Default variable details

Some of debops.lxc default variables have more extensive configuration than simple strings or lists, here you can find documentation and examples for them.

lxc__configuration
lxc__containers

lxc__configuration 

The lxc__*_configuration variables define the contents of the configuration files in the /etc/lxc/ directory.

Examples

Select the default bridge interface used by new unprivileged LXC containers:

lxc__configuration:

  - name: 'unprivileged'
    options:
      - 'lxc.network.link': 'br0'

Change the default LXC configuration file used to generate LXC containers to unprivileged:

lxc__configuration:

  - name: 'lxc'
    options:

      - name: 'lxc.default_config'
        value: '/etc/lxc/unprivileged.conf'

The same change, written as a simple YAML dictionary:

lxc__configuration:

  - name: 'lxc'
    options:
      - 'lxc.default_config': '/etc/lxc/unprivileged.conf'

Syntax

Each variable is a list of YAML dictionaries, each dictionary can contain specific parameters:

name

Required. Name of the configuration file, saved as /etc/lxc/<name>.conf. This parameter is also used as a key while merging multiple configuration entries.

Please note that the lxc package creates the /etc/lxc/default.conf configuration file. This file is not managed by the debops.lxc role and it's best not to overwrite it so that package upgrades don't have issues. In other words, don't use the default as the name of the configuration file.

filename

Optional. Custom filename of the specified configuration. You need to include the .conf prefix in the filename.

state

Optional. Specify desired state of a given configuration file. Possible states:

present or not specified: the file will be generated.
absent: the file will be removed if it exists, otherwise it won't be generated.
ignore: A given configuration entry will be ignored by the role.

comment

Optional. A string or YAML text block with a comment added at the top of the configuration file.

raw

Optional. A string or YAML text block with LXC configuration, which will be added as-is at the end of the configuration file.

options

Optional. A YAML list of LXC configuration options defined as YAML dictionaries. Each dictionary key is an lxc.* configuration key, and the dictionary is the configuration value, defined as a string. The options lists from multiple configuration entries with the same name will be merged together.

If the dictionary has name and value keys, a given dictionary is interpreted with specific parameters:

name

The LXC configuration option. It's used as a key to merge configuration options. If your configuration uses the same configuration options multiple times, you need to differentiate each one, for example with a prefix or suffix.

alias

Optional. An alternative option name which will be used in the configuration file. This can be used to allow multiple LXC options with the same name.

value

The value of an LXC configuration option, a string or a YAML list of strings which will joined with spaces.

comment

Option. a string or a YAML text block with a comment added to a given LXC configuration option.

separator

Optional, boolean. If True, a blank line will be added before the option. It can be used to separate configuration into sections for better readability.

state

Optional. Set a custom state for a given LXC configuration option. Known states:

present or not specified: the option will be present in the generated configuration file.
absent: the option will not be present in the generated configuration file.
comment: the option will be present, but commented out.
ignore: a given entry will be ignored during configuration file generation.

lxc__containers 

The lxc__containers variable can be used to define and manage LXC containers on a given LXC host. By default, DebOps configures LXC containers with static MAC addresses based on the container name, therefore the names used for LXC containers should be unique on a given subnet, even between different LXC hosts.

Examples

Create a few LXC containers using defaults - unprivileged LXC container based on the LXC host OS distribution, release and architecture, with SSH support enabled:

lxc__containers:

  - 'smtp'
  - 'database'
  - 'webserver'

Remove some of the existing LXC containers from a host:

lxc__containers:

  - name: 'smtp'
    state: 'absent'

  - name: 'webserver'
    state: 'absent'

Create an LXC container using specific OS distribution and release, without SSH access configured inside the container:

lxc__containers:

  - name: 'mail-server'
    distribution: 'ubuntu'
    release: 'bionic'
    ssh: False

Create a privileged LXC container using lxc-debian LXC template with overridden template options:

lxc__containers:

  - name: 'privileged'
    config: '/etc/lxc/privileged.conf'
    template: 'debian'
    template_options: ''

