community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm not setting VLAN Tag on update

[mosespray]

Hello, I am trying to fully automate my disaster recovery solution for my Proxmox homelab.
I am using Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.1.9 and ansible [core 2.20.5]. I am also using the latest community.proxmox.promox library.

I have a set of Ansible playbooks and roles that use the various community proxmox roles to create vm_templates, clone them and create vms.

Everything seems to be working, so far, except...

My scripts successfully create a vm_template for ubuntu 24.04. It is configured with no VLAN and cloud-init (ipconfig (net0) ip=dhcp.

I have another script that:

• uses proxmox_kvm to clone the template
• uses proxmox_disk to resize the boot drive
• uses proxmox_kvm to modify the hardware and network settings

That 3rd script has this line:

net:
net0: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_network_config }}"

The variable (create_proxmox_vm_containers_network_config) is set to "virtio,bridge=vmbr0,tag=100".

After the script finishes without errors, checking the Hardware line in the GUI shows the VLAN still set to nothing.

Even if I hardcode the line:
net:
net0: "virtio,bridge=vmbr0,tag=100"

Still no change.

To test that the role was actually doing anything, I hardcoded the name field to "test123" from what it was "naxr01".
That changed.

Finally, if I log into the Proxmox node and issue the following command:

qm set 2006 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0,tag=100

It works.

I have tried looking at every possible log and used as much debugging as I could, but I can't figure this one out.

I even thought that I struck gold when I read this post, but I realized that I was already doing what was recomended.

If anyone has any insight or can offer any suggestions or help, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance

Here is the relevant Ansible code:

- name: Create Proxmox VMs | Set variable for network configuration with vlan
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    create_proxmox_vm_containers_network_config: "virtio,bridge=vmbr0,tag={{ item.vlan }}"
  when: item.vlan is defined

- name: Create Proxmox VMs | Set variable for network configuration with NO vlan
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    create_proxmox_vm_containers_network_config: "virtio,bridge=vmbr0"
  when: item.vlan is not defined

- name: Create Proxmox VMs | Set variable for IP config
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    create_proxmox_vm_containers_ipconfig: "ip={{ item.ip_address }},gw={{ item.gateway }}"
  when: item.ip_address is defined and item.gateway is defined

- name: Create Proxmox VMs | Clone VM from template
  community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
    # Credentials and api host to work from
    api_user: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_username }}"
    api_token_id: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_id }}"
    api_token_secret: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
    api_host: "{{ ansible_facts['nodename'] }}"
    validate_certs: false

    # Basic VM info
    node: "{{ item.node }}" # Node the VM will be created on
    vmid: "{{ item.template }}"
    clone: template
    full: true
    newid: "{{ item.vmid }}"
    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    storage: "{{ item.storage }}"
    timeout: 600
    state: present

- name: Create Proxmox VMs | Resize boot drive
  community.proxmox.proxmox_disk:
    api_user: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_username }}"
    api_token_id: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_id }}"
    api_token_secret: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
    api_host: "{{ ansible_facts['nodename'] }}"
    validate_certs: false
    vmid: "{{ item.vmid }}"
    disk: scsi0
    size: "{{ item.disk_size }}"
    storage: "{{ item.storage }}"
    state: resized

- name: Create Proxmox VMs | Update VM hardware
  community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
    api_user: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_username }}"
    api_token_id: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_id }}"
    api_token_secret: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
    api_host: "{{ ansible_facts['nodename'] }}"
    validate_certs: false

    # VMID and name of VM to update
    vmid: "{{ item.vmid }}"
#    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    name: "test123"

    # Hardware info
    memory: "{{ item.memory | default(omit) }}"
    cores: "{{ item.cores | default(omit) }}"
    node: "{{ item.node }}"

    # We need to be doing this:
    # qm set 2006 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0,tag=100

    # Network info
    net:
#      net0: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_network_config }}"
      net0: "virtio,bridge=vmbr0,tag=100"
    ipconfig:
      ipconfig0: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_ipconfig | default(omit) }}"
    nameservers: "{{ item.nameservers | default(omit) }}"

    # Cloud-init info
    ciuser: "{{ item.ciuser | default(omit) }}"
    cipassword: "{{ item.cipassword | default(omit) }}"
    sshkeys: "{{ item.sshkeys | default(omit) }}"

    # Desired state
    state: present
    update: true

- name: Create Proxmox VMs | Start the VM
  community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
    vmid: "{{ item.vmid }}"
    api_user: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_username }}"
    api_token_id: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_id }}"
    api_token_secret: "{{ create_proxmox_vm_containers_proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
    api_host: "{{ ansible_facts['nodename'] }}"
    validate_certs: false
    state: started
...

 

[bbgeek17]

Hi @mosespray , the Ansible modules are not maintained by PVE staff. I'd recommend reaching out to Ansible team/maintainer - perhaps via github issue.

I believe these modules are using API to communicate to PVE. You could try to troubleshoot this yourself: use debug option to see verbose output during Ansible run, hopefully you can see the actual API call and its parameters. That would tell you whether the issue is in crafting the API call, or on the PVE side in setting the option.

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[mosespray]

Thank you. My apologies.