Rex::Commands::Partition(3)

NAME
Rex::Commands::Partition - Partition module

DESCRIPTION
With this Module you can partition your harddrive.

Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.

All these functions are not idempotent.

SYNOPSIS
 use Rex::Commands::Partition;

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

  clearpart($drive)
Clear partitions on drive `sda`:

 clearpart "sda";

Create a new GPT disk label (partition table) on drive `sda`:

 clearpart "sda",
  initialize => "gpt";

If GPT initialization is requested, the `bios_boot` option (default: TRUE) can also be set to TRUE or FALSE to control creation of a BIOS boot partition:

 clearpart "sda",
  initialize => "gpt",
  bios_boot => FALSE;

  partition($mountpoint, %option)
Create a partition with the specified parameters:

ondisk
    The disk to be partitioned. Mandatory.

size
    Desired size of the partition in MB. It is mandatory to pass either a "size" or a "grow" parameter (but not both).

grow
    If "TRUE", then the partition will take up all the available space on the disk. It is mandatory to pass either a "grow" or a "size" parameter (but not both).

type
    Partition type to be passed to "parted"'s "mkpart" command. Optional, defaults to "primary".

boot
    Sets boot flag on the partition if "TRUE". Optional, no boot flag is set by default.

fstype
    Create a filesystem after creating the partition. Optional, no filesystem is created by default.

label
    Label to be used with the filesystem. Optional, defaults to no label.

mount
    If "TRUE", try to mount the partition after creating it. Optional, no mount is attempted by default.

mount_persistent
    If "TRUE", try to mount the partition after creating it, and also register it in "/etc/fstab". Optional, no mount or "/etc/fstab" manipulation is attempted by default.

vg  Creates an LVM PV, then creates the specifed LVM VG (or extends it, if the VG already exists). Needs "ondisk".

Examples:

 partition "/",
   fstype => "ext3",
   size   => 15000,
   ondisk => "sda",
   type   => "primary";

 partition "none",
   type   => "extended",
   ondisk => "sda",
   grow   => 1,
   mount  => TRUE,

 partition "swap",
   fstype => "swap",
   type   => "logical",
   ondisk => "sda",
   size   => 8000;

 partition "/",
   fstype => "ext3",
   size   => 10000,
   ondisk => "sda",
   vg     => "vg0";