Implement VM configuration and deploy the images.

roles/lmn_vm/files/create-clone.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# create VM clone
+
+set -eu
+
+# if less than one arguments supplied, display usage
+if [  "$#" -ne 1 ]
+then
+    echo "This script takes as input the name of the VM to clone"
+    echo "Usage: $0 vm_name"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# change to image-directory
+cd /var/lib/libvirt/images
+
+VM_NAME=$1
+
+if [ ! -f "xml/${VM_NAME}.xml" -a -f "${VM_NAME}.gcow2" ]; then
+    echo "xml or qcow2 File does not exists."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+qemu-img create -f qcow2 -F qcow2 -b "${VM_NAME}.qcow2" "${VM_NAME}-clone.qcow2"
+
+cp "xml/${VM_NAME}.xml" "xml/${VM_NAME}-clone.xml"
+
+# and actually rename the vm: (this also updates the storage path)
+sed -i "s/${VM_NAME}/${VM_NAME}-clone/" "xml/${VM_NAME}-clone.xml"
+
+# set Username for mounting data from correct user
+sed -i "s/USER/${SUDO_USER}/" "xml/${VM_NAME}-clone.xml"
+
+# delete the old vm
+virsh --connect=qemu:///system undefine "${VM_NAME}-clone" || echo "${VM_NAME}-clone did not exist"
+# finally, create the new vm
+virsh --connect=qemu:///system define "xml/${VM_NAME}-clone.xml"