freebsd_zfs

Ansible role. FreeBSD. Configure ZFS.

Feel free to share your feedback and report issues.

Contributions are welcome.

Requirements

Roles

• vbotka.freebsd_postinstall

This role is needed to run tasks from sysctl.yml and loader.yml

Collections

• community.general

Variables

See defaults and examples in vars.

Workflow

1. Change the shell on the remote host to /bin/sh if necessary

shell> ansible host -e ansible_shell_type=csh -e ansible_shell_executable=/bin/csh -a 'sudo pw usermod user -s /bin/sh'

2. Install the roles and collections

shell> ansible-galaxy role install vbotka.freebsd_zfs
shell> ansible-galaxy role install vbotka.freebsd_postinstall

If necessary install the collection

shell> ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

3. Fit variables to your needs.

4. Create the playbook

shell> cat freebsd-zfs.yml
- hosts: host
  roles:
    - vbotka.freebsd_zfs

5. Configure the system

shell> ansible-playbook freebsd-zfs.yml

Ansible lint

Use the configuration file .ansible-lint.local when running ansible-lint. Some rules might be disabled and some warnings might be ignored. See the notes in the configuration file.

shell> ansible-lint -c .ansible-lint.local

References

• FreeBSD handbook: The Z File System (ZFS)
• FreeBSD wiki: ZFS
• FreeBSD wiki: ZFS Quick Start Guide
• FreeBSD wiki: ZFS Tuning Guide
• FreeBSD wiki: Category ZFS

License

Author Information

Vladimir Botka