ansible-samba

Installs samba-server as docker container.

System requirements

• Docker
• Systemd

Role requirements

• python-docker package

What does this role

• Build docker image
• Create volume paths for docker container
• Template the samba config
• Setup systemd unit file
• Start/Restart service
• Add samba users

Role parameters

Main config

Variable	Type	Mandatory?	Default	Description
samba_alpine_version	text	no	latest	Your selected alpine version
samba_version	text	no	latest	Your selected samba version
samba_image_name	text	no	local/samba-server	Docker image name
samba_container_name	text	no	samba.service	The name of the docker container
samba_interface	ip address	no	0.0.0.0	Mapped network for web-interface ports
samba_port	port	no		Default port (TCP): 445
samba_enable_netbios	boolean	no	no	Enables NetBios option and publish ports 137, 138 and 138
samba_netbios_name	text	no		Configures the NetBios name
samba_volumes_path	path	yes		Directory where the persistent data will be stored
samba_config_volume	path	no	<samba_volumes_path>/config	Directory where the config data will be stored
samba_data_volume	path	no	<samba_volumes_path>/data	Directory where the server data will be stored
samba_storages_volume	path	no	<samba_volumes_path>/storages	Directory where the storages are located
samba_homes_volume	path	no	<samba_volumes_path>/homes	Directory where the homes are located
samba_workgroup	text	no	WORKGROUP	The default Samba workgroup
samba_server_string	text	no	"%h server (Samba, Alpine)"	The default Samba server string
samba_enable_homes	boolean	no	no	Enables home directories for users
samba_unix_extensions	boolean	no		Enable or disable UNIX extensions
samba_storages	array of storage	no		The samba storage configuration
samba_users	array of user	no		The samba user configuration

Definition storage

Property	Type	Mandatory?	Description
name	text	no	The name of the storage
path	path	yes	The internal path of the storage (within docker-container)
host_path	path	no	The external path of the storage (on the host system)
comment	text	no	The comment of the storage
browseable	boolean	no	Is the storage browseable?
writable	boolean	no	Is the storage writable?
guest_access	boolean	no	Do guests have access?
write_list	list of text	no	Names of accounts with write permission

Definition user

Property	Type	Mandatory?	Description
username	text	yes	Username of the specified user
password	text	yes	(Clear text) password of the specified user
uid	number	yes	Unix user id
update_password	boolean	yes	Defines if the user password will be updated

Usage

Requirements

- name: install-samba
  src: https://github.com/borisskert/ansible-samba.git
  scm: git

Playbook

- hosts: test_machine
  become: yes

  roles:
    - role: ansible-samba
      samba_alpine_version: 3.11.5
      samba_version: 4.11
      samba_port: 445
      samba_interface: 0.0.0.0
      samba_volumes_path: /srv/samba
      samba_storages_volume: /srv/samba/storages
      samba_log_level: 2
      samba_enable_homes: no
      samba_enable_netbios: yes
      samba_netbios_name: mysamba
      samba_unix_extensions: no
      samba_users:
        - username: user1
          password: user1pwd
          uid: 2001
          update_password: true
        - username: user2
          password: user2pwd
          uid: 2002
      samba_storages:

        # this share has its own location
        - name: Share
          path: /share
          host_path: /srv/samba/storage/share
          comment: Share storage
          browseable: yes
          writable: yes
          guest_access: yes

        # this share is located within storage volume
        - name: Outgoing
          path: /out
          comment: Outgoing storage
          browseable: yes
          writable: no
          guest_access: true
          write_list:
            - user1

Testing

Requirements:

• Vagrant
• VirtualBox
• Ansible
• Molecule
• yamllint
• ansible-lint
• Docker

Run within docker

molecule test

Run within Vagrant

 molecule test --scenario-name vagrant --parallel

I recommend to use pyenv for local testing. Within the Github Actions pipeline I use my own molecule Docker image.