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Missing information about Stratis support, default value for
`grow_to_fill`, notes about pool type-specific arguments,
partitioning support, formatting etc.

Resolves: linux-system-roles#455
Resolves: linux-system-roles#428
Resolves: linux-system-roles#385
Related: linux-system-roles#437
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vojtechtrefny committed Jul 17, 2024
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As of now, the role supports managing file systems and mount entries on

- unpartitioned disks
- lvm (unpartitioned whole-disk physical volumes only)
- disks
- LVM volume groups
- Stratis pools

Encryption (using LUKS) and RAID (using MD) is also supported. Support
for managing pre-existing devices is limited, but new LVM volumes and
Stratis filesystems can be added to existing setups and mount points
and some other features can be added to (or removed from) existing
devices.

## Requirements

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- `type`

This specifies the type of pool to manage.
Valid values for `type`: `lvm`.
Valid values for `type`: `lvm`, `stratis`.

- `state`

Valid values are `present` (default behavior) or `absent`. Pools marked as
`absent` will be removed by the role. Pools marked as `present` will be either
created (if pool with the specified `name` doesn't already exist) or preserved.

- `grow_to_fill`

When set, the pool Physical Volumes will be resized to match their respective device sizes.
(e.g. after Virtual Machine disk size increase)

Default: `false`

__NOTE__: This argument is valid only for LVM pools.

- `shared`

If set to `true`, the role creates or manages a shared volume group. Requires lvmlockd and
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destructive operation. The pool itself will be removed as part of the
process.

__NOTE__: This argument is valid only for LVM pools.

- `disks`

A list which specifies the set of disks to use as backing storage for the pool.
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- `encryption_cipher`

ifies a non-default cipher to be used by LUKS.
This string specifies a non-default cipher to be used by LUKS.

- `encryption_key_size`

s the LUKS key size (in bytes).
This integer specifies the LUKS key size (in bytes).

- `encryption_luks_version`

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- `type`

This specifies the type of volume on which the file system will reside.
Valid values for `type`: `lvm`, `disk` or `raid`.
Valid values for `type`: `lvm`, `disk`, `partition` or `raid`.
The default is determined according to the OS and release (currently `lvm`).

__NOTE__: Support for managing partition volumes is currently very limited,
the role allows creating only a single partition spanning the
entire disk.

- `state`

Valid values are `present` (default behavior) or `absent`. Volumes marked as
`absent` will be removed by the role. Volumes marked as `present` will be either
created (if volume with specified `name` doesn't exist) or preserved and possibly
changed to match other values (for example if a volume with the specified `name`
exists but doesn't have the required `size` it will be resized if possible).

- `disks`

This specifies the set of disks to use as backing storage for the file system.
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e.g.: "30g", "50GiB".
Default value is equal to the size of the volume.

### `cached`
- `cached`

This specifies whether the volume should be cached or not.
This is currently supported only for LVM volumes where dm-cache
is used.
This specifies whether the volume should be cached or not.
This is currently supported only for LVM volumes where dm-cache
is used.

### `cache_size`
- `cache_size`

Size of the cache. `cache_size` format is intended to be human-readable,
e.g.: "30g", "50GiB".

### `cache_mode`
Size of the cache. `cache_size` format is intended to be human-readable,
e.g.: "30g", "50GiB".

Mode for the cache. Supported values include `writethrough` (default) and `writeback`.
- `cache_mode`

### `cache_devices`
Mode for the cache. Supported values include `writethrough` (default) and `writeback`.

List of devices that will be used for the cache. These should be either physical volumes or
drives these physical volumes are allocated on. Generally you want to select fast devices like
SSD or NVMe drives for cache.
- `cache_devices`

### `thin`
List of devices that will be used for the cache. These should be either physical volumes or
drives these physical volumes are allocated on. Generally you want to select fast devices like
SSD or NVMe drives for cache.

Whether the volume should be thinly provisioned or not.
This is supported only for LVM volumes.
- `thin`

### `thin_pool_name`
Whether the volume should be thinly provisioned or not.
This is supported only for LVM volumes.

For `thin` volumes, this can be used to specify the name of the LVM thin pool that will be used
for the volume. If the pool with the provided name already exists, the volume will be added to that
pool. If it doesn't exist a new pool named `thin_pool_name` will be created.
If not specified:
- `thin_pool_name`

- if there are no existing thin pools present, a new thin pool will be created with an automatically
generated name,
- if there is exactly one existing thin pool, the thin volume will be added to it and
- if there are multiple thin pools present an exception will be raised.
For `thin` volumes, this can be used to specify the name of the LVM thin pool that will be used
for the volume. If the pool with the provided name already exists, the volume will be added to that
pool. If it doesn't exist a new pool named `thin_pool_name` will be created.
If not specified:
- if there are no existing thin pools present, a new thin pool will be created with an automatically
generated name,
- if there is exactly one existing thin pool, the thin volume will be added to it and
- if there are multiple thin pools present an exception will be raised.

### `thin_pool_size`
- `thin_pool_size`

Size for the thin pool. `thin_pool_size` format is intended to be human-readable,
e.g.: "30g", "50GiB".
Size for the thin pool. `thin_pool_size` format is intended to be human-readable,
e.g.: "30g", "50GiB".

### `storage_safe_mode`

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