From a529b84a3c5af55e2968f70c8a019eb441b524c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maksym Buz <buz.maxim@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 11:13:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Allow specifying container ID during LXC creation,
 ensure explicit start, and update README with `proxmoxer` dependency.

---
 README.md                |  3 ++-
 playbooks/create_lxc.yml | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d994d7..0c823d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ This Ansible setup is designed to automate the configuration and maintenance of
 To use the provisioning playbooks (`create_lxc.yml`), you must configure Proxmox API access.
 
 ### 1. Requirements on Control Node
-Install `community.general` collection:
+Install `community.general` collection and `proxmoxer` python library:
 ```bash
+sudo apt install python3-proxmoxer  # OR pip3 install proxmoxer requests
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
 ```
 
diff --git a/playbooks/create_lxc.yml b/playbooks/create_lxc.yml
index 22becfa..3e0191d 100644
--- a/playbooks/create_lxc.yml
+++ b/playbooks/create_lxc.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     - name: container_ip
       prompt: "Enter the IP address (CIDR format preferred, or I will append /24) e.g., 10.0.0.123"
       private: no
+    - name: container_id
+      prompt: "Enter the Container ID (VMID) e.g., 105"
+      private: no
 
   tasks:
     - name: Normalize IP address (append /24 if missing)
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@
         node: "{{ proxmox_node }}"
         storage: "{{ proxmox_storage }}"
         ostemplate: '{{ proxmox_storage }}:vztmpl/ubuntu-24.04-standard_24.04-2_amd64.tar.zst'
+        vmid: "{{ container_id }}"
         hostname: "{{ container_name }}"
         password: "TempPassword123!" # Temporary password, will be disabled by lxc_setup
         netif:
@@ -33,12 +37,21 @@
         cores: 2
         memory: 1024
         swap: 512
-        state: started
+        state: present
         unprivileged: yes
         features:
           - nesting=1
       register: proxmox_creation
 
+    - name: Start the container
+      community.general.proxmox:
+        api_host: "{{ proxmox_host | default('10.0.0.1') }}"
+        api_user: "{{ proxmox_api_user }}"
+        api_token_id: "{{ proxmox_api_token_id }}"
+        api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
+        vmid: "{{ container_id }}"
+        state: started
+
     - name: Wait for container to be reachable
       wait_for:
         host: "{{ container_ip_cidr | split('/') | first }}"