Clone a Container on Proxmox using Ansible

[Gaurav Sood]

hello Proxmox experts,

I'm trying to clone a container from a clone in my Proxmox LAB setup.

I have a template with name "Ansible-Gold" converted from a container to template. When i try to create a FULL clone from GUI it works and no issues.

However, when i am trying to clone a container using above mentioned template using Ansible it's not working,

```
---
- name: 'prep proxmox hosts for automation'
hosts: 'prox'
gather_facts: false

tasks:
- proxmox_kvm: api_user='root@pam' api_password='password' api_host='10.0.0.106' clone='Ansible-Gold' name='Demo-Ansible' format='qcow2' timeout='200' node='pve'

```

Questions

a) Is it possible to clone a container in Proxmox using Ansible ?
b) if yes, is it going to be module "proxmox" or "proxmox_kvm" ?

As i am not able to find source option under "proxmox" module, so, i think promox module is not the correct candidate. I may be wrong.

Here is the error code i am getting when executing the above mentioned playbook

msg": "Unable to clone vm Demo-Ansible from vmid 102=500 Internal Server Error: {\"data\":null}"

Thanks in advance..

GS

 

[wolfgang]

a) Is it possible to clone a container in Proxmox using Ansible ?
b) if yes, is it going to be module "proxmox" or "proxmox_kvm" ?

The ansible modules do not come from Proxmox.
I personal use the shell command to clone guests.

 

[Gaurav Sood]

Thank you for the reply,Wolfgang.

I realized after doing some more research and ended up using shell module.

GS