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# parted – Configure block device partitions

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- This module allows configuring block device partition using the `parted` command line tool. For a full description of the fields and the options check the GNU parted manual.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- This module requires parted version 1.8.3 and above.
- If the version of parted is below 3.1, it requires a Linux version running the sysfs file system `/sys/`.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
align string | Choices: cylinder minimal none optimal ← | Set alignment for newly created partitions.
device string / required |  | The block device (disk) where to operate.
flags list |  | A list of the flags that has to be set on the partition.
label string | Choices: aix amiga bsd dvh gpt loop mac msdos ← pc98 sun | Creates a new disk label.
name string |  | Sets the name for the partition number (GPT, Mac, MIPS and PC98 only).
number integer |  | The number of the partition to work with or the number of the partition that will be created. Required when performing any action on the disk, except fetching information.
part_end string | Default: "100%" | Where the partition will end as offset from the beginning of the disk, that is, the "distance" from the start of the disk. The distance can be specified with all the units supported by parted (except compat) and it is case sensitive, e.g. `10GiB`, `15%`.
part_start string | Default: "0%" | Where the partition will start as offset from the beginning of the disk, that is, the "distance" from the start of the disk. The distance can be specified with all the units supported by parted (except compat) and it is case sensitive, e.g. `10GiB`, `15%`.
part_type string | Choices: extended logical primary ← | May be specified only with 'msdos' or 'dvh' partition tables. A `name` must be specified for a 'gpt' partition table. Neither `part_type` nor `name` may be used with a 'sun' partition table.
state string | Choices: absent present info ← | Whether to create or delete a partition. If set to `info` the module will only return the device information.
unit string | Choices: s B KB KiB ← MB MiB GB GiB TB TiB % cyl chs compact | Selects the current default unit that Parted will use to display locations and capacities on the disk and to interpret those given by the user if they are not suffixed by an unit. When fetching information about a disk, it is always recommended to specify a unit.

## Notes

Note

- When fetching information about a new disk and when the version of parted installed on the system is before version 3.1, the module queries the kernel through `/sys/` to obtain disk information. In this case the units CHS and CYL are not supported.

## Examples

    - name: Create a new primary partition
      parted:
        device: /dev/sdb
        number: 1
        state: present

    - name: Remove partition number 1
      parted:
        device: /dev/sdb
        number: 1
        state: absent

    - name: Create a new primary partition with a size of 1GiB
      parted:
        device: /dev/sdb
        number: 1
        state: present
        part_end: 1GiB

    - name: Create a new primary partition for LVM
      parted:
        device: /dev/sdb
        number: 2
        flags: [ lvm ]
        state: present
        part_start: 1GiB

    # Example on how to read info and reuse it in subsequent task
    - name: Read device information (always use unit when probing)
      parted: device=/dev/sdb unit=MiB
      register: sdb_info

    - name: Remove all partitions from disk
      parted:
        device: /dev/sdb
        number: '{{ item.num }}'
        state: absent
      loop: '{{ sdb_info.partitions }}'

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
partition_info complex | success | Current partition information Sample: {'disk': {'dev': '/dev/sdb', 'logical_block': 512, 'model': 'VMware Virtual disk', 'physical_block': 512, 'size': 5.0, 'table': 'msdos', 'unit': 'gib'}, 'partitions': [{'begin': 0.0, 'end': 1.0, 'flags': ['boot', 'lvm'], 'fstype': '', 'name': '', 'num': 1, 'size': 1.0}, {'begin': 1.0, 'end': 5.0, 'flags': [], 'fstype': '', 'name': '', 'num': 2, 'size': 4.0}]}
| device dictionary |  | Generic device information.
| partitions list |  | List of device partitions.

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Fabrizio Colonna (@ColOfAbRiX)

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