From 6ae2ae87c040037c0381d474cc75598eb8ffe12b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Zalewski <59970525+ProfessorManhattan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 22:52:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update qubesformation.py

---
 action_plugins/qubesformation.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/action_plugins/qubesformation.py b/action_plugins/qubesformation.py
index d975592..4a3a510 100644
--- a/action_plugins/qubesformation.py
+++ b/action_plugins/qubesformation.py
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ def generate_datastructure(vms, task_vars):
     dc = collections.OrderedDict
     d = dc()
     for n, data in vms.items():
+        # This block will skip any VMs that are not in the 'vms' variable
+        # This allows you to deploy in multiple stages which is useful in cases
+        # where you want to create a template after another template is already provisioned.
+        if hasattr(task_vars, 'vms'):
+            if n not in task_vars['vms']:
+                continue
+            fi
+        fi
+        
         qubes = data['qubes']
         d[task_vars['hostvars'][n]['inventory_hostname_short']] = dc(qvm=['vm'])
         vm = d[task_vars['hostvars'][n]['inventory_hostname_short']]