ansible-role-keepalived

Role for managing keepalived

Dependencies

Roles

None

Collections

• ansible.posix
• community.general

Platforms

Supported platforms

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10¹
• RockyLinux 8
• RockyLinux 9
• RockyLinux 10
• OracleLinux 8
• OracleLinux 9
• OracleLinux 10
• AlmaLinux 8
• AlmaLinux 9
• AlmaLinux 10
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian 13 (Trixie)
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Note: ¹ : no automated testing is performed on these platforms

Role Variables

defaults/main.yml

# VRRP broadcast network address
keepalived_broadcast: '224.0.0.0/8'

# list of VRRP instances (virtual/floating IP)
# each item consists of : name, virtual_router_idm cluster_ip, authentication, pass(phrase)
keepalived_vrrp_instances: []

# list of VRRP sync groups
keepalived_vrrp_sync_groups: []

# keepalive role based on ansible role
keepalived_role: "{{ 'master' if (inventory_hostname in groups['keepalived_master']) else 'backup' }}"

# User for running keepalived script
keepalived_script_user: keepalived_script

# global options
keepalived_global_options:
  vrrp_skip_check_adv_addr:
  vrrp_garp_interval: 0
  vrrp_gna_interval: 0
  enable_script_security:
  script_user: "{{ keepalived_script_user }}"

keepalived_vrrp_scripts:
  - name: chk_haproxy
    options:
      script: '"/bin/pidof haproxy"'
      interval: 5
      init_fail:

# Sysctl settings
keepalived_sysctl_settings:
  'net.ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind': '1'  # Allow binding on non-local addresses

defaults/family-Debian.yml

keepalived_packages:
  - keepalived
  - procps

defaults/family-RedHat.yml

keepalived_packages:
  - ipvsadm
  - keepalived
  - procps

Example Playbook

molecule/default/converge.yml

- name: sample playbook for role 'keepalived'
  hosts: all
  vars:
    keepalived_vrrp_sync_groups:
      - name: SG1
        members:
          - vrrp1
          - vrrp2
    keepalived_vrrp_instances:
      - name: vrrp1
        options:
          interface: eth0
          virtual_router_id: 1
          state: '{{ ''MASTER'' if keepalived_role == ''master'' else ''BACKUP'' }}'
          priority: '{{ 150 if keepalived_role == ''master'' else 100 }}'
          advert_int: 1
          version: 2
        cluster_ip: 172.17.0.100
        authentication: true
        auth_type: PASS
        auth_pass: TEST1
      - name: vrrp2
        options:
          interface: eth0
          virtual_router_id: 2
          state: '{{ ''MASTER'' if keepalived_role == ''master'' else ''BACKUP'' }}'
          priority: '{{ 150 if keepalived_role == ''master'' else 100 }}'
          advert_int: 1
          version: 2
        cluster_ip: 172.17.0.200
        authentication: true
        auth_type: AH
        auth_pass: TEST2
  tasks:
    - name: Include role 'keepalived'
      include_role:
        name: keepalived