create-vm.yml

---
- name: define and start a new VM
  hosts: "{{ vm_host }}"
  become: false

  tasks:
  - name: get VM state
    command: virsh domstate {{ vm_name }}
    register: vm_state
    changed_when: false
    ignore_errors: true
  - fail: msg="VM called {{ vm_name }} exists"
    when: vm_state.rc is defined and vm_state.rc == 0

  - name: create a volume
    command: >
      virsh vol-create-as {{ virt.pool_name }} {{ vm_name }} {{ vm_vol_size }} --format raw
    args:
      creates: "{{ virt.volume_path }}"

  - name: initialize volume with an image
    command: >
      virsh -k0 vol-upload --pool {{ virt.pool_name }} {{ vm_name }} {{ virt.image_path }}

  - name: define a VM
    virt:
      name: "{{ vm_name }}"
      command: define
      xml: "{{ lookup('template', 'template/vm-template.xml.j2') }}"
      uri: qemu:///system
    register: def

  - debug: var=def

  - name: start the VM
    virt:
      name: "{{ vm_name }}"
      state: running
      uri: qemu:///system