Here are sample playbooks to manage LXD container with Ansible.
Referecne
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/lxd_container_module.html
install ansible
$ sudo apt install -y virtualenv build-essential python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev
$ mkdir env01
$ cd env01/
$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible
$ ansible --version
ansible 2.4.0
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ansible.cfg
$ cat ansible.cfg
[defaults]
inventory = hosts
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hosts
$ cat hosts
[mycontainer]
f-cent01 ansible_connection=lxd
f-cent02 ansible_connection=lxd
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two containers are running
$ lxc list f- -cn4
+----------+--------------------+
| NAME | IPV4 |
+----------+--------------------+
| f-cent01 | 10.0.105.33 (eth0) |
+----------+--------------------+
| f-cent02 | 10.0.105.89 (eth0) |
+----------+--------------------+
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run playbook
$ ansible-playbook test.yml
PLAY [mycontainer] ********************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************************************
ok: [f-cent02]
ok: [f-cent01]
TASK [debug] **************************************************************************************************************
ok: [f-cent01] => {
"msg": "ipv4_address=10.0.105.33"
}
ok: [f-cent02] => {
"msg": "ipv4_address=10.0.105.89"
}
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************************************
f-cent01 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
f-cent02 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
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- restart an existing container
$ cat restart.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Restart a container
lxd_container:
name: f-cent01
state: restarted
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$ ansible-playbook restart.yml
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- delete a container
$ cat delete_container.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: delete a container
lxd_container:
name: f-cent02
state: absent
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- create containers
$ cat create-container.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Create a started container
lxd_container:
name: my-container01
state: started
source:
type: image
mode: pull
server: https://images.linuxcontainers.org
protocol: lxd
alias: centos/7/amd64
profiles: ["default"]
wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
timeout: 600
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$ ansible-playbook create-container.yml
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$ lxc list my-container01
+----------------+---------+------+------+------------+-----------+
| NAME | STATE | IPV4 | IPV6 | TYPE | SNAPSHOTS |
+----------------+---------+------+------+------------+-----------+
| my-container01 | RUNNING | | | PERSISTENT | 0 |
+----------------+---------+------+------+------------+-----------+
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- create a container and install some packages via yum
(venv) hattori@ubuntu05:~/Ansible_works/env01$ cat ansible.cfg
[defaults]
inventory = hosts
(venv) hattori@ubuntu05:~/Ansible_works/env01$ cat hosts
[mycontainer]
f-cent01 ansible_connection=lxd
my-container01 ansible_connection=lxd
[test]
f-test01 ansible_connection=lxd
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(venv) hattori@ubuntu05:~/Ansible_works/env01$ cat test01.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Create a started container
lxd_container:
name: f-test01
state: started
source:
type: image
alias: cent7
profiles: ["default"]
wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
timeout: 600
- hosts: test
remote_user: root
tasks:
- name: install httpd
yum:
name: httpd
state: present
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$ lxc exec f-test01 bash
[root@f-test01 ~]# rpm -qa | grep http
httpd-2.4.6-45.el7.centos.4.x86_64
httpd-tools-2.4.6-45.el7.centos.4.x86_64
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- transfer a file from a localhost to an existing container
$ cat copy-a-file.yml
---
- hosts:
- test
remote_user: root
tasks:
- copy:
src: /etc/hosts
dest: /tmp/hosts
owner: root
group: root
mode: 0664
$ cat ansible.cfg
[defaults]
inventory = hosts
$ cat hosts
[mycontainer]
f-cent01 ansible_connection=lxd
my-container01 ansible_connection=lxd
[test]
f-test01 ansible_connection=lxd
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$ ansible-playbook create-container-install.yml
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$ lxc exec f-test01 -- ls /tmp/
hosts
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