community.general.btrfs_info module – Query btrfs filesystem info

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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)