get it actually working, with the correct cloudimage and stuff ;P

create-vm.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     - name: vmname
       prompt: Name of the VM
       private: no
-    - name: image_capacity
+    - name: hdd
       prompt: Disk capacity
       private: no
       default: 10G
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
       private: no
       default: 1
   become: false
+  gather_subset: ['!all']
   roles:
     - create-vm

roles/create-vm/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-image_url: https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/latest/debian-11-nocloud-amd64.qcow2
-image_checksum: fd77540aa77f4f5ed3a817d530adfc52d142e93e61c73a85f15422a68c56dcbd39799e5bb2195e521f99a8fa301fa6bf07a478cd27bd380d4c7054901b4c8256
-base_image: "{{ image_url | urlsplit('path') | basename }}"
-images_dir: /var/vm/
-os: debian11
-vm_host_bridge_interface: eno1
-recreate: false

roles/create-vm/tasks/create_hostvars.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     module: template
     src: vm_hostvars.j2
     dest: ./host_vars/{{ vmname }}/vars.yml
-    #mode: 0666
 
 - name: add vm to hosts
   local_action:

roles/create-vm/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+- include_vars: vault
+
 - name: check if vm name exists in hostvars
   local_action: stat path="host_vars/{{ vmname }}" 
   register: register_name
@@ -7,13 +9,9 @@
   debug:
     msg: "The file or directory exists"
   failed_when: register_name.stat.exists
-  when: 
-    - register_name.stat.exists
-    - not recreate
 
 - name: add new vm to hostvars
   include_tasks: create_hostvars.yml
-  when: not recreate
 
 - name: install libvirt and co
   package:
@@ -50,10 +48,12 @@
     url: '{{ image_url }}'
     dest: '{{ images_dir }}'
     checksum: 'sha512:{{ image_checksum }}'
+    owner: libvirt-qemu
+    group: libvirt-qemu
   when: not recent_cloudimage.matched
 
 - name: Create VM image from base image
-  command: qemu-img create -b {{ base_image }} -f qcow2 -F qcow2 {{ images_dir }}{{ vmname }}.img {{ image_capacity }}
+  command: qemu-img create -b {{ base_image }} -f qcow2 -F qcow2 {{ images_dir }}{{ vmname }}.img {{ hdd }}
 
 - name: Create user-data
   template:
@@ -65,16 +65,11 @@
     src: meta-data.j2
     dest: '{{ images_dir }}/meta-data'
 
-- name: Create cloud-init configuration image
-  command: genisoimage -output {{ images_dir }}/{{ vmname }}-cidata.iso -V cidata -r -J {{ images_dir }}/user-data {{ images_dir }}/meta-data
-  become: true
-
 - name: make sure setuid for qemu-bridge-helper is set
   file:
     path: /usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper
     mode: 04755
   become: true
 
-
 - name: Create the VM
-  command: virt-install --name={{ vmname }} --ram={{ ram }} --vcpus={{ vcpus }} --import --disk path={{ images_dir }}{{ vmname }}.img,format=qcow2 --disk path={{ images_dir }}{{ vmname }}-cidata.iso,device=cdrom --os-variant {{ os }} --network bridge=br0,model=virtio --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole
+  command: virt-install --name={{ vmname }} --ram={{ ram }} --vcpus={{ vcpus }} --import --disk path={{ images_dir }}{{ vmname }}.img,format=qcow2 --cloud-init meta-data={{ images_dir }}meta-data,user-data={{ images_dir }}user-data --os-variant {{ os }} --network bridge=br0,model=virtio --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole

roles/create-vm/templates/user-data.j2

@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
 #cloud-config
-locale: "de_DE.UTF-8"
-packages: 
-  - screen
-  - ripgrep
-  - ranger
-users:
-  - default:
+hostname: '{{ vmname }}'
+ssh_pwauth: false
+# sets authorized ssh-keys keys for probably all users
 ssh_authorized_keys:
-      - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIEGThAm6K/gH+36Q616He7Hykd3HEMVMifsbSlXuw9j7 carl@work
+{% for key in ssh_pubkeys %}
+      - {{ key }}
+# sets the default's users password
+password:{{ vms_pass }}
 
+##
+# use the following, to set individual user passwords
+##
+# chpasswd: 
+#   expire: false
+#   list:
+#     - user:{{ vms_pass }}
+#     - root:{{ vms_pass }}
+#
+# users:
+#  - name: user
+#    groups: sudo
+#    shell: /bin/bash
+#    ssh_authorized_keys:
+#{% for key in ssh_pubkeys %}
+#      - {{ key }}
+#{% endfor %}
+#  - name: root
+#    ssh_authorized_keys:
+#{% for key in ssh_pubkeys %}
+#      - {{ key }}
+#{% endfor %}

roles/create-vm/vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+image_url: https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/latest/debian-11-generic-amd64.qcow2
+image_checksum: b90e042b6d1ada948a34fda8fb8ae6d41358f490512f963e9abdd6f7864d97d0394f08a2df974d31df44bd19b84df8a9bfc396d5628ee7b2f695b4565db410e5
+base_image: "{{ image_url | urlsplit('path') | basename }}"
+images_dir: /var/vm/
+os: debian11
+vm_host_bridge_interface: eno1
+# create a new vault with this key in vars, to change the default login pass
+vms_pass: "{{ vaulted_vms_pass }}"