README ansible_role_proxmox_provision

A reusable Ansible role template for for Proxmox VE with a focus on provisioning and managing.

📌 Features

✅ Proxmox VE Optimized - Specifically designed for Proxmox Virtual Environment ⬜ Idempotent - Safe to run multiple times ⏳ Security Hardened - Follows Ansible security best practices ⏳ Modular - Clear separation of concerns ⏳ Documented - Comprehensive README and variable documentation ⏳ Tested - Includes example playbook for validation

📊 Compatibility Matrix

Feature \ Proxmox Version	7	8	9
No-subscription repo	✅	✅	✅
Enterprise repo disabled	✅	✅	✅
Subscription nag removed	✅	✅	✅
Swap handling	✅	✅	✅
Logrotate protection	✅	✅	✅
Powertop auto-tune	✅	✅	✅
Utilities	✅	✅	✅
Fail2Ban Integration	✅	✅	✅

📂 Directory Structure

ansible_role_proxmox_provision/
├── README.md          # This file
├── defaults/          # Default role variables (overridable)
│   └── main.yml
├── handlers/          # Role handlers (for follow-up actions)
│   └── main.yml
├── meta/              # Role metadata
│   └── main.yml
├── tasks/             # Main role tasks
│   ├── fail2ban.yml        # Fail2Ban integration tasks
│   ├── logrotate.yml       # logrotate setup
│   ├── main.yml            # Core tasks
│   ├── powertop.yml        # powertop setup
│   ├── repos.yml           # Repository setup
│   ├── subscription.yml    # Subscription nag removal
│   ├── swap.yml            # Swap setup
│   └── utilities.yml  # Utilities installation
├── templates/         # Jinja2 templates
└── vars/              # Non-overridable variables
    └── main.yml

🔧 Configuration

Default Variables (defaults/main.yml)

# Default values for role variables
## Swap handling
proxmox_disable_swap: true
proxmox_swapiness: 10
proxmox_min_ram_mb_for_no_swap: 16384

## Powertop
proxmox_enable_powertop: true

## Logrotate
proxmox_logrotate_maxsize: "100M"
proxmox_logrotate_rotate: 7
...

Example usage

Example Playbook (example-playbook.yml)

---
- hosts: proxmox_hosts
  roles:
    - role: ansible_role_proxmox_provision
      vars:
        proxmox_disable_swap: false
        proxmox_swapiness: 20
        proxmox_enable_powertop: true

3. Run the Playbook

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini example-playbook.yml

🚀 Installation and Setup

Prerequisites

• Ansible 2.12 or higher
• Python 3.8 or higher
• Proxmox VE 7.x or higher
• Root/sudo access to Proxmox hosts

Installation

1. Clone this repository or add as a dependency in your project:

git clone https://server.com/user/ansible_role_proxmox_provision.git

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License
See the LICENSE file for details.

TODO

⏳ add molecule tests to prove idempotency ⏳ make the patch handler trigger on pve-manager upgrades 🔄 Split into VE version–aware tags ? 🕒 refactor
✗ debug
⭐ Improve documentation