snapper
Ansible Role: aisbergg.snapper
This Ansible role installs and configures Snapper, a snapshot tool for Linux.
Requirements
To use Snapper, a compatible filesystem like Btrfs needs to be used on the machine.
Role Variables
Variable | Default | Comments |
---|---|---|
snapper_templates |
{} |
Dictionary (key-value pairs) of Snapper templates. The templates can be used, when using create-config manually. Available options for the templates can be looked up in the templates/snapper-config.j2 file. |
snapper_timer_timeline_enabled |
true |
Enable/Disable the timeline timer. |
snapper_timer_cleanup_enabled |
true |
Enable/Disable the cleanup timer. |
snapper_timer_boot_enabled |
false |
Enable/Disable the boot timer. |
snapper_configs |
[] |
List of Snapper configurations to be present on the system. |
snapper_configs.path |
Path to the volume (e.g. Btrfs subvolume). | |
snapper_configs.name |
Name of the configuration. | |
snapper_configs.vars |
{} |
Dictionary (key-value pairs) of configuration variables. Available variables can be looked up in the templates/snapper-config.j2 file. |
snapper_configs_absent |
[] |
List of Snapper configurations to be absent on the system. |
Example Playbook
- hosts: all
vars:
snapper_templates:
default:
TIMELINE_LIMIT_HOURLY: 2
TIMELINE_LIMIT_DAILY: 12
snapper_configs:
- path: /
name: root
vars:
TIMELINE_LIMIT_HOURLY: 2
TIMELINE_LIMIT_DAILY: 12
- path: /no/timeline
name: no-timeline
vars:
TIMELINE_CREATE: false
TIMELINE_CLEANUP: false
roles:
- aisbergg.snapper
License
MIT
Author Information
Andre Lehmann (aisberg@posteo.de)
Install
ansible-galaxy install aisbergg/ansible-role-snapper
License
mit
Downloads
13384
Owner
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