initialization fixed

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ This playbook automates the installation and setup of the **stable** version of
 ## Post-Installation Instructions
 
 After the playbook completes successfully:
-
 1.  **Configure User Access:**
 
     Refresh group membership.
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ After the playbook completes successfully:
      ```bash
     newgrp incus-admin
     ```
-
 2.  **Verify Setup:** 
 
     You can test the installation by running.
@@ -45,7 +43,22 @@ After the playbook completes successfully:
     incus --version
     ```
 
-3.  **Enable and Access the Incus Web UI:**
+3.  **Check Incus Initialization:**
+    
+    Try checking the storage:
+
+    ```bash
+    incus storage show default
+    ```
+    > If the display is: 'Error: Storage pool not found' then initialize it through interactive mode:
+
+    Try interactive mode if initialization failed:
+
+    ```bash
+    incus admin init
+    ```
+
+4.  **Enable and Access the Incus Web UI:**
 
     Enable port 8443:
 
@@ -62,7 +75,7 @@ After the playbook completes successfully:
 
     > Follow the self-signed certificate instructions when prompted for mLTS
 
-4. **Incus Network - Access Containers by Name (Optional):** 
+5. **Incus Network - Access Containers by Name (Optional):** 
 
     Configuring name-to-IP resolution so the host OS can reach Incus containers using their names.
     

playbook.yml

@@ -65,17 +65,29 @@
         name: [incus, incus-client, incus-ui-canonical, ufw]
         state: present
 
-    - name: Check if Incus is already initialized (by checking for default storage pool)
+    - name: Check if Incus storage pool 'default' exists
       command: incus storage show default
       register: incus_check
       failed_when: false
       changed_when: false
 
+    - name: Check if Incus bridge 'incusbr0' exists
+      command: incus network show incusbr0
+      register: net_check
+      failed_when: false
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Check if default profile exists
+      command: incus profile show default
+      register: profile_check
+      failed_when: false
+      changed_when: false
+
     - name: Initialize Incus daemon with preseed file (if not already initialized)
       script: init-incus.sh
       args:
         chdir: "{{ playbook_dir }}"
-      when: incus_check.rc != 0
+      when: incus_check.rc != 0 and net_check.rc != 0 and profile_check.rc != 0
 
     - name: Add target user to the incus-admin group for passwordless access
       user: