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vkhitrin/ansible-libguestfs-collection

Ansible collection for libguestfs modules

libguestfs Collection

NOTE: This collection is not endorsed by the libguestfs
community, this is a personal effort.

libguestfs modules allow users to use Ansible to automate commonly used
libguestfs actions in a native way.

Prerequisites

On Ansible Controller:

  • Ansible >= 2.8.0 (May work on earlier releases)
  • Python >= 2.7.5 || Python >= 3.4
  • gcc

On Ansible Host:

  • gcc
  • libguestfs
  • libguestfs-devel
  • Python >= 2.7.5 || Python >= 3.4
  • libguestfs python bindings:
    • System:
      If your distribution's package manager contains python-libguestfs, install it (via yum, apt ...)
    • pip:
      If a virtual environment is used or you do not have a pre packaged python-libguestfs,
      refer to guestfs python bindings in a virtualenv
      In order to install via pip download the relevant version from http://download.libguestfs.org/python/
      Example, https://download.libguestfs.org/python/guestfs-1.40.2.tar.gz

Compatibility Matrix

Distro Supported Notes
Fedora/CentOS/RHEL Yes
Ubuntu/Debian Yes
Windows No Not Supported, no plans to support right now

Documentation

Please refer to docs directory.

Installation

Ansible Galaxy

Collection can be installed from Ansible galaxy:

ansible-galaxy collection install vkhitrin.libguestfs

Locally

Build the collection:

ansible-galaxy collection build

Install collection:

ansible-galaxy collection install --force vkhitrin-libguestfs-<VERSION>.tar.gz

License

This project is licensed under GPL-3.0 License. Please see the COPYING.md for more information.

Languages

Python100.0%

Contributors

GNU General Public License v3.0
Created April 4, 2022
Updated October 12, 2025