aws_ebs

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Classes
3. Defined Types

Description

This module is part of Tarmak and should currently be considered alpha.

Classes

aws_ebs

This module attaches, formats (if needed) and mounts EBS volumes in AWS. This base class just makes sure that all the necessary dependencies are met. To actually attach & mount a volume you have to use the defined type aws_ebs::mount

Parameters

bin_dir

• path to the binary directory for helper scripts
• Type: String
• Default: '/opt/bin'

systemd_dir

• path to the directory where systemd units should be placed
• Type: String
• Default: '/etc/systemd/system'

Examples

Declaring the base class

include ::aws_ebs

Override binary directory (needs to exist)

class{'aws_ebs':
  bin_dir => '/usr/local/sbin',
}

DefinedTypes

aws_ebs::mount

This defined type attaches, formats (if needed) and mounts a single EBS volume in AWS.

Parameters

volume_id

• the volume id of the AWS EBS volume
• Type: String

dest_path

• where to mount the device (needs to exists)
• Type: String

device

• block device to attach to (should be /dev/xvd[a-z])
• Type: String

filesystem

• select the filesystem to initialize a volume
• Type: Enum['xfs']
• Default: 'xfs'

Examples

Attach, format & mount EBS volume

aws_ebs::mount{'data':
  volume_id => 'vol-deadbeef',
  device    => '/dev/xvdd',
  dest_path => '/mnt',
}