create a snapshot before the update starts

playbooks/update-checkmk.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         var: checkmk_version.stdout
 
+    - name: Snapshot VM before update
+      become: false
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      community.proxmox.proxmox_snap:
+        api_host: "{{ proxmox_api_host }}"
+        api_user: "{{ proxmox_api_user }}"
+        api_token_id: "{{ proxmox_api_token_id }}"
+        api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_api_token_secret }}"
+        validate_certs: false
+        hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}"
+        snapname: "checkmk_{{ checkmk_version.stdout | replace('.', '_') | replace('-', '_') }}"
+        description: "Pre-update snapshot before checkmk {{ checkmk_version.stdout }}"
+        timeout: 120
+        state: present
+
     - name: Install new checkmk version
       vars:
         filename: "check-mk-raw-{{ checkmk_version.stdout }}_0.{{ ansible_facts.lsb.codename }}_amd64.deb"