Setup NFS Server and Client Using Ansible

SETUP NFS SERVER AND CLIENT USING ANSIBLE

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If you have a centralized server and you want to share a disk from the server, the best way is to use NFS model.

You might have to create a server with enough disk space. Let’s say you have a disk with file system as /dev/xvdb and the size is 100 GB.

Now you want to share this volume with other machines. Below is the script to do it using ansible.

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Ansible Play

inventory file entry:

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[nfs_server] 10.0.0.1 [nfs_clients] 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3

jinja2 template for nfs exports file : exports.j2 :

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# /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported # to NFS clients. See exports(5). # # Example for NFSv2 and NFSv3: # /srv/homes hostname1(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) hostname2(ro,sync,no_subtree_check) # # Example for NFSv4: # /srv/nfs4 gss/krb5i(rw,sync,fsid=0,crossmnt,no_subtree_check) # /srv/nfs4/homes gss/krb5i(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) # /nfs 10.0.0.1/24(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)

Sever side configuration Play book Creation:

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nfs-server.yml

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--- - hosts: nfs_server remote_user: ubuntu sudo: yes tasks: - name: Create mountable dir file: path=/share state=directory mode=777 owner=root group=root - name: make sure the mount drive has a filesystem filesystem: fstype=ext4 dev={{ mountable_share_drive | default('/dev/xvdb') }} - name: set mountpoints mount: name=/share src={{ mountable_share_drive | default('/dev/xvdb') }} fstype=auto opts=defaults,nobootwait dump=0 passno=2 state=mounted - name: Ensure NFS utilities are installed. apt: name={{ item }} state=installed update_cache=yes with_items: - nfs-common - nfs-kernel-server - name: copy /etc/exports template: src=exports.j2 dest=/etc/exports owner=root group=root - name: restart nfs server service: name=nfs-kernel-server state=restarted

Client side configuration Play book Creation:

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nfs_clients.yml

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- hosts: nfs_clients remote_user: ubuntu sudo: yes tasks: - name: Ensure NFS common is installed. apt: name=nfs-common state=installed update_cache=yes - name: Create mountable dir file: path=/nfs state=directory mode=777 owner=root group=root - name: set mountpoints mount: name=/nfs src={{hostvars[groups['nfs_server'][0]]['ansible_eth0']['ipv4']['address']}}:/share fstype=nfs opts=defaults,nobootwait dump=0 passno=2 state=mounted