Ansible Role: Netatalk

Simple ansible role, which can be run on Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 to:

• build netatalk (http://netatalk.sourceforge.net) service from source code
• pack it into .deb archive using checkinstall
• install it on the same system
• create directory and expose it for Time Machine Backups

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Default variables:

netatalk_version: '3.1.11'
netatalk_url: 'http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/netatalk/netatalk-{{ netatalk_version }}.tar.gz?download'
netatalk_timemachine_path: /mnt/TimeMachine
netatalk_timemachine_vol_size_limit: 512000
netatalk_timemachine_valid_users:

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: netatalk }

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created in 2016 by Michal Schott.