feat: Allow specifying container ID during LXC creation, ensure explicit start, and update README with proxmoxer dependency.

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
 ```
 

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 }}"