Mount an NFS share in Linux — Ansible module mount

How to mount an NFS share in Linux. The Ansible Playbook code is going to check the required packages, create the mount-point, and set up the NFS network shared folder using NFS4 protocol on the Linux target machine. Demo and live coding included for RedHat-like and Debian-like systems.

How to mount an NFS share in Linux with Ansible?

I’m going to show you a live demo with some simple Ansible code.

I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

Ansible mounts an NFS Share in Linux

• ansible.posix.mount
• Control active and configured mount points

Today we’re talking about the Ansible module mount.

The full name is `ansible.posix.mount`, which means that is part of the collection of modules “ansible.posix” to interact with POSIX platforms.

The purpose of the module is to control active and configured mount points.