Hardware defaults should merge with input about ansible-collection-jm1-libvirt HOT 3 CLOSED

We cannot merge user input with default fields because then users would have no way of removing fields they do not want to pass to virt-install. The current style follows Ansible's way of specifying defaults: Either do not specify parameter hardware and be happy with its default or specify hardware with the a value you want it to be.

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How about defining a default_hardware so that one can call a set_facts with hardware | combine(default_hardware) for the necessary role?

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Customizations like virtual-machines-share-most-hardware-specs-but-differ-in-minor-aspects are better handled through inventory group_vars and host_vars instead of trying to add more and more variables to a role such as jm1.libvirt.server.

hardware in jm1.libvirt.server already allows maximum flexibility and thus does not have to be extended. Adding more variables to that role to tweak hardware a bit for your use case will not add any flexibility for others, hence you are looking at the wrong place. Try to grasp the power of Ansible's variable system, variable precedence rules and inventories!

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