Ansible Role: Samba (SMB)

This role installs the Samba client and server on RHEL/CentOS systems.

It is a customized version of the original role found at https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-samba.

Requirements

To work correctly, Samba needs the following ports open: 137, 138, 139, and 445. You can use the geerlingguy.firewall role for easy firewall setup.

Role Variables

There are no specific variables for this role.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies for this role.

Example Playbook

Here’s a simple example of a playbook using this role:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - geerlingguy.samba

License

This role is licensed under MIT / BSD.

Author Information

Jeff Geerling created this role in 2014. He is also the author of Ansible for DevOps.