# \#proxmox **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/proxmox/341.md [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) --- ## [How to provision, install, configure and keep thousands of Debian and Debian-based systems updated in Debconf26](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-provision-install-configure-and-keep-thousands-of-debian-and-debian-based-systems-updated-in-debconf26/46179)
**Author:** [@OSiUX](https://forum.ansible.com/u/OSiUX)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-provision-install-configure-and-keep-thousands-of-debian-and-debian-based-systems-updated-in-debconf26/46179 "2026-08-14T18:33:45Z")
Transcript to talk How to provision, install, configure and keep thousands of Debian and Debian-based systems updated in Debconf26 in Santa Fe, Argentina. This project manages around 3,000 Debian servers and 3,000 Debia… --- ## [Cómo aprovisionar, instalar, configurar y mantener actualizados miles de sistemas Debian y basados en Debian](https://forum.ansible.com/t/como-aprovisionar-instalar-configurar-y-mantener-actualizados-miles-de-sistemas-debian-y-basados-en-debian/46177)
**Author:** [@OSiUX](https://forum.ansible.com/u/OSiUX)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/como-aprovisionar-instalar-configurar-y-mantener-actualizados-miles-de-sistemas-debian-y-basados-en-debian/46177 "2026-08-14T18:25:45Z")
Transcripción de la charla “Cómo aprovisionar, instalar, configurar y mantener actualizados miles de sistemas Debian y basados en Debian” en DebConf26 en Santa Fe. Este proyecto gestiona alrededor de 3,000 servidores De… --- ## [The Bullhorn #229](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-229/45842)
**Author:** [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-229/45842 "2026-06-04T17:34:37Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #229, 2026-05-25 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch… --- ## [How to wait for VM to be created before starting it?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-wait-for-vm-to-be-created-before-starting-it/45712)
**Author:** [@roleroz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/roleroz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-wait-for-vm-to-be-created-before-starting-it/45712 "2026-05-14T20:47:20Z")
I’m facing a race condition on my playbooks. In one task I’m creating a VM, and in the next I’m starting it, and I’m facing issues in which the VM hasn’t finished being created, so the task to start it fails as the VM do… --- ## [Ansible shows status as changed even though the LXC has been created](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-shows-status-as-changed-even-though-the-lxc-has-been-created/45726)
**Author:** [@Parameter4509](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parameter4509)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-shows-status-as-changed-even-though-the-lxc-has-been-created/45726 "2026-04-23T03:11:05Z")
When I run my playbook on my Proxmox instance to create an LXC, it successfully creates the LXC and shows status as ok=2 changed=1 However, when I run the playbook again, even though nothing inside the LXC changes, … --- ## [Would maintainers be open to have facts set for the auth arguments for tasks?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/would-maintainers-be-open-to-have-facts-set-for-the-auth-arguments-for-tasks/45713)
**Author:** [@roleroz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/roleroz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/would-maintainers-be-open-to-have-facts-set-for-the-auth-arguments-for-tasks/45713 "2026-04-22T17:04:42Z")
When connecting to hosts through SSH you can set the auth parameters with connection arguments, or ansible can use the generic ones (like ansible\_ssh\_pass), but every time I use a task from community.proxmox I need to se… --- ## [Proxmox role testing with molecule](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-role-testing-with-molecule/44537)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-role-testing-with-molecule/44537 "2026-01-28T10:48:25Z")
Hello, I wrote a small role for installing a guest on proxmox and would like to test it with molecule. I would like to test it in an existing proxmox cluster. I’m wondering how to do it? It seems molecule expects some … --- ## [community.proxmox: Resize rootfs of LXC ](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-proxmox-resize-rootfs-of-lxc/44920)
**Author:** [@dyka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dyka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-proxmox-resize-rootfs-of-lxc/44920 "2025-12-02T13:46:14Z")
I have been looking for a way to increase the rootfs of an LXC container for a while now. I know there is a simple PUT REST CALL to trigger this, but is it also possible in the Proxmox collection? Thank you for your he… --- ## [Why are the proxmox modules in community.proxmox based on proxmoxer?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-are-the-proxmox-modules-in-community-proxmox-based-on-proxmoxer/44665)
**Author:** [@roleroz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/roleroz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-are-the-proxmox-modules-in-community-proxmox-based-on-proxmoxer/44665 "2025-11-15T12:29:23Z")
Proxmoxer is a great library that allows you to access the proxmox rest API, but that requires to make a remote access request for each task, which among other things requires authentication management Given the fact th… --- ## [Community.proxmox.proxmox\_storage module: missing backup retention and nfs options](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-proxmox-proxmox-storage-module-missing-backup-retention-and-nfs-options/44699)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-proxmox-proxmox-storage-module-missing-backup-retention-and-nfs-options/44699 "2025-10-17T05:29:38Z")
