Ansible and Proxmox without API

[jessefmoore]

Hello!
I'm trying to use Ansible the normal way but it seems like Proxmox won't let me unless I use the Ansible Module for Promox and use the api.

So its this way or nothing at all is how I see it. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/proxmox_module.html#examples

I would like to use root and a regular password to access Proxmox with Ansible to then run my own Ansible things not in the above doc.

Is this the case?

Thank you for your help!
Happy Holidays ahead!

 

[Folke]

Hi,
you can use the password that was set on installation to log in as root via ssh, which is what ansible uses under the hood.
For more security and convenience, I would strongly suggest switching to ssh keys.

On the system itself, you could call the cli tools provided by proxmox, from your ansible script.
The proxmox documentation [0] usually gives an example on how to do what you want to archive via the cli, or you can consult the manpages for an explanation of what a command does.


[0] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/

 

[jessefmoore]

Hi,
Thanks for the input.
I added the ssh key and service ssh restart


If others are curious. This was my ansible playbook.

[prox]
192.168.0.12

[prox:vars]
ansible_user=root
ansible_connection=ssh
ansible_ssh_common_args="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"
ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/cyber

Thank you! I am able to access ansible via my sshkey and run normal Ansible playbooks.