parted command line tool. For a full description of the fields and the options check the GNU parted manual.The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
/sys/.| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| align string |
| Set alignment for newly created partitions. |
| device string / required | The block device (disk) where to operate. | |
| flags list | A list of the flags that has to be set on the partition. | |
| label string |
| Creates a new disk label. |
| name string | Sets the name for the partition number (GPT, Mac, MIPS and PC98 only). | |
| number integer | The number of the partition to work with or the number of the partition that will be created. Required when performing any action on the disk, except fetching information. | |
| part_end string | Default: "100%" | Where the partition will end as offset from the beginning of the disk, that is, the "distance" from the start of the disk. The distance can be specified with all the units supported by parted (except compat) and it is case sensitive, e.g. 10GiB, 15%. |
| part_start string | Default: "0%" | Where the partition will start as offset from the beginning of the disk, that is, the "distance" from the start of the disk. The distance can be specified with all the units supported by parted (except compat) and it is case sensitive, e.g. 10GiB, 15%. |
| part_type string |
| May be specified only with 'msdos' or 'dvh' partition tables. A name must be specified for a 'gpt' partition table.Neither part_type nor name may be used with a 'sun' partition table. |
| state string |
| Whether to create or delete a partition. If set to info the module will only return the device information. |
| unit string |
| Selects the current default unit that Parted will use to display locations and capacities on the disk and to interpret those given by the user if they are not suffixed by an unit. When fetching information about a disk, it is always recommended to specify a unit. |
Note
/sys/ to obtain disk information. In this case the units CHS and CYL are not supported.- name: Create a new primary partition
parted:
device: /dev/sdb
number: 1
state: present
- name: Remove partition number 1
parted:
device: /dev/sdb
number: 1
state: absent
- name: Create a new primary partition with a size of 1GiB
parted:
device: /dev/sdb
number: 1
state: present
part_end: 1GiB
- name: Create a new primary partition for LVM
parted:
device: /dev/sdb
number: 2
flags: [ lvm ]
state: present
part_start: 1GiB
# Example on how to read info and reuse it in subsequent task
- name: Read device information (always use unit when probing)
parted: device=/dev/sdb unit=MiB
register: sdb_info
- name: Remove all partitions from disk
parted:
device: /dev/sdb
number: '{{ item.num }}'
state: absent
loop: '{{ sdb_info.partitions }}'
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| partition_info complex | success | Current partition information Sample: {'disk': {'dev': '/dev/sdb', 'logical_block': 512, 'model': 'VMware Virtual disk', 'physical_block': 512, 'size': 5.0, 'table': 'msdos', 'unit': 'gib'}, 'partitions': [{'begin': 0.0, 'end': 1.0, 'flags': ['boot', 'lvm'], 'fstype': '', 'name': '', 'num': 1, 'size': 1.0}, {'begin': 1.0, 'end': 5.0, 'flags': [], 'fstype': '', 'name': '', 'num': 2, 'size': 4.0}]} | |
| device dictionary | Generic device information. | ||
| partitions list | List of device partitions. | ||
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