Ansible role that configures a host for running LXC containers.
To clone or view the source code for this repository, visit the role repository for lxc_hosts.
# Timeout (in seconds) for the LXC cache to control how often the rootfs
# cache will be updated. By default this timeout is set to 1 day.
lxc_cache_timeout: 86400
# Environment to use when building LXC caches
# You can set http_proxy environment variables here for example
# if you would like to proxy all image downloads
lxc_cache_environment: {}
# Set the package install state for distribution and pip packages
# Options are 'present' and 'latest'
lxc_hosts_package_state: "latest"
lxc_hosts_pip_package_state: "latest"
# Mappings from Ansible reported architecture to distro release architecture
lxc_architecture_mapping:
x86_64: amd64
ppc64le: ppc64el
# lxc container rootfs directory and cache path
lxc_container_directory: "/var/lib/lxc"
lxc_container_cache_path: "/var/cache/lxc/download"
# The container backing store can be set to 'overlayfs' to use overlayfs
# This should only be done for production use with a linux kernel > 3.14
# which is when overlayfs was merged into the mainline kernel
# lxc_container_backing_store: overlayfs
# The container backing method can be set to 'copy-on-write' to use LVM
# snapshot-backed containers when the container backing store is set to
# 'lvm'.
# lxc_container_backing_method: copy-on-write
# When using a base container to snapshot from for the overlayfs or LVM
# copy-on-write backing stored, the base container can be set.
lxc_container_base_name: "{{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}-{{ lxc_cache_map.release }}-{{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}"
# lxc container net network
lxc_net_bridge: lxcbr0
lxc_net_bridge_port: none
lxc_net_address: 10.0.3.1
lxc_net_netmask: 255.255.255.0
lxc_net_gateway: null ## if null, no gateway will be on the LXC bridge. lxc_net_nat must be "false" to use a gateway.
#lxc_net_mtu: 1500 ##setting this variable will add mtu configuration for the lxc config and network bridge
# lxc container nat enabled
lxc_net_nat: true ## If "true", nat rules will be created with the lxc network.
# Enable iptables for lxc network
lxc_net_manage_iptables: true ## If "true" iptables rules will be added when the bridge is up and deleted when bridge is down
# lxc container dhcp settings
lxc_net_dhcp_range: 10.0.3.2,10.0.3.253
lxc_net_dhcp_max: 253
lxc_net_dhcp_config: ''
lxc_net_dnsmasq_user: lxc-dnsmasq
lxc_net_domain: ''
# lxc network ipv6 settings
lxc_net6_address: null ## ie. fd05:ffb8:32b4:1212::1
lxc_net6_netmask: null ## ie. 64
lxc_net6_nat: false
# lxc_container_net_link variable should be set to the lxc-net bridge.
lxc_container_net_link: "{{ lxc_net_bridge }}" ## name of the host bridge to attach to
lxc_container_net_type: veth ## lxc network interface type (veth, phys, vlan, macvlan, empty)
lxc_container_net_name: eth0 ## name of the interface inside the container.
# System control kernel tuning
lxc_kernel_options:
- { key: 'fs.inotify.max_user_instances', value: 1024 }
lxc_pip_packages:
- lxc-python2
lxc_cache_sshd_configuration:
- { regexp: "^PermitRootLogin", line: "PermitRootLogin yes" }
- { regexp: "^TCPKeepAlive", line: "TCPKeepAlive yes" }
- { regexp: "^UseDNS", line: "UseDNS no" }
- { regexp: "^X11Forwarding", line: "X11Forwarding no" }
- { regexp: "^PasswordAuthentication", line: "PasswordAuthentication no" }
# The compression ratio used when creating the container cache rootfs archive
lxc_image_compression_ratio: 0
# A list of files may be copied into the container image cache from the
# deployment host during its preparation.
# Example:
# lxc_container_cache_files:
# - src: "/etc/openstack_deploy/files/etc/issue"
# dest: "/etc/issue"
lxc_container_cache_files: []
# A list of files may be copied into the container image cache from the
# LXC host during its preparation.
# Example:
# lxc_container_cache_files_from_host:
# - "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/myrepo.list"
lxc_container_cache_files_from_host: []
# DNS servers to use during cache preparation
lxc_cache_prep_dns:
- "{{ lxc_net_address }}"
# Custom shell commands to run before/after the LXC cache prep process has taken
# place.
lxc_cache_prep_pre_commands: '## pre command skipped ##'
lxc_cache_prep_post_commands: '## post command skipped ##'
# The DNS name of the LXD server to source the base container cache from
lxc_image_cache_server: images.linuxcontainers.org
# The keyservers to use when validating GPG keys for the downloaded cache
lxc_image_cache_primary_keyserver: hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80
lxc_image_cache_secondary_keyserver: hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
## Default download template options
## This can be customized to use a local build server and options.
## By default these options will be fulfilled by the distro specific
## variable files found in vars/
# lxc_cache_download_template_options: >
# --dist NAME_OF_DISTRO
# --release DISTRO_RELEASE
# --arch CONTAINER_ARCH
# --force-cache
# --server SERVER_TO_GET_IMAGES_FROM
lxc_cache_default_variant: default
lxc_cache_download_template_extra_options: ""
lxc_cache_download_template_options: >-
--dist {{ lxc_cache_map.distro }}
--release {{ lxc_cache_map.release }}
--arch {{ lxc_cache_map.arch }}
--force-cache
--server {{ lxc_image_cache_server }}
--variant {{ lxc_cache_default_variant }}
{{ lxc_cache_download_template_extra_options }}
# LXC must be installed from a COPR repository on CentOS 7 since the version
# provided in EPEL is much too old (1.x).
lxc_centos_package_baseurl: https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/thm/lxc2.0/epel-7-x86_64/
lxc_centos_package_key: https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/thm/lxc2.0/pubkey.gpg
None
- name: Basic LXC host setup
hosts: "hosts"
user: root
roles:
- { role: "lxc_hosts" }
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