community.general.btrfs_info module – Query btrfs filesystem info

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.btrfs_info.

New in community.general 6.6.0

Synopsis

  • Query status of available btrfs filesystems, including uuid, label, subvolumes and mountpoints.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

This action does not modify state.

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: N/A

This action does not modify state.

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Query information about mounted btrfs filesystems
  community.general.btrfs_info:
  register: my_btrfs_info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

filesystems

list / elements=dictionary

Summaries of the current state for all btrfs filesystems found on the target host.

Returned: success

default_subvolume

integer

The id of the filesystem’s default subvolume.

Returned: success

Sample: 5

devices

list / elements=string

A list of devices assigned to the filesystem.

Returned: success

Sample: ["/dev/sda1", "/dev/sdb1"]

label

string

An optional label assigned to the filesystem.

Returned: success

Sample: "Tank"

subvolumes

list / elements=dictionary

A list of dicts containing metadata for all of the filesystem’s subvolumes.

Returned: success

id

integer

An identifier assigned to the subvolume, unique within the containing filesystem.

Returned: success

Sample: 256

mountpoints

list / elements=string

Paths where the subvolume is mounted on the targeted host.

Returned: success

Sample: ["/home"]

parent

integer

The identifier of this subvolume’s parent.

Returned: success

Sample: 5

path

string

The full path of the subvolume relative to the btrfs fileystem’s root.

Returned: success

Sample: "/@home"

uuid

string

A unique identifier assigned to the filesystem.

Returned: success

Sample: "96c9c605-1454-49b8-a63a-15e2584c208e"

Authors

  • Gregory Furlong (@gnfzdz)