Using a dynamic libvirt inventory with Ansible
The Ansible community libvirt collection provides a method to interact with QEMU and LXC (if that interests you, please come and join us!). Along with support for libvirt tasks such […]
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Setting up an Ansible dev environment
I do a lot of dev work using my Ansible virtual infrastructure role to spin up various KVM guests across multiple hosts using YAML based inventories. I’ve just put my […]
Read moreHow to create Linux bridges and Open vSwitch bridges with NetworkManager
My virtual infrastructure Ansible role supports connecting VMs to both Linux and Open vSwitch bridges, but they must already exist on the KVM host. Here is how to convert an […]
Read moreUsing Ansible to define and manage KVM guests and networks with YAML inventories
I wanted a way to quickly spin different VMs up and down on my KVM dev box, to help with testing things like OpenStack, Swift, Ceph and Kubernetes. Some of […]
Read moreBooting Fedora cloud images with KVM
Here’s how you can play with the Fedora cloud images on your local machine with KVM. Download a cloud image. Make a new local backing image (so that we don’t […]
Read moreLinux on Mac Pro with multiple drives
Update: This is possible using EFI only installs, yay! The Apple Mac Pro at work has four bays for 3.5″ hard drives. My plan was to have OS X on […]
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