Hello, I noticed that the module ignores the nfs\_options/options setting. I checked the source already and it seems its really missing… And I need the “prune-backups” setting for storages. I prepared a patch but I’m u… --- ## [Community.proxmox.proxmox / force option](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-proxmox-proxmox-force-option/44515)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-proxmox-proxmox-force-option/44515 "2025-09-24T13:27:21Z")
Hello, I want to overwrite an existing LXC container, therefore the option “force” is set to true: - name: Install / Update LXC community.proxmox.proxmox: hostname: "{{ inventory\_hostname\_short | lowe… --- ## ['ProxmoxVmInfoAnsible' object has no attribute 'module' Proxmox with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmoxvminfoansible-object-has-no-attribute-module-proxmox-with-ansible/44026)
**Author:** [@Lochnivar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lochnivar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmoxvminfoansible-object-has-no-attribute-module-proxmox-with-ansible/44026 "2025-07-23T17:43:04Z")
I’m trying to use Ansible’s Proxmox collection but I’m running into an issue. When I run my playbook, I get the below AttributeError: 'ProxmoxKvmAnsible' object has no attribute 'module' The full traceback for it is: T… --- ## [ Proxmox Inventory Plugin: Struggling to Retrieve Full OS Info via Guest Agent](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-plugin-struggling-to-retrieve-full-os-info-via-guest-agent/43961)
**Author:** [@hectorllb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hectorllb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-plugin-struggling-to-retrieve-full-os-info-via-guest-agent/43961 "2025-07-21T12:02:26Z")
I’m trying to retrieve comprehensive OS information from my Proxmox VMs using the community.proxmox.proxmox inventory plugin. My primary issue is with the os-info data. When I manually execute qm agent get-osinfo direc… --- ## [Where Do The \`community.proxmox\` Collection Dependencies Get Installed?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-the-community-proxmox-collection-dependencies-get-installed/43852)
**Author:** [@Dulux-Oz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dulux-Oz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-the-community-proxmox-collection-dependencies-get-installed/43852 "2025-07-14T06:44:22Z")
Hi All, Sorry for the N00b question, but with the community.proxmox collection, do the dependencies (ie proxmoxer and requests) get installed on the Ansible Control Computer, or the Proxmox Server? Thanks in advance D… --- ## [The Bullhorn #192](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-192/43750)
**Author:** [@epacific](https://forum.ansible.com/u/epacific)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-192/43750 "2025-07-08T07:18:51Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #192, 2025-07-06 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch… --- ## [ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'community.general.proxmox\_snap' despite collection installed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-couldnt-resolve-module-action-community-general-proxmox-snap-despite-collection-installed/43454)
**Author:** [@Tealk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tealk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-couldnt-resolve-module-action-community-general-proxmox-snap-despite-collection-installed/43454 "2025-06-18T21:40:06Z")
Description: When running a playbook that uses the community.general.proxmox\_snap module, I get the following error: TASK \[Create snapshot\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*… --- ## [Controlling with Ansible packer](https://forum.ansible.com/t/controlling-with-ansible-packer/43233)
**Author:** [@willywortel-24](https://forum.ansible.com/u/willywortel-24)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/controlling-with-ansible-packer/43233 "2025-06-15T22:21:49Z")
I wanted to tell ansible with this script that the packer has to activate to generate a packer image file that then talks to proxmox via an API. Below is the ansible script I’m trying with: name: Check and run Packer … --- ## [What's up with community.proxmox?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-up-with-community-proxmox/5189)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-up-with-community-proxmox/5189 "2025-06-08T14:28:32Z")
Hi @proxmox-collection, what’s the state of / roadmap for community.proxmox? The feature freeze for Ansible 10 is coming up soon (~three weeks left), which coincides with the community.general 9.0.0 release. If we want t… --- ## [What's up with proxmox.community?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-up-with-proxmox-community/41697)
**Author:** [@crossroads](https://forum.ansible.com/u/crossroads)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-up-with-proxmox-community/41697 "2025-06-08T14:27:28Z")
The title of the previous topic slightly tickled me for some reason, so I couldn’t resist re-using it. :slightly\_smiling\_face: I’ve spent the past several weeks doing a deep dive (for a newbie) into ansible with the aim… --- ## [Proxmox: Override VM name in dynamic inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-override-vm-name-in-dynamic-inventory/42452)
