tinyblargon.autofs

Ansible Role: autofs

Install and configure autofs. Creates and removes mountpoints as needed.

Requirements

N/A

Role Variables

Defaults

Variable Name	Type	Default Value	Description
autofs_maps:	list map	[]	List of mountpoints, see: Autofs_maps.
autofs_options:	string	""	String of options, these options will be the default for all mountpoints.
autofs_state:	string	"present"	When `"present"` autofs will be installed, configured and the mount point will be created. When `"absent"` autofs and its files and all specified mounts and mountpoints will be removed.
autofs_use_misc_device:	bool	true	If `true` `USE_MISC_DEVICE="yes"` in `default/autofs`.
autofs_slash_substitute:	string	"~"	Character to substitute with `/`. NOTE: don't change this if you already have mountpoints configured.

Autofs_maps

Variable Name	Required	Type	Default Value	Description
mountpoint:	yes	string	""	path to the mountpoint, can also be `"/-"`.
options:	no	string	""	Options for the mountpoint.
mounts:	no	list map	[]	List of mounts, see: Mounts. When mounts are added or marked as `absent` autofs will temporarily remove this mountpoint from the config, in order to update the filesystem.
state:	no	string	"present"	When `"present"` the mountpoint will be created, when `"absent"` the mountpoint and all mounts in it will be removed form the config and file system.

Please note that when mounts is empty, the mountpoint will be removed regardless of state is "present" or "absent".

Mounts

Variable Name	Required	Type	Default Value	Description
path:	yes	string	""	Path to the local folder that will act as a mount. Please note that when this is changed the `mountpoint:` will temporarily be removed from the config.
dest:	yes	string	""	Remote path in autofs syntax, take note that as in the autofs syntax some charters require escaping.
options:	no	string	""	Options for how to connect to the `dest:`.
state:	no	string	"present"	When `"present"` the mount will be created in the file system. when `"absent"` the mount will be removed from the file system. please take note that the `mountpoint:` will temporarily be removed from the config.

Dependencies

N/A

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: tinyblargon.autofs
      vars:
        autofs_maps:
          - mountpoint: /mnt
            options: "--timeout 120"
            mounts:
              - path: backup
                options: "-fstype=nfs4,rw,soft,noexec"
                dest: "backup.example.com:/backup"
          - mountpoint: /-
            mounts:
              - path: "/var/www"
                dest: "data.example.com:/www"
                options: "-fstype=nfs4,r,soft,noexec"
              - path: "/root/opt"
                dest: "/opt/test"
                options: "-fstype=bind"
        autofs_options: "--timeout 60"
        autofs_state: "present"
        autofs_use_misc_device: true
        autofs_slash_substitute: "~"

License

MIT

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Install and configure autofs. Creates and removes mountpoints as needed.

role autofs mount mountpoints

Install

ansible-galaxy install tinyblargon.autofs

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Owner

Okean

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