Ansible Role for Backups with Samba Share

This ansible role configures autofs to mount a samba share and configure a script to run regular backups.

Role Variables

There are three required variables you need to set:

• backup_smb_user: the user that will access the backup cloud
• backup_smb_password: the password for this user
• backup_script: The shell commands to run for creating a backup

Have a look at the defaults to see all variables and how to set them.

Example Playbook

Your playbook, could look like this:

- hosts: all
  become: true
    - role: uos.smb_backup
      vars:
        backup_smb_share: //smb.example.com/backup
        backup_smb_user: samba_user
        backup_smb_password: samba_user_password
        backup_script: |
          FILENAME="{{ backup_mountpoint }}/$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S').sql.gz"
          mysqldump -u root dbname | gzip > "${FILENAME}"

License

BSD-3-Clause