Table of contents

1. Common purpose
2. Compatibility
3. Installation
4. Config example in Hiera and result files

1. Common purpose

Samba is a module for samba service config and package version manasging.

2. Compatibility

This module was tested on CentOS 7 and Gentoo Linux. However, it should work on newer versions of CentOS, Fedora and RHEL as well where Ansible 2.9 or newer is available.

3. Installation

mod 'samba',
    :git => 'https://github.com/arrnorets/puppet-samba.git',
    :ref => 'main'

4. Config example in Hiera and result files

This module follows the concept of so called "XaaH in Puppet". The principles are described here and here.

Here is the example of config in Hiera:

---
samba:
  packages:
    ansible: '2.9.10-1.el7'
    samba: "present"

  enable: true

  users:
    "<user>": "<password>"

  config:
    global:
      workgroup: "MYGROUP"
      server string: "Samba Server on mypc"
      server role: "standalone server"
      hosts allow: "192.168.1. 127."
      log file: "/var/log/samba/log.%m"
      max log size: 50
      interfaces: "192.168.1.22/24"

    asg_work:
      path: "/home/<user>/work/syseng"
      "write list": "<user>"
      writable: "yes"
      printable: "no"
      create mask: "0644"
      directory mask: "0755"

It will install ansible and samba packages, enable services smbd and nmbd and produce the folowing files:

• /etc/samba/smb.conf:

  [global]
  workgroup = MYGROUP
  server string = Samba Server on mypc
  server role = standalone server
  hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
  log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
  max log size = 50
  interfaces = 192.168.1.22/24
    
  [asg_work]
  path = /home/<user>/work/syseng
  write list = <user>
  writable = yes
  printable = no
  create mask = 0644
  directory mask = 0755
  

• /opt/ansible4puppet-samba/conf/site.yml:

  - name: Configure SAMBA users
    hosts: localhost
    strategy: linear
    vars:
      users_to_add:
      - name: "<user>"
        passwd: "<password>"
  
      users_to_remove: [] 
  
  
    tasks:
    - name: Set samba users
      shell: |
              (echo '{{ item.passwd }}'; echo '{{ item.passwd }}') | smbpasswd -s -a "{{ item.name }}"
      with_items:
        - "{{ users_to_add }}"
      no_log: True
      delegate_to: localhost
  
    - name: Remove samba users
      shell: |
              smbpasswd -x "{{ item.name }}"
      with_items:
        - "{{ users_to_remove }}"
      no_log: True
      delegate_to: localhost
  

The Ansible site.yml will be executed by exec resource inside of the module once the file site.yml changes.