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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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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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