Disable the management of /etc/hosts by Proxmox

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+## v1.0.2
+
+### Enhancements
+* Disable the management of /etc/hosts by Proxmox.
+
 ## v1.0.1
 
-## Enhancements
+### Enhancements
 * Add example playbook.
 * localhost line sould not contain hostname information (see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_hostname_resolution).
 * Purge /etc/hosts of multiple lines that contains $HOSTNAME without the default ipv4 ip address.

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Manage some basics configuration for IPR's servers.
 * **basics__hosts_localhost_content** : Content of the localhost (127.0.0.1) line [default : `localhost.localdomain localhost`].
 * **basics__hosts_ipv4_manage** : If the ipv4 address line should be managed [default : `false`].
 * **basics__hosts_ipv4_content** : Content of the ipv4 address line [default : `{{ ansible_hostname }}.{{ basics__domain }} {{ ansible_hostname }}`].
+* **basics__proxmox_disable_hosts** : Disable the management of **/etc/hosts** file by Proxmox for LXC containers [default : `True`].
 
 ## Example Playbook
 
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ Ensure to have the correct fqdn and hostname in /etc/hosts :
 - You can choose to define the permanent ip (ipv4) line content.
   - All other lines that contains hostname without this permanent ip address will be removed.
 
+For LXC containers, also ensure to disable the management of /etc/hosts by Proxmox :
+- Touch a /etc/.pve-ignore.hosts file.
+
 ## Development
 
 This source code comes from our [Gogs instance][basics source] and the [Github repo][basics github] exist just to be able to send the role to Ansible Galaxy…

defaults/main.yml

@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ basics__hosts_localhost_content: "localhost.localdomain localhost"
 basics__hosts_ipv4_manage: false
 basics__hosts_ipv4_content: "{{ ansible_hostname }}.{{ basics__domain }} {{ ansible_hostname }}"
 
+# Proxmox
+basics__proxmox_disable_hosts: True

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for basics
 
-## Modify /etc/hosts
+## Modify /etc/hosts {{{
 
 - name: Config host - Set 127.0.0.1 line in hosts file
   lineinfile:
@@ -33,3 +33,13 @@
          ansible_default_ipv4.address is defined)
 
 ## }}}
+
+## Proxmox {{{
+
+- name: Disable modification of /etc/hosts by Proxmox
+  file:
+    path: /etc/.pve-ignore.hosts
+    state: '{{ "touch" if basics__proxmox_disable_hosts else "absent" }}'
+  when:  ansible_virtualization_type == "lxc"
+
+## }}}