ahuffman.lvm

Configures Logical Volume Groups, Logical Volumes, Filesystems, mount points, and fstab.

Variables

Variable Name	Description	Required	Default Value	Type
lvm_vgs	Defines logical volume groups	yes	[{}]	list of dictionaries.
lvm_lvs	Defines all aspects of logical volumes, including the volume's filesystem, ownership/permissions, and mountpoint in fstab.	yes	[{}]	list of dictionaries

lvm_vgs Parameters and Usage

lvm_vgs: Hash to define several Logical Volume Groups
    - name: volume group1: Arbitrary name of a Logical Volume Group
      vg: Logical Volume Group name to create
      pvs: List of physical volumes to construct the Logical Volume Group with
        - /dev/sdb
        - /dev/sdc

lvm_lvs Parameters and Usage

lvm_lvs: Hash to define several Logical Volumes
    - name: volume1: Arbitrary name of a Logical Volume
      vg: Volume Group to create the Logical Volume in
      lv: Name of the Logical Volume to create
      size: Size of the Logical Volume to create
      mount: Where you would like the Logical Volume mounted
      mount_owner: Owner of the mount point
      mount_group: Group ownership of the mount point
      mount_mode: Permissions of the mount point
      mount_dump: Whether or not the filesystem should be dumped (5th column of /etc/fstab) man fstab
      mount_passno: Filesystem check pass number (6th column of /etc/fstab) man fstab
      mount_opts: Comma separated list of mount options for the Logical Volume, such as defaults
      fstype: Type of filesystem to create on the Logical Volume

Example Playbook

- name: "Configure standard disk layout"
  hosts: "servers"
  roles:
    - role: "ahuffman.lvm"
      lvm_vgs:
        - name: "vg1"
          vg: "vg_myvg1"
          pvs:
            - "/dev/sdb"
            - "/dev/sdc"
        - name: "vg2"
          vg: "vg_myvg2"
          pvs:
            - "/dev/sdd"
      lvm_lvs:
        - name: "Data Volume"
          vg: "vg_myvg1"
          lv: "lv_data"
          size: "25g"
          mount: "/data/mydata"
          mount_owner: "root"
          mount_group: "root"
          mount_mode: "0755"
          mount_dump: "1"
          mount_passno: "2"
          mount_opts: "defaults"
          fstype: "xfs"
        - name: "Web Content"
          vg: "vg_myvg2"
          lv: "lv_www"
          size: "20g"
          mount: "/data/www"
          mount_owner: "root"
          mount_group: "root"
          mount_mode: "0755"
          mount_dump: "1"
          mount_passno: "2"
          mount_opts: "defaults"
          fstype: "xfs"
        - name: "Temp space"
          vg: "vg_myvg1"
          lv: "lv_temp"
          size: "35g"
          mount: "/temp"
          mount_owner: "root"
          mount_group: "root"
          mount_mode: "0755"
          mount_dump: "1"
          mount_passno: "2"
          mount_opts: "defaults"
          fstype: "xfs"

License

MIT

Author Information

Andrew Huffman