Default variables: configuration

some of debops.iscsi default variables have more extensive configuration than simple strings or lists, here you can find documentation and examples for them.

iscsi__targets

This is a list of iSCSI Targets, each one defined by a YAML dict. Dict parameters are mapped to open_iscsi and lvg Ansible module options.

List of required parameters:

target
iSCSI Qualified Name string which points to a specified iSCSI Target.

List of optional iSCSI parameters:

auto
Bool. If present, lets you specify if a given iSCSI Target should be logged into on system boot. By default all iSCSI Targets are logged into automatically.
login
Bool. If present, lets you specify if a given iSCSI Target should be connected (True) or disconnected (False).
auth
Bool. Enable or disable iSCSI session authentication per iSCSI Target.
auth_username
iSCSI session username used for this iSCSI Target, you can use this parameter to override global username set in iscsi_session_auth_username.
auth_password
iSCSI session password used for this iSCSI Target, you can use this parameter to override global password set in iscsi_session_auth_password.

List of optional LVM parameters:

lvm_vg
Name of a LVM Volume Group which should be created using all iSCSI LUNs presented by a given iSCSI Target. Should only have alphanumeric characters and underscores. Do not use hyphens (-) in the name.
lvm_state
Specifies if a given Volume Group should exist (present) or not (absent). If not specified, defaults to present.
lvm_force
Bool. If present and set to True, allows you to remove a Volume Group if it has any Logical Volumes present.
lvm_pesize
Size of the physical extent, in megabytes, must be a power of 2. By default, 4 MB extents are created. You cannot change the extent size of already existing Volume Groups.
lvm_options
String with additional options passed to vgcreate.

Examples

Connect to an iSCSI Target using global session authentication settings:

iscsi__targets:

  - target: 'iqn.1995-08.org.example:server:storage'

Connect to an iSCSI Target using iscsi__iqn value for IQN base string (must be the same on the iSCSI Target) and custom session credentials:

iscsi__targets:

  - target: '{{ iscsi__iqn + ":server:storage" }}'
    auth: True
    auth_username: 'custom_user'
    auth_password: 'custom_password'

Connect to an iSCSI Target and create a LVM Volume Group from all of the presented iSCSI LUNs:

iscsi__targets:

  - target: '{{ iscsi__iqn }}:server:storage'
    lvm_vg: 'vg_iscsi_target'

iscsi__logical_volumes

This is a list of LVM Logical Volumes, each one defined as a YAML dict. Logical Volumes are slices of a Volume Group which can then be formatted with a filesystem and mounted, or used as a block device. Dict parameters are mapped to lvol, filesystem and mount Ansible module options.

For consistency reasons, you should only use iSCSI-backed Volume Groups to configure Logical Volumes using this variable.

List of required parameters:

lv
Name of a Logical Volume, should only have alphanumeric characters and underscores. Do not use hyphens (-) in the name.
vg
Name of a Volume Group which should be used to create a given Logical Volume.
size
Size of the Logical Volume, use the same format as these supported by lvol Ansible module.

List of optional LVM parameters:

state
Specifies if a Logical Volume should exist (present) or not (absent).
force
Bool. If present and True allows lvol module to shrink or remove Logical Volumes.

List of optional filesystem parameters:

fs

Bool. Enables or disables creation of a filesystem in the new Logical Volume (existing Logical Volumes are not affected).

By default, a filesystem specified in iscsi__default_fs_type variable is created in all new Logical Volumes if item.mount is specified.

fs_type
Specify filesystem type to use instead of the default. The same type will be used to mount the filesystem.
fs_opts
Additional options passed to mkfs.
fs_force
Bool. If present and True, allows Ansible to reformat an already existing filesystem. Use with caution.

List of optional mount parameters:

mount
Path to a directory where a given Logical Volume should be mounted. If specified, a filesystem will be created automatically if needed.
mount_state
Specify mount state of a given Logical Volume, either mounted (default), present, unmounted or absent. See mount Ansible module for explanation of the possible states.
mount_opts

String with mount options added in /etc/fstab. If not specified, options set in iscsi__default_mount_options will be used instead.

Make sure that _netdev option is present in your mount options, to not block the system startup.

mount_fstab
Alternative path to /etc/fstab.
mount_dump
Filesystem dump(8) backup frequency. See fstab(5) for more details.
mount_passno
Filesystem fsck pass order. See fstab(5) for more details.

Examples

Create a Logical Volume:

iscsi__logical_volumes:

  - lv: 'not_formatted_volume'
    vg: 'vg_iscsi_target'
    size: '2G'

Create a Logical Volume, format it and mount in a given path:

iscsi__logical_volumes:

  - lv: 'data'
    vg: 'vg_iscsi_target'
    size: '10G'
    mount: '/srv/data'

Remove a mounted Logical Volume (destroys the data):

iscsi__logical_volumes:

  - lv: 'to_be_removed'
    vg: 'vg_iscsi_target'
    size: '5G'
    mount: '/srv/trash'
    state: 'absent'
    force: True