Ansible role bertvv.samba

An Ansible role for setting up Samba as a file server. Specifically, the responsibilities of this role are to:

• Install the necessary packages
• Configure SELinux settings
• Create share directories
• Manage users and passwords
• Manage access to shares

Requirements

SELinux is expected to be running and the firewall should be active.

Role Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Comments (type)
role_var	no	-	(scalar) PURPOSE

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Example Playbook

See the test playbook

Testing

The tests directory contains acceptance tests for this role in the form of a Vagrant environment. The directory tests/roles/samba is a symbolic link that should point to the root of this project in order to work. To create it, do

$ cd tests/
$ mkdir roles
$ ln -frs ../../PROJECT_DIR roles/samba

You may want to change the base box into one that you like. The current one is based on Box-Cutter's CentOS Packer template.

The playbook test.yml applies the role to a VM, setting role variables.

See also

If you are looking for a Samba role for Debian or Ubuntu, take a look at this comprehensive role by Debops. Jeff Geerling also has written a Samba role for EL, but at the time of writing this, it is very basic.

Contributing

Issues, feature requests, ideas are appreciated and can be posted in the Issues section. Pull requests are also very welcome. Preferably, create a topic branch and when submitting, squash your commits into one (with a descriptive message).

License

BSD

Author Information

Bert Van Vreckem (bert.vanvreckem@gmail.com)