5.3. Configuring automount locations, maps, and keys in IdM by using Ansible

Procedure

1. On your Ansible control node, navigate to your ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Copy the automount-location-present.yml Ansible playbook file located in the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/automount/ directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/automount/automount-location-present.yml automount-location-map-and-key-present.yml

3. Open the automount-location-map-and-key-present.yml file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaautomountlocation task section:

   • Indicate that the value of the ipaadmin_password variable is defined in the secret.yml Ansible vault file.
   • Set the name variable to raleigh.

   • Ensure that the state variable is set to present.

     This is the modified Ansible playbook file for the current example:

   ---
   - name: Automount location present example
     hosts: ipaserver
     vars_files:
     - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
     tasks:
     - name: Ensure automount location is present
       freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaautomountlocation:
         ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
         name: raleigh
         state: present

5. Continue editing the automount-location-map-and-key-present.yml file:

   1. In the tasks section, add a task to ensure the presence of an automount map:

      [...]
        vars_files:
        - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
        tasks:
      [...]
        - name: ensure map named auto.devel in location raleigh is created
          freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaautomountmap:
            ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
            name: auto.devel
            location: raleigh
            state: present

   2. Add another task to add the mount point and NFS server information to the map:

      [...]
        vars_files:
        - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
        tasks:
      [...]
        - name: ensure automount key /devel/project is present
          freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaautomountkey:
            ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
            location: raleigh
            mapname: auto.devel
            key: /devel/project
            info: nfs-server.idm.example.com:/exports/project
            state: present

   3. Add another task to ensure auto.devel is connected to auto.master:

      [...]
        vars_files:
        - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
        tasks:
      [...]
      - name: Ensure auto.devel is connected in auto.master:
        freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaautomountkey:
          ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
          location: raleigh
          mapname: auto.map
          key: /devel
          info: auto.devel
          state: present

6. Save the file.

7. Run the Ansible playbook and specify the playbook and inventory files:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i inventory automount-location-map-and-key-present.yml