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Using Ansible Modules to Manage Filesystems in Your Environment

Requirements change, and datacenters evolve. Being able to manage storage configurations on the fly is an important skill. Ansible allows for that using the `lvg`, `lvol`, `filesystem`, and `mount` modules. This lab will allow you to practice using those modules. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

30m

Published

Oct 18, 2019

Challenge

Set up the New Disk with LVM, and Use the Logical Volume Name "AppDB2"

This section of your playbook should look like:

   - name: Create the Volume Group
     lvg:
      vg: RHCE
      pvs: /dev/xvdg

   - name: Create Logical Volume
     lvol:
      lv: AppDB2
      vg: RHCE
      size: 10G
      pvs: /dev/xvdg
      state: present

Challenge

Format the Disk Using XFS

This playbook section should look similar to:

   - name: Format the disk
     filesystem:
      dev: /dev/RHCE/AppDB2
      fstype: xfs

Challenge

Mount the Disk

This section of the playbook that looks like this:

   - name: Mount the disk
     mount:
      fstype: xfs
      src: /dev/RHCE/AppDB2
      state: mounted
      path: /mnt/appdb2

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A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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