README.md

Ansible Role: manage-lvm 1.0

This role helps you create a disk partition, add it to a Volume Group (VG), create a Logical Volume (LV), mount the filesystem, and set permissions. You can use boolean options to turn features on or off.

Requirements

You need Ansible version 2.2 or later. Check the metadata file for platform requirements.

Role Variables

Here are the available variables and their default values:

Create Partition Table and Primary Disk Partition

Do you want to create a partition table or partition the disk?
partion_disk: false
label: msdos

Default Parted Optimization

parted_optimization: optimal

Disk Partitioning - Whole Size

partitions:

• {'partition_type': 'primary', 'start_point': '0%', 'end_point': '100%'}

Enable/Disable VG/LV Creation and Filesystem Management

create_vg: false
create_lv: false
fs_manage: false

Load Profile for VG/LV

profile: empty

Filesystem Type Based on RHEL Major Version

fstype_OS: rhel7-xfs/rhel6-ext4/rhel5-ext3 - or set this with a variable

Example Profile

profile: list_name	
list_name:
- device: "/dev/sdc"
  pvname: "/dev/sdc1"
  vgname: VolumeGroupNameVG
  lvs:
    - { lvname: fs01_lv, size: 60G, fstype: "{{ fstype_OS }}", mntpoint: "/fs01", user: user, group: user }
    - { lvname: fs02_lv, size: 10G, fstype: "{{ fstype_OS }}", mntpoint: "/fs01/fs02", user: user, group: user }

Dependencies

This role does not depend on any other roles.

Example Playbook

1. Create a filesystem structure for a WebLogic server.
2. Create a filesystem structure for both WebLogic and Apache servers using this role twice.

License

GPLv3