---

- name: Get VMs list
  community.libvirt.virt:
    command: list_vms
  register: existing_vms
  changed_when: no


- name: Create VM if not exists
  block:

  # Existierende VM-Disk NICHT überschreiben: force=no. Ergbnis in copy_results speichern: copy_results is changed
  - name: Copy unarchived base image to /var/lib/libvirt/images and rename to $vm_name.qcow2 if not exists
    copy: 
      src: "/home/core/tmp/{{ vm_base_image }}"
      dest: "{{ libvirt_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}.qcow2"
      remote_src: "yes"
      owner: libvirt-qemu
      group: kvm
      mode: "0600"
      force: "no"
    register: copy_results

  - name: Configure the image
    command: |
      virt-customize -a {{ libvirt_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}.qcow2 \
      --hostname {{ vm_name }} \
      --root-password password:{{ password }} \
      --ssh-inject 'core:file:{{ ssh_key_core }}' 

    when: copy_results is changed

  # Falls das V-File kopiert wurde - weil es das noch nicht gab - wird die VM defined
  # Ist eigentlich unnötig, denn der ganze Block wird nicht ausgeführt wenn die VM bereits defined ist
  - name: Define vm
    community.libvirt.virt:
      command: define
      xml: "{{ lookup('template', 'template2204.xml') }}"
    when: copy_results is changed

  when: "vm_name not in existing_vms.list_vms"

- name: Ensure VM is started
  community.libvirt.virt:
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    state: running
  register: vm_start_results
  until: "vm_start_results is success"
  retries: 15
  delay: 2


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