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Ansible role: Install virtual guest tools 4 many VMs environments

License Ansible Galaxy Ansible Galaxy Quality Ansible Galaxy Release

Install guest tools for VirtualBox, QEMU\KVM, Xen, VMware in Linux and Windows.

Work on

Ansible Galaxy style

  platforms:
    - name: Fedora
      versions:
        - 33
        - 34
        - 35
    - name: Ubuntu
      versions:
        - jammy
        - bionic
        - focal
    - name: Debian
      version:
        - buster
        - bullseye
        - stable
        - oldstable
    - name: EL
      versions:
        - 8
    - name: opensuse
      vesrion:
        - 15.3
        - tumbleweed
    - name: Windows
      version:
        - 2008x64 (7 64bit)
        - 2019 (10 64bit)

Table style

  • ✔️ - work, tested, ok.
  • 🚧 - TODO. Work in progress.
  • ❌ - not work. Don't try.
  • 🤔 - not tested, but it should work.
. VirtualBox QEMU\KVM Hyper-V VMware Xen
Ubuntu
jammy ✔️ ✔️ 🤔 🤔 🤔
focal ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
bionic ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 🤔 🚧
Debian
buster ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 🤔 ✔️
bullseye ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
EL (CentOS)
8 ✔️ ✔️ 🚧 🤔 ✔️
openSUSE
tumbleweed ✔️ 🚧 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
leap ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Fedora
33 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 🤔 🚧
34 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔
35 🤔 🤔 🤔 ✔️ 🤔
Windows
7 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 🚧
10 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
2012r2 🚧 ✔️ ✔️ 🤔 🚧
2019 🚧 ✔️ ✔️ 🤔 ✔️

Requirements

min_ansible_version: 2.8

Role Variables

---
#--- QEMU\KVM settings ---#

# Windows only.
virtual_guest_tools_virtio_win_amd64_msi_url: https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio/virtio-win-gt-x64.msi
virtual_guest_tools_qemu_ga_win_amd64_msi_url: https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-qemu-ga/qemu-ga-x86_64.msi
virtual_guest_tools_spice_webdavd_win_amd64_msi_url: https://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/spice-webdavd/spice-webdavd-x64-latest.msi

# win7 only. https://askubuntu.com/a/1355273/457538
virtual_guest_tools_virtio_win_win7_amd64_msi_url: https://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/spice-guest-tools/spice-guest-tools-latest.exe

virtual_guest_tools_virtio_certs_urls:
  # - https://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/qxl-wddm-dod/qxl-wddm-dod-0.20/amd64/qxldod.cat
  - https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/unattended/drivers/preinst/virtio-win/0.1.171/w10/amd64/qxldod.cat
  - https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/unattended/drivers/preinst/virtio-win/0.1.171/w10/amd64/viostor.cat

#--- VirtualBox settings ---#

# https://github.com/don-rumata/ansible-role-install-virtualbox

virtualbox_edition: latest-stable
# virtualbox_edition: latest-beta
# virtualbox_edition: latest

virtualbox_url_prefix: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox

virtualbox_url_version: '{{ virtualbox_url_prefix }}/{{ virtualbox_edition | upper }}.TXT'

virtualbox_url_path_to_files: '{{ virtualbox_url_prefix }}/{{ virtualbox_available_version_fact }}'

virtualbox_url_path_to_iso: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/{{ virtualbox_available_version_fact }}/VBoxGuestAdditions_{{ virtualbox_available_version_fact }}.iso
# virtualbox_url_path_to_iso: http://10.10.10.10/soft/virtualbox/latest-stable/vboxguestadditions_latest.iso

#--- Xen settings ---#

# Windows only.
# https://xenappblog.com/2018/download-and-install-latest-citrix-xenserver-tools/
virtual_guest_tools_xen_win_tsv_url: https://pvupdates.vmd.citrix.com/updates.latest.tsv
virtual_guest_tools_xen_win_tsv_path_to_save: /tmp/xen.updates.latest.tsv

# Value for custom location
# virtual_guest_tools_xen_win_management_agent_url: http://10.10.10.10/soft/citrix/management-agent/managementagentx64.msi
# virtual_guest_tools_xen_win_management_agent_url: \\10.10.10.10\soft\citrix\management-agent\managementagentx64.msi

#--- Hyper-V settings ---#

# Windows only.
# win7
virtual_guest_tools_hyper_v_win7_cab_url: https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/C/A/0CADD11C-CE3A-4BF6-8321-165438638676/windows6.x-hypervintegrationservices-x64.cab
virtual_guest_tools_hyper_v_win2012_cab_url: https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/A/C/5AC3E8C3-CB7C-413E-A518-8D0C56042102/windows6.2-hypervintegrationservices-x64.cab

#--- VMware settings ---#

virtual_guest_tools_vmware_versions_url: https://packages.vmware.com/tools/versions

