Searches for template names instead of ids

roles/proxmox_lxc/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-lxc_template_id: "128"
+lxc_template_name: "ubuntu24lxc"
 lxc_template_hostname: "ubuntu24lxc"

roles/proxmox_lxc/tasks/main.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: "Target node {{ target_node }} will use storage: {{ target_storage }}"
 
+- name: Get list of LXC containers on target node
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: "https://{{ proxmox_api_host }}:8006/api2/json/nodes/{{ target_node }}/lxc"
+    method: GET
+    headers:
+      Authorization: "PVEAPIToken={{ proxmox_api_user }}!{{ proxmox_api_token_id }}={{ proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
+    validate_certs: false
+  register: lxc_list
+
+- name: Find template VMID by name
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    lxc_template_id: "{{ (lxc_list.json.data | selectattr('name', 'equalto', lxc_template_name) | first).vmid }}"
+
+- name: Display found template
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "Found template '{{ lxc_template_name }}' with VMID {{ lxc_template_id }} on {{ target_node }}"
+
 - name: Clone LXC from template on target node
   community.proxmox.proxmox:
     api_host: "{{ proxmox_api_host }}"

roles/proxmox_vm/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-vm_template_id: "118"
+vm_template_name: "ubuntu24vm"
 vm_template_hostname: "ubuntu24vm"

roles/proxmox_vm/tasks/main.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: "Target node {{ target_node }} will use storage: {{ target_storage }}"
 
+- name: Get list of VMs on target node
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: "https://{{ proxmox_api_host }}:8006/api2/json/nodes/{{ target_node }}/qemu"
+    method: GET
+    headers:
+      Authorization: "PVEAPIToken={{ proxmox_api_user }}!{{ proxmox_api_token_id }}={{ proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
+    validate_certs: false
+  register: vm_list
+
+- name: Find template VMID by name
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    vm_template_id: "{{ (vm_list.json.data | selectattr('name', 'equalto', vm_template_name) | first).vmid }}"
+
+- name: Display found template
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "Found template '{{ vm_template_name }}' with VMID {{ vm_template_id }} on {{ target_node }}"
+
 - name: Clone VM from template on target node
   community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
     api_host: "{{ proxmox_api_host }}"