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zfs – Manage zfs

Synopsis

  • Manages ZFS file systems, volumes, clones and snapshots

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
extra_zfs_properties
-
added in 2.5
A dictionary of zfs properties to be set.
See the zfs(8) man page for more information.
name
- / required
File system, snapshot or volume name e.g. rpool/myfs.
origin
-
Snapshot from which to create a clone.
state
- / required
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
Whether to create (present), or remove (absent) a file system, snapshot or volume. All parents/children will be created/destroyed as needed to reach the desired state.

Examples

- name: Create a new file system called myfs in pool rpool with the setuid property turned off
  zfs:
    name: rpool/myfs
    state: present
    extra_zfs_properties:
      setuid: off

- name: Create a new volume called myvol in pool rpool.
  zfs:
    name: rpool/myvol
    state: present
    extra_zfs_properties:
      volsize: 10M

- name: Create a snapshot of rpool/myfs file system.
  zfs:
    name: rpool/myfs@mysnapshot
    state: present

- name: Create a new file system called myfs2 with snapdir enabled
  zfs:
    name: rpool/myfs2
    state: present
    extra_zfs_properties:
      snapdir: enabled

- name: Create a new file system by cloning a snapshot
  zfs:
    name: rpool/cloned_fs
    state: present
    origin: rpool/myfs@mysnapshot

- name: Destroy a filesystem
  zfs:
    name: rpool/myfs
    state: absent

Status

Authors

  • Johan Wiren (@johanwiren)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/zfs_module.html