Ansible role: samba

Ansible role to install and configure samba on Linux

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Users and their passwords in the samba database can be declared using the samba_users variable:

samba_users:
  - name: sambauser
    password: sambapassword

Shares can be described using the samba_shares variable:

samba_shares:
  - name: Data
    comment: Shared files
    path: /srv/samba/data
    writable: true
    guest_ok: false
    shared_dir_owner: sambauser
    shared_dir_group: sambauser
    shared_dir_mode: '755'

The packages installed by this role are declared using the samba_packages variable:

samba_packages:
  - samba

The services started and enabled at boot are declared using the samba_services variable:

samba_services:
  - smbd
  - nmbd

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - role: egdoc.samba
      samba_users:
        - name: sambauser
          password: sambapassword
      samba_shares:
        - name: Data
          comment: Shared files
          path: /srv/samba/data
          writable: false
          guest_ok: false

License

GPLv2

Author Information

Role created by Egidio Docile