ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.9.13 / module / parted Configure block device partitions | "added in version" 2.3 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Fabrizio Colonna (@ColOfAbRiX) preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.parted (v2.9.13) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.9.13
This module allows configuring block device partition using the C(parted) command line tool. For a full description of the fields and the options check the GNU parted manual.
- 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 }}'
name: description: - Sets the name for the partition number (GPT, Mac, MIPS and PC98 only). type: str unit: choices: - s - B - KB - KiB - MB - MiB - GB - GiB - TB - TiB - '%' - cyl - chs - compact default: KiB description: - 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. type: str align: choices: - cylinder - minimal - none - optimal default: optimal description: Set alignment for newly created partitions. type: str flags: description: A list of the flags that has to be set on the partition. type: list label: choices: - aix - amiga - bsd - dvh - gpt - loop - mac - msdos - pc98 - sun default: msdos description: Creates a new disk label. type: str state: choices: - absent - present - info default: info description: - Whether to create or delete a partition. - If set to C(info) the module will only return the device information. type: str device: description: The block device (disk) where to operate. required: true type: str number: description: - 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. type: int part_end: default: 100% description: - 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. C(10GiB), C(15%). type: str part_type: choices: - extended - logical - primary default: primary description: - May be specified only with 'msdos' or 'dvh' partition tables. - A C(name) must be specified for a 'gpt' partition table. - Neither C(part_type) nor C(name) may be used with a 'sun' partition table. type: str part_start: default: 0% description: - 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. C(10GiB), C(15%). type: str
partition_info: contains: device: description: Generic device information. type: dict partitions: description: List of device partitions. type: list description: Current partition information returned: success 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 type: complex