**Author:** [@brazzledazzleday](https://forum.ansible.com/u/brazzledazzleday)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-override-vm-name-in-dynamic-inventory/42452 "2025-05-06T20:14:30Z")
I am using the Proxmox dynamic inventory community plugin and it is working. I name my Proxmox VMs like this: hostname-os-LastTwoIpOctets. For example, ns1-deb-10.10. ns1 is the hostname without the domain suffix — t… --- ## [Integration test environment for Proxmox Collection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integration-test-environment-for-proxmox-collection/42025)
**Author:** [@Thulium-Drake](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thulium-Drake)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integration-test-environment-for-proxmox-collection/42025 "2025-05-01T20:19:01Z")
Hi folks! As some of you might have seen, the Proxmox collection is springing to life! We now have a Github repo (GitHub - ansible-collections/community.proxmox, \<3 @felixfontein and @gundalow for helping getting it int… --- ## [Proxmox inventory plugin: get secrets from vault.yml](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-plugin-get-secrets-from-vault-yml/40868)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-plugin-get-secrets-from-vault-yml/40868 "2025-03-10T18:34:43Z")
Hello, I use the proxmox inventory plugin and would like to use the secrets from group\_vars/all for the api secret. I use the follwing folder structure: inventory/ ├── group\_vars │ └── all │ ├── vars.yml │ … --- ## [Specify file location with disk (with community proxmox\_vm)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/specify-file-location-with-disk-with-community-proxmox-vm/40337)
**Author:** [@SpiderUnderUrBed](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SpiderUnderUrBed)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/specify-file-location-with-disk-with-community-proxmox-vm/40337 "2025-02-18T21:51:55Z")
Currently I would appreciate it if anyone was able to help me figure out how to specify a location for my disk file in ansible, I had a look at the docs for community.general.proxmox\_kvm, and I could not find a option … --- ## [Community.general.proxmox\_disk: Parameter mixup?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-proxmox-disk-parameter-mixup/40280)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-proxmox-disk-parameter-mixup/40280 "2025-02-14T19:47:03Z")
Hello, I have a strange issue with creating disks on a proxmox hos, I get the error: “Unable to create/update disk scsi1 in VM 105: 500 Internal Server Error: unable to parse zfs volume name ‘1G’”: - name: Set user… --- ## [Playbook fails using "dict2items"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-fails-using-dict2items/39812)
**Author:** [@DarkPhily](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DarkPhily)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-fails-using-dict2items/39812 "2025-01-27T16:15:01Z")
Hi :wave: I have issues with dict2items. It fails on my proxmox ubuntu VMs. The test playbook I use is following: - name: Test loop with lists hosts: localhost gather\_facts: no vars: test: test\_key\_1: … --- ## [How to handle local pipenv?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-local-pipenv/39550)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-local-pipenv/39550 "2025-01-11T11:16:40Z")
Hello, I use a separate pipenv for executing ansible: pipenv run ansible-playbook -v tests/test\_pip.yml Now I have a playbook, that requires proxmoxer installed in the local pipenv: name: test pipenv handling host… --- ## [Proxmox inventory no such user error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-no-such-user-error/10927)
**Author:** [@RustyRaptor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RustyRaptor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-no-such-user-error/10927 "2024-11-18T19:08:03Z")
My goal is to be able to generate my inventory based on the VMs available on proxmox. I am trying to use an api token. I get no such user error. I thought it was because I’m using a pam user since the docs show using a … --- ## [Help with json results in a loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-json-results-in-a-loop/10154)
**Author:** [@SixteenOne](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SixteenOne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-json-results-in-a-loop/10154 "2024-10-10T13:16:58Z")
I am trying new things to try and push my learning with Ansible. I have been using Dynamic Inventories with my Proxmox Servers, but wanted to try out Netbox to record all of my VM’s I have created a task to retrieve the… --- ## [Proxmox pct connetion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-pct-connetion/5994)
**Author:** [@mietzen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mietzen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-pct-connetion/5994 "2024-05-26T14:34:26Z")
Hi, wanted to build a connection plugin similar to lxc. It should directly connect into the container on a proxmox host that is not reachable via ssh. This is my code so far (NOT finished): https://github.com/mietzen/… --- ## [Attach existing disk to proxmox vm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/attach-existing-disk-to-proxmox-vm/4291)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/attach-existing-disk-to-proxmox-vm/4291 "2024-03-10T12:50:34Z")
Hello! I created a VM in Proxmox and imported a disk from a image. It is visible as “Unused Disk 0” in Proxmox. How can I attach it as scsi0? I tried: - name: Import root disk (2) delegate\_to: pve1 co… [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/proxmox/341.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=proxmox)