# If the value is not defined, the last supported version from url will be selected.
# vmware_tools_version:

# If the value is not defined, the last supported build from url will be selected.
# vmware_tools_build_number:

virtual_guest_tools_vmware_win_url: https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/{{ vmware_tools_version_fact }}/windows/x64/VMware-tools-{{ vmware_tools_version_fact }}-{{ vmware_tools_build_number_fact }}-x86_64.exe
# virtual_guest_tools_vmware_win_url: http://10.10.10.10/soft/vmware/vmware-tools-latest-amd64.exe
# virtual_guest_tools_vmware_win_url: \\10.10.10.10\soft\vmware\vmware-tools-latest-amd64.exe

virtual_guest_tools_vmware_win_reboot_after_install: true
# virtual_guest_tools_vmware_win_reboot_after_install: false

#--- Repo settings ---#

# If you *NOT* use apt-cacher-ng or other caching proxy - select "https".
http_or_https: http
# http_or_https: https

Dependencies

If you want deploy to Windows 7

Download and install Windows Management Framework 5.1

HowTo

Quick config WinRM for Windows: https://ru.stackoverflow.com/a/949971/191416

How to install role

Over ansible-galaxy:

ansible-galaxy install don_rumata.ansible_role_install_virtual_guest_tools

Over bash+git:

mkdir -p "$HOME/.ansible/roles"
cd "$HOME/.ansible/roles"
git clone https://github.com/don-rumata/ansible-role-install-virtual_guest_tools don_rumata.ansible_role_install_virtual_guest_tools

Example Playbooks

I

Install guest tools for any supported plaforms:

install-virtual-guest-tools.yml:

- name: Install virtual guest tools
  hosts: all
  strategy: free
  serial:
    - "100%"
  roles:
    - don_rumata.ansible_role_install_virtual_guest_tools
  tasks:

II

Install guest tools from local web\smb server:

install-virtual-guest-tools.yml:

  - name: Install Virtual Guest Agents
    hosts: all
    strategy: free
    serial:
      - "100%"
    roles:
      - role: don_rumata.ansible_role_install_virtual_guest_tools
        virtual_guest_tools_virtio_win_amd64_msi_url: \\10.10.10.10\soft\virtio-win\latest-virtio\virtio-win-gt-x64.msi
        virtual_guest_tools_qemu_ga_win_amd64_msi_url: \\10.10.10.10\soft\virtio-win\latest-qemu-ga\qemu-ga-x86_64.msi
        virtual_guest_tools_virtio_win_win7_amd64_msi_url: http://10.10.10.10/soft/spice/spice-guest-tools-latest.exe
        virtual_guest_tools_spice_webdavd_win_amd64_msi_url: http://10.10.10.10/soft/spice/spice-webdavd-x64-latest.msi
        virtual_guest_tools_virtio_certs_urls:
          - http://10.10.10.10/drivers/other/virtio-win/qxldod/w10/amd64/qxldod.cat
          - http://10.10.10.10/drivers/other/virtio-win/viostor/w10/amd64/viostor.cat
        virtual_guest_tools_xen_win_management_agent_url: \\10.10.10.10\soft\citrix\management-agent\managementagentx64.msi

        virtualbox_url_path_to_iso: http://10.10.10.10/soft/virtualbox/latest-stable/vboxguestadditions_latest.iso

        virtual_guest_tools_vmware_versions_url: http://10.10.10.10/soft/vmware/tools/versions
        virtual_guest_tools_vmware_win_url: http://10.10.10.10/soft/vmware/tools/vmware-tools-latest-amd64.exe
    tasks:

virtual-server-inventory.ini:

[my-vbox-sandboxs]
10.10.1.10
10.10.1.20
10.10.1.30

[my-kvm-vms]
10.10.2.10
10.10.2.20
10.10.3.30

[my-xen-tests]
10.10.3.10
10.10.3.20
10.10.3.30

[my-hyper-v-dumpster]
10.10.4.10
10.10.4.20
10.10.4.30

[my-vmware-zoo]
10.10.5.10
10.10.5.20
10.10.5.30
ansible-playbook -i ./virtual-server-inventory.ini ./install-virtual-guest-tools.yml

Development and testing environments

VirtualBox: VirtualBox v5.2.44

KVM: Proxmox v6.4-13

Xen: XCP-ng v8.2

Hyper-V: Windows server 2019 (ru_windows_server_2019_updated_april_2021_x64_dvd_479f8ca4.iso)

VMware: VMware-player-full-16.2.2-19200509.exe

Workarounds (dirty hacks)

Debian xe-guest-utilities will be installed from ubuntu/pool/main.

openSUSE xe-guest-utilities will be installed from latest EPEL repo.

Known issue

hv-fcopy-daemon.service not started

On Hyper-V host:

Enable-VMIntegrationService 'Guest Service Interface' -VMName $MY_VM_NAME

src

License

Apache License, Version 2.0

Author Information

don Rumata

TODO

  • Add tests.
  • Add var 4 vbox iso

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Ansible role: Install virtual guest tools 4 many VMs environments

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