SAMBA Server Installation on Ubuntu Server using Ansible
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This role is helpful to install SAMBA server on Ubuntu server 14.04 LTS.
SAMBA Installation Tutorial - This step by step tutorial explains the installation and configuration of a SAMBA server on Ubuntu server.
To use this Role:
Edit the site.yml file, mentioned this role:
---
- hosts: server
become: yes
gather_facts: yes
roles:
- samba
After that edit the defaults/main.yml file:
Change the username(s) and their smbpassword, but these user(s) must exist on the target system. Also change the other values as per your requirement. These are self explanatory.
---
ubuntu_samba_packages:
- samba
- samba-common
- python-glade2
- system-config-samba
workgroup: WORKGROUP
public_share_name: public
public_share_path: /samba/public
private_share_name: private
private_share_path: /samba/private
samba_group_name: smbgrp
samba_users:
- name: 'arbab'
smbpasswd: 'pass123'
- name: 'hussain'
smbpasswd: 'password'
Then run this command:
ansible-playbook -i hosts -u arbab site.yml
Note: Please don't forget to change arbab with your username