Ansible-NAS is a simple Ansible playbook designed to turn a generic Linux server into a full-featured NAS. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Ansible-NAS on Manjaro.
Before you begin the installation process, make sure your system meets the following prerequisites:
The first step is to clone the Ansible-NAS from the official GitHub repository.
To clone Ansible-NAS, use the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/DaveStephens/ansible-nas.git
This will clone the repository to your working directory.
The next step is to install Ansible. To do so, use the following command:
$ sudo pacman -S ansible
This command will install Ansible on your system.
Ansible requires an inventory file that contains a list of hosts to configure. In this case, you will be configuring the local host.
To create an inventory file, use the following command:
$ sudo nano ./ansible-nas/inventory.yml
Add the following lines to the file:
all:
hosts:
localhost:
vars:
ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python2
Save the file and exit.
Now that you have everything set up, you can run the playbook to install Ansible-NAS on Manjaro.
To do so, use the following command:
$ sudo ansible-playbook ansible-nas.yml -i ./ansible-nas/inventory.yml
This will run the Ansible-NAS playbook, which will configure your system to act as a NAS.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ansible-NAS on Manjaro. You can now use your Linux server as a full-featured NAS, complete with SMB/CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, SFTP, and Rsync services.
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