Add support for Debian GNU/Linux and derivatives

Author: jovial

meta/main.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ galaxy_info:
     - name: EL
       versions:
         - 7
+    - name: Ubuntu
+      versions:
+        - all
+    - name: Debian
+      versions:
+        - all
   galaxy_tags:
     - cloud
     - kvm

tasks/install.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 ---
-- name: Ensure the libvirt package is installed
-  yum:
+
+- name: gather os specific variables
+  include_vars: "{{ item }}"
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version}}.yml"
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
+    - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+  tags: vars
+
+- name: Ensure libvirt packages are installed
+  package:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: installed
-  with_items:
-    - libvirt
-    - libvirt-daemon-kvm
-    - libvirt-python
-    - python-lxml
-    - qemu-kvm
+  with_items: "{{ libvirt_host_libvirt_packages }}"
   become: True
 
 # NOTE: QEMU emulators are available in EPEL.
@@ -18,9 +22,10 @@
     state: installed
   when: libvirt_host_qemu_emulators | length > 0
   become: True
+  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
 
 - name: Ensure QEMU emulator packages are installed
-  yum:
+  package:
     name: "{{ package }}"
     state: installed
   with_items: "{{ libvirt_host_qemu_emulators }}"

vars/Debian.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+# List of libvirt package dependencies.
+libvirt_host_libvirt_packages:
+  - libvirt-bin
+  - qemu-kvm

vars/RedHat.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# List of libvirt package dependencies.
+libvirt_host_libvirt_packages:
+  - libvirt
+  - libvirt-daemon-kvm
+  - libvirt-python
+  - python-lxml
+  - qemu-kvm