LVM Ansible role

Role to manage LVM Groups/Logical Volumes. Can be used to create, extend or resize LVM Groups and volumes.

Requirements

Devices/disks to be part of the LVM setup must be identified prior to using this role. Ensure that you select the correct devices/disks.

Role Variables

lvm_groups is a list containing vgs.

vgs

• vgname: uniq name
• disks: add disks/partitions to vg (comma separated)
• create: boolean (true => creates, false => deletes)
• lvnames: lv list (see bellow)

lvnames

• lvname: uniq name
• size: define size of lvol (ex: "10G", "512M"...)
• create: defines if lvol should exist or be removed...true or false
• filesystem: defines filesystem to format lvol as
• mount: defines if filesystem should be mounted
• mount_point: defines mountpoint
• mount_options: defines mount options (comma separated)

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  vars:
    lvm_apply: true
    lvm_groups:
      - vgname: misc-vg
        disks: /dev/sda5,/dev/sdc,/dev/sdd
        create: true
        lvnames:
          - lvname: swap_1
            size: 5g
            create: true
            filesystem:
            mount: false
          - lvname: mysql
            size: 40g
            create: true
            filesystem: ext4
            mount: true
            mount_point: /var/lib/mysql
            mount_options: 'defaults,noatime'
      # VG whitout LV
      - vgname: test-vg
        disks: /dev/sdb
        create: true
        lvnames: []

  roles:
     - HanXHX.lvm

License

BSD

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Author Information

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