Kernel Crash Dump

An ansible role which configures kdump.

Requirements

Ansible 2.12 or higher Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or equivalent

Role Variables

Currently the following variables are supported:

• kdump_crash_path - the path in which to store kernel crash dump files
• kdump_core_collector_args - parameters/options to pass into the core collector configuration (not configured by default)
• kdump_dracut_device - the location of a device to mount onto a specified mountpoint (not configured by default)
• kdump_dracut_mountpoint - the location a specified device is to be mounted (not configured by default)
• kdump_dracut_filesystem_type - the type of filesystem of the device in its initramfs (not configured by default)
• kdump_dracut_filesystem_options - configuration options for the filesystem (not configured by default)

Example Playbook

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

License

MIT

Author Information

Ahmed Mamlouk ahmed.mamlouk@gmail.com