---

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

- name: Create VM if not exists
  block:

  - name: Upload base image archiv to core's tmp directory
    copy: 
      src: "{{ vm_base_image_archiv }}"
      dest: "/home/core/tmp/"
      owner: libvirt-qemu
      group: kvm
      mode: "0600"
  
  - name: Gunzip base image in core's tmp directory
    shell:
      cmd: "/usr/bin/gunzip /home/core/tmp/{{ vm_base_image_archiv }}"

  - name: Copy unarchived base image to /var/lib/libvirt/images and rename to $vm_name
    copy: 
      src: "/home/core/tmp/{{ vm_base_image }}"
      dest: "{{ libvirt_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}"
      remote_src: "yes"
      owner: libvirt-qemu
      group: kvm
      mode: "0600"
  
  when: "vm_name not in existing_vms.list_vms"

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