Allow to avoid installing the libvirt daemon and/or client

This may be useful where we want to use an existing libvirt daemon.

Author: markgoddard

README.md

@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ the virt_ ansible modules.
 bindings should be installed. If `false`, the python 2 bindings will be
 installed.
 
+`libvirt_host_install_daemon`: Whether to install and enable the libvirt
+daemon. Default is `true`.
+
+`libvirt_host_install_client`: Whether to install and enable the libvirt
+client. Default is `true`.
+
 Dependencies
 ------------
 

defaults/main.yml

@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ libvirt_host_uri: >-
 # Whether the python3 version of the libvirt python bindings should be
 # installed. If false, the python 2 bindings will be installed.
 libvirt_host_python3: "{{ ansible_python.version.major == 3 }}"
+
+# Whether to install and enable the libvirt daemon.
+libvirt_host_install_daemon: true
+
+# Whether to install and enable the libvirt client.
+libvirt_host_install_client: true

tasks/install-client.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure libvirt client packages are installed
+  package:
+    name: "{{ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_client }}"
+    state: present
+  register: result
+  until: result is success
+  retries: 3
+  become: True

tasks/install.yml renamed to tasks/install-daemon.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 ---
 - include: prelude.yml
 - include: validate.yml
-- include: install.yml
+- include: install-daemon.yml
+  when: libvirt_host_install_daemon | bool
+- include: install-client.yml
+  when:
+    - not libvirt_host_install_daemon | bool
+    - libvirt_host_install_client | bool
 - name: Run post-install stage
   include: "{{ post_install_path }}"
   with_first_found:
@@ -12,5 +17,6 @@
   loop_control:
     loop_var: post_install_path
 - include: config.yml
+  when: libvirt_host_install_daemon | bool
 - include: pools.yml
 - include: networks.yml

tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,18 +3,23 @@
 libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_default:
   - libvirt
   - qemu-headless
-  - libvirt-python
-  - python-lxml
   - ebtables 
   - dnsmasq
 
+# List of all client packages to install.
+libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_client:
+  - libvirt
+  - libvirt-python
+  - python-lxml
+
 # Packages that are only necessary if you require EFI support
 libvirt_host_packages_efi:
   - ovmf
 
 # List of all packages to install
 libvirt_host_libvirt_packages: >
   {{ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_default +
+     libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_client +
      (libvirt_host_packages_efi if libvirt_host_enable_efi_support else []) | unique
   }}
 

vars/Archlinux.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # List of package dependencies common to all Debian distributions
 libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_common:
   - qemu-kvm
-  - "{{ 'python3-libvirt' if libvirt_host_python3 | bool else 'python-libvirt' }}"
-  - "{{ 'python3-lxml' if libvirt_host_python3 | bool else 'python-lxml' }}"
 
 # Package that contains the libvirt daemon
 libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_libvirt_daemon: >-
@@ -16,13 +14,21 @@ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_libvirt_daemon: >-
   libvirt-daemon-system
   {%- endif -%}
 
+# List of all client packages to install.
+libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_client:
+  - libvirt-clients
+  - "{{ 'python3-libvirt' if libvirt_host_python3 | bool else 'python-libvirt' }}"
+  - "{{ 'python3-lxml' if libvirt_host_python3 | bool else 'python-lxml' }}"
+
 # Packages that are only necessary if you require EFI support
 libvirt_host_packages_efi:
   - ovmf
 
 # List of all packages to install
 libvirt_host_libvirt_packages: >
-  {{ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_common + [libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_libvirt_daemon] +
+  {{ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_common +
+     [libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_libvirt_daemon] +
+     libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_client +
      (libvirt_host_packages_efi if libvirt_host_enable_efi_support else []) | unique
   }}
 

vars/Debian.yml

@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_default:
   - libgcrypt-devel
   - libvirt
   - libvirt-daemon-kvm
+  - qemu-kvm
+
+# List of all client packages to install.
+libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_client:
+  - libvirt-client
   - "{{ 'python3-libvirt' if libvirt_host_python3 | bool else 'libvirt-python' }}"
   - "{{ 'python3-lxml' if libvirt_host_python3 | bool else 'python-lxml' }}"
-  - qemu-kvm
 
 # Packages that are only necessary if you require EFI support
 libvirt_host_packages_efi:
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ libvirt_host_packages_efi:
 # List of all packages to install
 libvirt_host_libvirt_packages: >
   {{ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_default +
+     libvirt_host_libvirt_packages_client +
      (libvirt_host_packages_efi if libvirt_host_enable_efi_support else []) | unique
   }}