Kernel Crash Dump

This is an Ansible role that sets up kdump.

Requirements

• Ansible version 2.12 or higher
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or a similar version

Role Variables

You can use the following variables:

• kdump_crash_path: Where to save kernel crash dump files
• kdump_core_collector_args: Options for the core collector configuration (not set by default)
• kdump_dracut_device: The device to mount at a specified mount point (not set by default)
• kdump_dracut_mountpoint: The location where the device will be mounted (not set by default)
• kdump_dracut_filesystem_type: The type of filesystem for the device in its initramfs (not set by default)
• kdump_dracut_filesystem_options: Options for the filesystem (not set by default)

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: ahmam.kdump }

License

MIT

Author Information

Ahmed Mamlouk
Email: ahmed.mamlouk@gmail.com