Echoing what others have said. Ansible is your best option here.

On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 7:22 AM Nathanaël Blanchet <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Le 27/02/2020 à 11:00, Yedidyah Bar David a écrit :
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 11:53 AM Eugène Ngontang <[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yes Ansible ovirt_vms module is useful, I use it for provisioning/deployment, 
> but once my VM created, I'd like to administrate/interact with them, I don't 
> think I should write playbooks for that.
>
> Why not? You're the next devops :)
>
> I was used to use ovirt-shell (removed from 4.4), and instead of it I
> control now all my vms with ansible playbooks:
>
>    - consultation with ovirt-*_inf with appropriate filters (combine ,
>    dict2items) and conditions (when, until)
>    - interaction with other modules (with present/absent statement for
>    all parameters)
>
> I precise I am not a developer but once I took the habit with a proper
> environment (venv, IDE, loops, structured playbook and roles, dict struct,
> etc..), I was able do what I want, or rather what the API let me do.
>
> Before begining, I should advice you to take the time to study the
> structure of the output of the registered variable
>
> Here is a piece of my commonly used playbooks to check status of wanted
> vms:
> - name: template ovirt pour tester les modules
> hosts: localhost
> connection: local
> tasks:
> - block:
> - include: ovirt_auth.yaml
> tags: auth,change
> - name: vm facts
> ovirt_vm_info:
> auth: "{{ ovirt_auth }}"
> pattern: "name=vm5 or name=vm8"
> register: vm_info
> - debug: var=vm_info.ovirt_vms
> # msg: "{{vm_info.ovirt_vms | map(attribute='status')|list}}"
> - name: "Génération d'un dictionnaire avec combine"
> set_fact:
> vm_status: "{{ vm_status|default({})|combine({item.name: item.status}) }}"
> loop: "{{vm_info.ovirt_vms}}"
> when: item.status == "up"
> - debug:
> msg: "{{vm_status}}"
> always:
> - include: ovirt_auth_revoke.yaml
> tags: auth,change
>
> Good luck!
>
> This is up to you, of course.
>
> For a project that uses heavily the ansible modules, see
> ovirt-ansible-hosted-engine-setup.
>
> For one that uses the python SDK, see ovirt-system-tests. The SDK
> itself also has a very useful collection of examples.
>
>
> But I'll find a solution.
>
> Good luck and best regards,
>
> --
> Nathanaël Blanchet
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