ec2_ebs_mounting

Ansible role to mount EBS block devices as data or swap volumes

Required variables

Setup the following vars and include them in the playbook before execution

instance:
  volumes:                                                                  
    - EBSSpecifications:                                                    
        volume_size: 8                                                      #The size of the volume
        volume_type: gp2                                                    #The type of the volume
        device_name: /dev/sda1                                              #The device id of the volume
        delete_on_termination: yes                                          #Whether the volume needs to be retained after instance termination
      MountSpecifications:
        mountpoint: /                                                       #Root volume            
    - EBSSpecifications:
        volume_size: 2
        volume_type: gp2
        device_name: /dev/xvdf
        delete_on_termination: yes
      MountSpecifications:
        mountpoint: swap                                                    #To be mounted as a swap volume
    - EBSSpecifications:
        volume_size: 20
        volume_type: gp2
        device_name: /dev/xvdg
        delete_on_termination: yes
      MountSpecifications:
        volume_label: "postgresdata"
        mountpoint: /var/lib/pgsql                                          #Data volume                                  
        owner:                                                              #Owner of data volume
          name: postgres
          uid: 2000
          home_dir: /home/postgres

• Root volume is identified by mountpoint value being /
• Swap volume is identified by mountpoint value being swap
• Data volume is identified by mountpoint value not being / or swap
• Data volumes can have an optional owner defined
  • If owner is defined, one of name is mandatory
  • The owner will be created if doesn't exist already
  • uid and home_dir are optional

Example Playbook

- hosts: localhost
  roles:
     - { role: mikhailadvani.ec2_ebs_mounting }

License

Apache