htpc-nas

An Ansible role to setup and configure NAS functionality ( NFS, CIFS and AFP ) for HTPC Server under Ubuntu.

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 2.0 or higher. Platform requirements are listed in the metadata file. Make sure to download roles specified in Dependencies section if role installed not with Ansible Galaxy.

Overview

List of tasks that will be performed under htpc-nas role:

1. Configure NFS Server. Squash all users to htpc_user_username uid
2. Configure SAMBA Server. Create htpc_user_username samba identified by htpc_user_password
3. Configure AFP ( Netatalk ) server for sharing data with Macs.

Folders layout if used with default variable values:

/mnt/media/            # Path to share over NFS,CIFS and AFP
├── downloads               
│   ├── complete
│   └── incomplete
├── movies
├── music
├── pictures
└── tv

Role Variables

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# defaults file for htpc-nas

htpc_nas_enabled: yes

htpc_nas_nfs: yes
htpc_nas_cifs: yes
htpc_nas_afp: yes

Dependencies

• GR360RY.htpc-common role. Creates htpc user and media folders

# defaults file for htpc-common

htpc_user_username: htpc
htpc_user_password: htpc
htpc_user_group: htpc
htpc_user_shell: /bin/bash
htpc_user_sudo_access: yes
htpc_ssh_service: yes
htpc_create_media_folders: yes
htpc_zeroconf: yes
htpc_media_path: /mnt/media
htpc_media_movies: movies
htpc_media_tv: tv
htpc_media_music: music
htpc_media_pictures: pictures
htpc_downloads_complete: "{{ htpc_media_path }}/downloads/complete"
htpc_downloads_incomplete: "{{ htpc_media_path }}/downloads/incomplete"

HTPC-Ansible Project

This role is part of HTPC-Ansible project that includes additional roles for building Ubuntu Based HTPC Server.

Complete list of Ansible Galaxy roles is below:

• GR360RY.htpc-common - Create htpc user and media folders
• GR360RY.htpc-nas - Configure NAS ( NFS, CIFS and AFP )
• GR360RY.kodi-client - Install Kodi Media Player
• GR360RY.kodi-mysql - Install MySQL Backend for Kodi
• GR360RY.deluge - Install Deluge Bittornet Client
• GR360RY.sabnzbd - Install Sabnzbd Usenet Client
• GR360RY.nzbtomedia - Install NZBtoMedia Postprocessing
• GR360RY.sickrage - Install SickRage
• GR360RY.couchpotato - Install CouchPotato
• GR360RY.htpc-manager - Install HTPCManager

Additional Info is available at www.htpc-ansible.org

License

BSD

Author Information

Gregory Shulov