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zfs

Manage ZFS datasets.

Attributes

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  support: full

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
create_parent		boolean		Create parent datasets. [default: `false`]
extra_properties		object		Dict of properties that trigger change on any modification.
force		boolean		Force unmount. [default: `false`]
name	true	string		Dataset name (e.g., rpool/ROOT/ubuntu).
properties		object		Dict of dataset properties (mountpoint, compression, encryption, etc.).
recursive		boolean		Apply recursively. [default: `false`]
snapshot_suffix		string		Snapshot suffix (used with state: snapshot).
state		string	info present absent mounted unmounted snapshot	State of the dataset. [default: `"info"`]

Example

- name: Create encrypted root dataset
  zfs:
    name: rpool/ROOT
    state: present
    properties:
      mountpoint: legacy
      canmount: on
      encryption: aes-256-gcm
      keylocation: file:etc/zfs/zfs-key
      keyformat: passphrase

- name: Create dataset with compression
  zfs:
    name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu
    state: present
    create_parent: true
    properties:
      mountpoint: /
      compression: zstd
      atime: off
      recordsize: 32K

- name: Create unmounted dataset for OpenEBS
  zfs:
    name: rpool/openebs
    state: present
    properties:
      mountpoint: none
      canmount: off

- name: Create snapshot
  zfs:
    name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu
    state: snapshot
    snapshot_suffix: pre-upgrade
    recursive: true

- name: Mount dataset
  zfs:
    name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu
    state: mounted

- name: Unmount dataset
  zfs:
    name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu
    state: unmounted

- name: Destroy dataset
  zfs:
    name: rpool/old
    state: absent
    recursive: true