gluster_volume - Manage GlusterFS volumes

New in version 1.9.

Synopsis

  • Create, remove, start, stop and tune GlusterFS volumes

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
arbiters
(added in 2.3)
Arbiter count for volume.
bricks
Brick paths on servers. Multiple brick paths can be separated by commas.

aliases: brick
cluster
List of hosts to use for probing and brick setup.
directory
Directory for limit-usage.
disperses
(added in 2.2)
Disperse count for volume.
force
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If brick is being created in the root partition, module will fail. Set force to true to override this behaviour.
host
Override local hostname (for peer probing purposes).
name
required
The volume name.
options
A dictionary/hash with options/settings for the volume.
quota
Quota value for limit-usage (be sure to use 10.0MB instead of 10MB, see quota list).
rebalance
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Controls whether the cluster is rebalanced after changes.
redundancies
(added in 2.2)
Redundancy count for volume.
replicas
Replica count for volume.
start_on_create
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Controls whether the volume is started after creation or not.
state
required
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
  • started
  • stopped
Use present/absent ensure if a volume exists or not. Use started/stopped to control its availability.
stripes
Stripe count for volume.
transport
    Choices:
  • rdma
  • tcp ←
  • tcp ←
  • rdma
Transport type for volume.

Notes

Note

  • Requires cli tools for GlusterFS on servers.
  • Will add new bricks, but not remove them.

Examples

- name: create gluster volume
  gluster_volume:
    state: present
    name: test1
    bricks: /bricks/brick1/g1
    rebalance: yes
    cluster:
      - 192.0.2.10
      - 192.0.2.11
  run_once: true

- name: tune
  gluster_volume:
    state: present
    name: test1
    options:
      performance.cache-size: 256MB

- name: start gluster volume
  gluster_volume:
    state: started
    name: test1

- name: limit usage
  gluster_volume:
    state: present
    name: test1
    directory: /foo
    quota: 20.0MB

- name: stop gluster volume
  gluster_volume:
    state: stopped
    name: test1

- name: remove gluster volume
  gluster_volume:
    state: absent
    name: test1

- name: create gluster volume with multiple bricks
  gluster_volume:
    state: present
    name: test2
    bricks: /bricks/brick1/g2,/bricks/brick2/g2
    cluster:
      - 192.0.2.10
      - 192.0.2.11
  run_once: true

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Taneli Leppä (@rosmo)

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