debops.iscsi default variables

General configuration

iscsi__packages

List of packages installed for iSCSI Initiator support.

iscsi__packages: [ 'open-iscsi', 'lvm2' ]

iscsi__interfaces

List of network interfaces configured for iSCSI connections. If not specified, iSCSI targets will be discovered on all network interfaces.

iscsi__interfaces: []

iscsi__portals

List of FQDN hostnames or IP addresses of iSCSI Target hosts on which Ansible will perform iSCSI discovery. Each discovered host will not be scanned again automatically to not distrupt existing connections. The discovery state is stored in Ansible local facts.

iscsi__portals: []

iscsi__targets

List of iSCSI Targets configured on a given host. Each iSCSI Target is defined as a YAML dict. Check iscsi__targets for more details.

iscsi__targets: []

iscsi__logical_volumes

List of LVM Logical Volumes based on iSCSI storage. Each volume is defined as a YAML dict. Check iscsi__logical_volumes for more details.

iscsi__logical_volumes: []

iSCSI Qualified Name

iscsi__iqn_date

Year and month when the Naming Authority of this iSCSI host was established.

iscsi__iqn_date: '{{ ansible_date_time.year + "-" + ansible_date_time.month }}'

iscsi__iqn_authority

DNS domain name of the Naming Authority responsible for this iSCSI host.

iscsi__iqn_authority: '{{ ansible_domain }}'

iscsi__iqn

Base prefix for iSCSI Qualified Name of this iSCSI Initiator host, will be saved in Ansible local facts to prevent changes related to the default date field.

iscsi__iqn: '{{ (ansible_local.iscsi.iqn
                 if (ansible_local.iscsi.iqn | d())
                 else ("iqn." + iscsi__iqn_date + "." +
                       iscsi__iqn_authority.split(".")[::-1] | join("."))) }}'

iscsi__hostname

Hostname added to the IQN to create Initiator Name.

iscsi__hostname: '{{ ansible_hostname }}'

iscsi__initiator_name

iSCSI initiator name of this host.

iscsi__initiator_name: '{{ iscsi__iqn + ":" + iscsi__hostname }}'

Default Initiator configuration

iscsi__enabled

Enable or disable iscsid daemon

iscsi__enabled: True

iscsi__node_startup

Specify if sessions should be started at boot (automatic) or not (manual).

iscsi__node_startup: 'automatic'

iscsi__discovery_auth

Enable or disable iSCSI discovery authentication.

iscsi__discovery_auth: True

iscsi__discovery_auth_username

Username used for iSCSI discovery authentication on all hosts, should be the same for all iSCSI Targets to work automatically.

iscsi__discovery_auth_username: '{{ lookup("password", secret + "/iscsi/credentials/discovery/username") }}'

iscsi__discovery_auth_password

Password used for iSCSI discovery authentication on all hosts, should be the same for all iSCSI Targets to work automatically.

iscsi__discovery_auth_password: '{{ lookup("password", secret + "/iscsi/credentials/discovery/password") }}'

iscsi__session_auth

Enable or disable iSCSI session authentication.

iscsi__session_auth: True

iscsi__session_auth_username

Username used for iSCSI session authentication on all hosts, should be the same for all iSCSI Targets to work automatically. Can be overridden using item.auth_username in target configuration.

iscsi__session_auth_username: '{{ lookup("password", secret + "/iscsi/credentials/session/username") }}'

iscsi__session_auth_password

Password used for iSCSI session authentication on all hosts, should be the same for all iSCSI Targets to work automatically. Can be overridden using item.auth_password in target configuration.

iscsi__session_auth_password: '{{ lookup("password", secret + "/iscsi/credentials/session/password") }}'

iscsi__default_options

Dict with options set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf, passed to lineinfile Ansible module.

iscsi__default_options:
  'node.startup':                          '{{ iscsi__node_startup }}'
  'discovery.sendtargets.auth.authmethod': '{{ "CHAP" if (iscsi__discovery_auth | d(False)) else "None" }}'
  'discovery.sendtargets.auth.username':   '{{ iscsi__discovery_auth_username }}'
  'discovery.sendtargets.auth.password':   '{{ iscsi__discovery_auth_password }}'
  'node.session.auth.authmethod':          '{{ "CHAP" if (iscsi__session_auth | d(False)) else "None" }}'
  'node.session.auth.username':            '{{ iscsi__session_auth_username }}'
  'node.session.auth.password':            '{{ iscsi__session_auth_password }}'

Filesystem and mount configuration

iscsi__default_fs_type

Default filesystem created on block devices if none is specified.

iscsi__default_fs_type: 'ext4'

iscsi__default_mount_options

Default mount options added in /etc/fstab to all iSCSI-based filesystems, if none are specified.

iscsi__default_mount_options: 'defaults,_netdev'

Configuration of other Ansible roles

iscsi__unattended_upgrades__dependent_blacklist

Configuration of the debops.unattended_upgrades role.

iscsi__unattended_upgrades__dependent_blacklist:

  # Prevent automatic upgrades of the ``open-iscsi`` package. The upgrade
  # results in a restart of the service and all existing connections are lost.
  - 'open-iscsi'