environments/vagrant/expand_virtualbox_disk.yml

---
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  vars:
    vbox_manage: 'VBoxManage'
    vmdk_path: '~/.vagrant.d/boxes/uclbioresource-VAGRANTSLASH-oracle68/1.0.0/virtualbox'
    original_hd: '{{ vmdk_path }}/box-disk1.vmdk'
    resize_hd: '{{ vmdk_path }}/resized-box-disk1.vdi'
    swap_hd: '{{ vmdk_path }}/swap-box-disk1.vmdk'
    size: '32678'

  tasks:
  - name: Check for existing resize hd
    stat:
      path: '{{ resize_hd }}'
    register: exists
    tags:
    - clean

  - name: Remove existing resize hd
    ignore_errors: yes
    shell: "{{ vbox_manage }} closemedium {{ resize_hd }}"
    register: exists.stat.exists
    tags:
    - clean

  - name: Remove existing resize hd file if it still remains
    file:
      path: '{{ resize_hd }}'
      state: absent
    register: exists.stat.exists
    tags:
    - clean

  - name: Clone and reformat hd
    shell: "{{ vbox_manage }} clonehd {{ original_hd }} {{ resize_hd }} --format VDI"
    tags:
    - clone

  - name: Resize hd
    shell: "{{ vbox_manage }} modifyhd {{ resize_hd }} --resize {{ size }}"
    tags:
    - resize

  - name: Reformat resized hd for swap
    shell: "{{ vbox_manage }} clonehd {{ original_hd }} {{ swap_hd }} --format VMDK"
    tags:
    - format

  - name: Removed interim resize
    shell: "{{ vbox_manage }} closemedium {{ resize_hd }}"
    tags:
    - remove

#  - name: Remove original_hd
#    shell: "{{ vbox_manage }} closemedium {{ original_hd }}"
#    tags:
#    - remove

  - name: Rename swap file to original
    copy:
      src: '{{ swap_hd }}'
      dest: '{{ original_hd }}'
      force: yes
    tags:
    - rename

#  - name: Attached resized hd to vm
#    shell: "{{ vbox_manage }} modifyvm {{ vm_id }} --hda {{ original_hd }}"
#    tags:
#    - attach