feat: use builtin virtualisation detection

tasks/apk/packages.yaml

@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@
       community.general.apk:
         name: "qemu-guest-agent"
         state: "absent"
-      when: 'type == "lxc"'
+      when: "ansible_virtualization_type == 'lxc'"
+
 
     # install qemu-guest-agent
     - name: "install qemu-guest-agent"
       community.general.apk:
         name: "qemu-guest-agent"
         state: "present"
-      when: 'type == "vm"'
+      when: "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"
 
     # clean cache
     - name: "clean cache"

tasks/apt/cleanup.yaml

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
       ansible.builtin.command: "fstrim /"
       changed_when: false
       failed_when: false
-      when: 'type == "vm"'
+      when: "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"

tasks/apt/update.yaml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         cmd: "fstrim /"
       changed_when: false
       failed_when: false
-      when: 'type == "vm"'
+      when: "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"
 
     # check for reboots
     - name: "check if reboot required"

tasks/cron.yaml

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     group: "root"
     mode: "0644"
   when:
-    - 'type == "lxc"'
     - "ansible_os_family == 'Debian'"
+    - "ansible_virtualization_type == 'lxc'"
   tags: "cron"
 
 # configure cron

tasks/main.yaml

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 - name: "swap"
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: "swap.yaml"
   when:
-    - 'type == "vm"'
     - "ansible_os_family =='Debian'"
+    - "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"
   tags: "swap"
 
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 # chrony
 - name: "ntp"
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: "ntp.yaml"
-  when: 'type == "vm" or type == "hw"'
+  when: "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"
   tags: "ntp"
 
 # flush handler
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
 - name: "lxd"
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: "lxd.yaml"
   when:
-    - 'type == "vm"'
     - "ansible_os_family =='Debian'"
+    - "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"
   tags: "lxd"
 
 # flush handler
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 # sysctl
 - name: "sysctl - set sysctl"
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: "sysctl.yaml"
-  when: 'type == "vm" or type == "hw"'
+  when: "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"
   tags: "sysctl"
 
 # systemctl
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@
   loop_control:
     loop_var: "__systemctl"
   when:
-    - 'type == "vm"'
     - "ansible_os_family =='Debian'"
+    - "ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'"
   tags: "systemctl"
 
 # syslog

templates/cron/alpine-root.j2

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 # disable swap
 @reboot swapoff -a
 
-{% if type == 'vm' %}
+{% if ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm' %}
 # flush caches every 2 hours
 0       */2     *       *       *       echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 {% endif %}
 
-# update packages between 3:15-3:30 am
+# update packages on sunday between 3:15-3:30 am
 15      3       *       *       0       sleep $(($RANDOM % 900)) && apk -U upgrade >/dev/null 2>&1 && apk clean cache && reboot -d 60