libvirt. Requires that libvirt be installed
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on the managed machine.
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| parameter | required | default | comments |
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+====================+==========+=========+============================================================================+
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| name | yes | | name of the guest VM being managed |
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| state | | | 'running', 'shutdown', 'destroyed', or 'undefined'. Note that there may |
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| | | | be some lag for state requests like 'shutdown' since these refer only to |
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| | | | VM states. After starting a guest, it may not be immediately accessible. |
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| command | | | in addition to state management, various non-idempotent commands are |
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| | | | available. See examples below. |
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+--------------------+----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Example action from Ansible :doc:`playbooks`::
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virt guest=alpha state=running
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virt guest=alpha state=shutdown
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virt guest=alpha state=destroyed
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virt guest=alpha state=undefined
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Example guest management commands from /usr/bin/ansible::
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ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=status"
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ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=pause"
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ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=unpause"
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ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=get_xml"
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ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=autostart"
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Example host (hypervisor) management commands from /usr/bin/ansible::
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ansible host -m virt -a "command=freemem"
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ansible host -m virt -a "command=list_vms"
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ansible host -m virt -a "command=info"
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ansible host -m virt -a "command=nodeinfo"
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ansible host -m virt -a "command=virttype"
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