How to Create a New LVM Partition with Ansible? I'm going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot Ansible Create a New LVM Partition - `community.general.parted` - Configure block device partitions Today we're talking about the Ansible module parted. The full name is `community.general.parted`, which means that is part of the collection of modules "community.general" maintained by the Ansible Community. The purpose of the module is to Configure block device partitions. Parameters - `device` string - The block device (disk) where to operate - `label` string - msdos/gpt/aix/amiga/bsd/dvh/loop/mac/pc98/sun - `number` integer - 1 - `state` string - info/present/absent - partition information / create / delete - `fs_type` string - If specified and the partition does not exist, will set filesystem type to the given partition. - `flags` list - A list of the flags that have to be set on the partition. The parameters of module `parted` for the creation of a New LVM Partition use case. The only required parameter is `device`, the block device (disk) where to operate. The system default partition table is `msdos` but you could specify a different one, such as `gpt`. The parameter `number` allows you to specify the partition number to work, required for almost any operations The parameter `state` specify the status of the specified partition. The default option `info` only gives you the partition information, the option `present` means to create the partition, and the option `absent` means that the partition must be deleted. You could specify the file system type via the `fs_type` or `flags` for the partition. For the LVM use case, we need to specify the `lvm` flag. Please note that `fs_type` or `flags` doesn't initialize the file system or the partition, only sets this attribute in the partition table. Links - [`community.general.parted`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/parted_module.html) ## Playbook How to create a New LVM Partition with Ansible Playbook. I'm going to automate the initialization of the additional disk /dev/sdb creating a new partition /dev/sdb1 ready to be used by LVM on Linux. code ```yaml --- - name: disk Playbook hosts: all become: true tasks: - name: create partition community.general.parted: device: /dev/sdb number: 1 flags: [ lvm ] state: present ``` execution ```bash $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/disk/inventory disk_management/partition_create.yml PLAY [disk Playbook] ********************************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************** ok: [disk.example.com] TASK [create partition] *************************************************************************** changed: [disk.example.com] PLAY RECAP ************************************