Ansible Template for Debian Auto Install with Virtual Disk, 2 Network Cards.

preseed.cfg.j2

 -append "preseed/url={{ item.value.preseed | default(deployments[item.value.type].preseed) }}
 debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated_ssl=true
 debian-installer/locale=en_US.UTF-8
 keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us 
 console-setup/ask_detect=false

 debian/priority=critical
 vga=normal 
  netcfg/choose_interface=auto
 localechooser/translation/warn-light=true
 localechooser/translation/warn-severe=true
 console-setup/ask_detect=false
 netcfg/get_hostname={{ item.key }}
{% if item.value.network is defined %}
{% if item.value.network.domainname is defined %}
 netcfg/get_domain={{ item.value.network.domainname }}
{% endif %}
{% if ( item.value.network.ip is defined and item.value.network.netmask is defined ) %}
 netcfg/confirm_static=true
 netcfg/disable_dhcp=true
 netcfg/get_ipaddress={{ item.value.network.ip }}
 netcfg/get_netmask={{ item.value.network.netmask }}
{% if item.value.network.gateway is defined %}
 netcfg/get_gateway={{ item.value.network.gateway }}
{% endif %}
{% if item.value.network.nameserver is defined %}
 netcfg/get_nameservers={{ item.value.network.nameserver }}
{% endif %}
{% endif %}
{% else %}
 netcfg/get_domain=string unassigned-domain
{% endif %}
 FRONTEND_BACKGROUND=original"

pve_create_vm_debian.yml

---

# Invocation: ansible-playbook pve_create_vm.yml -e "pve_node=node1 pve_guest=testguest" --diff

- hosts: "{{ pve_node }}"

  handlers:
    - name: sleep
      pause:
        seconds: 5

  tasks:
    # TODO: Install from stretch-backports once available there
    - name: "Install python-proxmoxer"
      apt:
        deb: "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/proxmoxer/python-proxmoxer_1.0.2-1_all.deb"
        state: present

    - name: "Create Debian-Installer directory on PVE node"
      file:
        path: "/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/tmp"
        state: directory
        owner: root
        group: root
        mode: 0755

    - name: "Update Debian-Installer files"
      get_url:
        url: "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/{{ item }}"
        dest: "/var/local/d-i/"
      with_items:
        - linux
        - initrd.gz

    - name: "Copy Debian preseed file for VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      template:
        src: "../templates/pve_create_vm/preseed.cfg.j2"
        dest: "/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/{{ item }}"
        owner: root
        group: root
        mode: 0644
      with_items:
        - "preseed.cfg"
        - "tmp/preseed.cfg"

    - name: "Unpack initrd.gz for VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      shell: "gunzip -c /var/local/d-i/initrd.gz | cpio -i"
      args:
        chdir: "/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/tmp"
        creates: "/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/tmp/init"

    - name: "Build new initrd.gz for VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      shell: "find . | cpio -H newc -o | gzip -9 >/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/initrd.gz"
      args:
        chdir: "/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/tmp"
        creates: "/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/initrd.gz"

    - name: "Cleanup initrd.gz tmp files from VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      file:
        path: "/var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/tmp"
        state: absent

    - name: "Get next VM ID"
      command: >
        python -c 'from proxmoxer import ProxmoxAPI; print ProxmoxAPI(
                "{{ pve_node }}.{{ domain }}", user="{{ pve_api_user }}",
                password="{{ pve_api_password }}").cluster.nextid.get();'
      check_mode: False
      changed_when: False
      register: __pve_next_vmid

    - set_fact:
        pve_vmid: "{{ __pve_next_vmid.stdout }}"

    - name: "Create Virtual disk for for VM {{ pve_guest }}"
    - ovirt_disk:
      name: myvm_disk
      vm_name: rhel7
      size: 10GiB
      format: cow
      interface: virtio
      storage_domain: data

    - name: "Create VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      proxmox_kvm:
        api_user: '{{ pve_api_user }}'
        api_password: '{{ pve_api_password }}'
        api_host: '{{ pve_node }}.{{ domain }}'
        vmid: '{{ pve_vmid }}'
        node: '{{ pve_node }}'
        name: '{{ pve_guest }}'
        state: 'present'
        ostype: 'l26'
        cores: '{{ pve_cores|d("2") }}'
        memory: '{{ pve_memory|d("2048") }}'
        scsihw: 'virtio-scsi-pci'
        scsi: '{"scsi0":"zpool1:vm-{{ pve_vmid }}-disk-1,size={{ pve_size|d("30G") }}"}'
        bootdisk: 'scsi0'
        net: '{"net0":"virtio,bridge=vmbr0","net1":"virtio,bridge=vmbr1"}'
        args: '-serial unix:/var/run/qemu-server/{{ pve_vmid }}.serial,server,nowait -kernel /var/local/d-i/linux -initrd /var/local/d-i/{{ pve_guest }}/initrd.gz -no-reboot'
      notify: sleep
      register: __pve_vm_created

    - meta: flush_handlers
      when: __pve_vm_created.changed

    - name: "Start installation on VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      proxmox_kvm:
        api_user: '{{ pve_api_user }}'
        api_password: '{{ pve_api_password }}'
        api_host: '{{ pve_node }}.{{ domain }}'
        vmid: '{{ pve_vmid }}'
        node: '{{ pve_node }}'
        name: '{{ pve_guest }}'
        state: 'started'
      notify: sleep
      when: __pve_vm_created.changed

    - meta: flush_handlers
      when: __pve_vm_created.changed

    - name: "Remove deploy args from VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      proxmox_kvm:
        api_user: '{{ pve_api_user }}'
        api_password: '{{ pve_api_password }}'
        api_host: '{{ pve_node }}.{{ domain }}'
        vmid: '{{ pve_vmid }}'
        node: '{{ pve_node }}'
        name: '{{ pve_guest }}'
        args: '-serial unix:/var/run/qemu-server/{{ pve_vmid }}.serial,server,nowait'
        update: yes
      when: __pve_vm_created.changed

    - name: "Get PID from installation on VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      slurp:
        src: "/var/run/qemu-server/{{ pve_vmid }}.pid"
      register: __pve_vm_pidfile

    - set_fact:
        pve_vm_pid: "{{ __pve_vm_pidfile['content'] | b64decode | trim }}"

    # Unfortunately, pidfile in /var/run/qemu-server/ is not cleaned up when VM
    # halts. Thus we have to wait for the /proc/<PID>/status to disappear.
    - name: "Wait for VM to be halted after installation"
      wait_for:
        path: "/proc/{{ pve_vm_pid }}/status"
        state: absent
        delay: 60
        timeout: 900
      when: __pve_vm_created.changed

    - name: "Start VM {{ pve_guest }}"
      proxmox_kvm:
        api_user: '{{ pve_api_user }}'
        api_password: '{{ pve_api_password }}'
        api_host: '{{ pve_node }}.{{ domain }}'
        vmid: '{{ pve_vmid }}'
        node: '{{ pve_node }}'
        name: '{{ pve_guest }}'
        state: 'started'
      when: __pve_vm_created.changed