logicalvolume

This role creates a dedicated volume from a new partition to mount on a desired mountpoint

Requirements

parted version 1.8. 3 and above.
If the version of parted is below 3.1, it requires a Linux version running the sysfs file system /sys/

Role Variables

All these variable can be overridden in the playbook:

• part_end: the end size of the new partition (default: 100% --> to the end of disk)
• partno: the partition sequential number (default: 1)
• device: the device to partition (default: /dev/sda)
• vgname: the volume group name (default: ansible_vg)
• lvname: the logical volume (default: ansible_lv)
• lvsize: the size of the logical volume (default: 100%VG)
• fstype: the filesystem type
• mountpoint: the mountpoint where to mount the lv to (default: /mnt), it is created if not existing

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Create a partition on device sdb, make a volume group myvg with the associated physical volume, create the lv mylv, create the ext4 filesystem and mount it on /media.

    - hosts: servers
      vars:
        device: /dev/sdb
        vgname: myvg
        lvname: mylv
        mountpoint: /media
      roles:
         - dedicated_volume

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