homelab

ansible-homelab example

Description

• LVM group used for VMs.
• DNSmasq VM used as DNS and DHCP server.
• External gateway with IP 192.168.0.1 set on clients by Dnsmasq DHCP.
• Pihole DNS is provided to clients via DHCP.
• Virtiofs used to store VM data on host.
• Fedora updates stored in local repository.

Setup

• Edit inventory file.
  • Add vm_hosts host.
• Edit group vars.
  • Adjust to suit needs.
  • Adjust vm host hostname to match inventory.
• Run playbook to install required packages:

ansible-playbook -i inventories/home.yml --diff -K myserver.yml 

• Run playbook to install required packages on server:

ansible-playbook -i inventories/home.yml --diff -K myserver.yml 

• Run playbooks to bootstrap Dnsmasq VM:

ansible-playbook -i inventories/home.yml --diff -K vms.yml -e vm_filter=gateway-1
ansible-playbook -i inventories/home.yml --diff -K routers.yml

• Run playbooks to create VMs:

ansible-playbook -i inventories/home.yml --diff -K vms.yml

• Run playbooks to create containers:

ansible-playbook -i inventories/home.yml --diff -K containers.yml