The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
mkfs
) and blkid
command. When resizefs is enabled, blockdev
command is required too.Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
dev required | Target path to device or image file. aliases: device | |
force bool |
| If yes , allows to create new filesystem on devices that already has filesystem. |
fstype required |
| Filesystem type to be created. reiserfs support was added in 2.2. lvm support was added in 2.5. since 2.5, dev can be an image file. vfat support was added in 2.5 ocfs2 support was added in 2.6 f2fs support was added in 2.7 aliases: type |
opts | List of options to be passed to mkfs command. | |
resizefs bool (added in 2.0) |
| If yes , if the block device and filesytem size differ, grow the filesystem into the space.Supported for ext2 , ext3 , ext4 , ext4dev , f2fs , lvm , xfs and vfat filesystems.XFS Will only grow if mounted. vFAT will likely fail if fatresize < 1.04. |
Note
blkid
, in case blkid
isn’t able to detect an existing filesystem, this filesystem is overwritten even if force is no
.- name: Create a ext2 filesystem on /dev/sdb1 filesystem: fstype: ext2 dev: /dev/sdb1 - name: Create a ext4 filesystem on /dev/sdb1 and check disk blocks filesystem: fstype: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 opts: -cc
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
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