Create custom directory on LXC host and share it between two unprivileged LXC containers using the debops.resources and debops.lxc roles, mounted at /opt directory inside of the containers:

resources__host_paths:

  - name: '/srv/shared/lxc-opt'
    state: 'directory'
    owner: '100000'
    group: '100000'
    mode: '0755'

lxc__containers:

  - name: 'container1'
    fstab: |
      /srv/shared/lxc-opt opt none bind 0 0
    state: 'started'

  - name: 'container2'
    fstab: |
      /srv/shared/lxc-opt opt none bind 0 0
    state: 'started'

Syntax

The variable contains a list of LXC container names, or (as the extended format) YAML dictionaries, each dictionary defines a aprticular LXC container using specific parameters.

The parameters listed below correspond to the Ansible community.general.lxc_container module parameters. See its documentation for details. Most common parameters used to manage LXC containers are:

name

Required. Name of an LXC container to manage. The names should be unique across all LXC hosts connected to the same subnet. The lxc-hwaddr-static LXC hook configured by DebOps will generate random, but predictable MAC addresses based on the container name.

state

Optional. If not specified or started, the LXC container will be created and started. On initial creation, if started is specified explicitly, the role will restart the LXC container to use the static MAC addresses generated by the "pre-start" LXC hook.

If absent, the role will remove an existing LXC container.

If stopped, the existing LXC container will be stopped, if already running.

If restarted, the container will be restarted on the next execution of the role.

If frozen, the LXC container will be frozen on the next execution of the role.

config

Optional. Absolute path to the LXC system configuration file which will be used to create the LXC container. If not specified, the configuration file defined in lxc__default_container_config variable will be used.

container_command

Optional. A String or YAML text block with a command or a shell script to execute inside of the LXC container after it's started.

template

Optional. Name of the LXC template to use for creating a given LXC container, for example download, debian, ubuntu. If not specified, the value of lxc__default_container_template variable will be used. You can find available LXC templates in the /usr/share/lxc/templates/ directory on the LXC host.

template_options

Optional. A string with shell arguments passed to the template script. If not specified, arguments suitable for the lxc-download LXC template will be automatically generated based on the LXC host OS distribution, release and architecture. To override the automatic creation of arguments, specify an empty string.

The parameters below can be used to configure additional aspects of the LXC containers when managed by the debops.lxc Ansible role:

fstab

Optional. YAML text block with fstab(5) configuration to mount filesystems inside of the LXC containers. If this parameter is specified, the role will create the /var/lib/lxc/<container>/fstab file with the contents of this parameter and configure the container to mount the filesystems specified in this file. Existing LXC containers are not modified.

See the lxc.container.conf(5) lxc.mount option documentation for more details.

ssh

Optional, boolean. If True, the role will use the lxc-prepare-ssh script to configure SSH access and authorized keys in a given LXC container. This will be done only at container creation time.

If False, the role will not configure SSH access inside of the container. It can still be accessed via lxc-attach command; Ansible can use the lxc connection plugin locally, or lxc_ssh connection plugin remotely to configure the container without SSH access.

If not specified, the value of lxc__default_container_ssh will determine the SSH status.

systemd_override

Optional. YAML text block that contains systemd unit configuration for a particular LXC container instance. If specified, the configuration will be added or removed depending on the LXC container state. When the systemd configuration is changed, the LXC container will be restarted.

distribution

Optional. Specify the name of the OS distribution to use with the lxc-download LXC template. If not specified, the lxc__default_container_distribution value will be used.

release

Optional. Specify the name of the OS release to use with the lxc-download LXC template. If not specified, the lxc__default_container_release value will be used.

architecture

Optional. Specify the name of the host architecture to use with the lxc-download LXC template. If not specified, the lxc__default_container_architecture value will be used.

You can run the command:

lxc-create -n container -t download -- -l

to see the list of available unprivileged LXC container images, with distribution, release and architecture combinations.

Default variable details

lxc__configuration

Examples

Syntax

lxc__containers

Examples

Syntax

lxc__configuration 

lxc__containers 