aisbergg / ansible-role-snapper

:wrench: An Ansible role to install and configure Snapper, a snapshot tool for Linux.

Ansible Role: aisbergg.snapper

This Ansible role installs and configures Snapper, a snapshot tool for Linux.

Requirements

To use Snapper, a compatible filesystem like Btrfs needs to be used on the machine.

Role Variables

Variable	Default	Comments
snapper_templates	{}	Dictionary (key-value pairs) of Snapper templates. The templates can be used, when using create-config manually. Available options for the templates can be looked up in the templates/snapper-config.j2 file.
snapper_timer_timeline_enabled	true	Enable/Disable the timeline timer.
snapper_timer_cleanup_enabled	true	Enable/Disable the cleanup timer.
snapper_timer_boot_enabled	false	Enable/Disable the boot timer.
snapper_configs	[]	List of Snapper configurations to be present on the system.
snapper_configs.path		Path to the volume (e.g. Btrfs subvolume).
snapper_configs.name		Name of the configuration.
snapper_configs.vars	{}	Dictionary (key-value pairs) of configuration variables. Available variables can be looked up in the templates/snapper-config.j2 file.
snapper_configs_absent	[]	List of Snapper configurations to be absent on the system.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  vars:
    snapper_templates:
      default:
        TIMELINE_LIMIT_HOURLY: 2
        TIMELINE_LIMIT_DAILY: 12

    snapper_configs:
      - path: /
        name: root
        vars:
          TIMELINE_LIMIT_HOURLY: 2
          TIMELINE_LIMIT_DAILY: 12
      - path: /no/timeline
        name: no-timeline
        vars:
          TIMELINE_CREATE: false
          TIMELINE_CLEANUP: false
  roles:
    - aisbergg.snapper

License

MIT

Author Information

Andre Lehmann ([e-mail])