salt.modules.zfs

Module for running ZFS command

codeauthor

Nitin Madhok <nmadhok@clemson.edu>, Jorge Schrauwen <sjorge@blackdot.be>

maintainer

Jorge Schrauwen <sjorge@blackdot.be>

maturity

new

depends

salt.utils.zfs

platform

illumos,freebsd,linux

Changed in version 2018.3.1: Big refactor to remove duplicate code, better type converions and improved consistancy in output.

salt.modules.zfs.bookmark(snapshot, bookmark)

Creates a bookmark of the given snapshot

Note

Bookmarks mark the point in time when the snapshot was created, and can be used as the incremental source for a zfs send command.

This feature must be enabled to be used. See zpool-features(5) for details on ZFS feature flags and the bookmarks feature.

snapshotstring

name of snapshot to bookmark

bookmarkstring

name of bookmark

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.bookmark myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/mydataset#complete
salt.modules.zfs.clone(name_a, name_b, **kwargs)

Creates a clone of the given snapshot.

name_astring

name of snapshot

name_bstring

name of filesystem or volume

create_parentboolean

creates all the non-existing parent datasets. any property specified on the command line using the -o option is ignored.

propertiesdict

additional zfs properties (-o)

Note

ZFS properties can be specified at the time of creation of the filesystem by passing an additional argument called "properties" and specifying the properties with their respective values in the form of a python dictionary:

properties="{'property1': 'value1', 'property2': 'value2'}"

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.clone myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/mydataset_yesterday
salt.modules.zfs.create(name, **kwargs)

Create a ZFS File System.

namestring

name of dataset or volume

volume_sizestring

if specified, a zvol will be created instead of a dataset

sparseboolean

create sparse volume

create_parentboolean

creates all the non-existing parent datasets. any property specified on the command line using the -o option is ignored.

propertiesdict

additional zfs properties (-o)

Note

ZFS properties can be specified at the time of creation of the filesystem by passing an additional argument called "properties" and specifying the properties with their respective values in the form of a python dictionary:

properties="{'property1': 'value1', 'property2': 'value2'}"

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/mydataset [create_parent=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/mydataset properties="{'mountpoint': '/export/zfs', 'sharenfs': 'on'}"
salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/volume volume_size=1G [sparse=True|False]`
salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/volume volume_size=1G properties="{'volblocksize': '512'}" [sparse=True|False]
salt.modules.zfs.destroy(name, **kwargs)

Destroy a ZFS File System.

namestring

name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

forceboolean

force an unmount of any file systems using the unmount -f command.

recursiveboolean

recursively destroy all children. (-r)

recursive_allboolean

recursively destroy all dependents, including cloned file systems outside the target hierarchy. (-R)

Warning

watch out when using recursive and recursive_all

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.destroy myzpool/mydataset [force=True|False]
salt.modules.zfs.diff(name_a, name_b=None, **kwargs)

Display the difference between a snapshot of a given filesystem and another snapshot of that filesystem from a later time or the current contents of the filesystem.

name_astring

name of snapshot

name_bstring

(optional) name of snapshot or filesystem

show_changetimeboolean

display the path's inode change time as the first column of output. (default = True)

show_indicationboolean

display an indication of the type of file. (default = True)

parsableboolean

if true we don't parse the timestamp to a more readable date (default = True)

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.diff myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/mydataset
salt.modules.zfs.exists(name, **kwargs)

Check if a ZFS filesystem or volume or snapshot exists.

namestring

name of dataset

typestring

also check if dataset is of a certain type, valid choices are: filesystem, snapshot, volume, bookmark, or all.

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.exists myzpool/mydataset
salt '*' zfs.exists myzpool/myvolume type=volume
salt.modules.zfs.get(*dataset, **kwargs)

Displays properties for the given datasets.

datasetstring

name of snapshot(s), filesystem(s), or volume(s)

propertiesstring

comma-separated list of properties to list, defaults to all

recursiveboolean

recursively list children

depthint

recursively list children to depth

fieldsstring

comma-separated list of fields to include, the name and property field will always be added

typestring

comma-separated list of types to display, where type is one of filesystem, snapshot, volume, bookmark, or all.

sourcestring

comma-separated list of sources to display. Must be one of the following: local, default, inherited, temporary, and none. The default value is all sources.

parsableboolean

display numbers in parsable (exact) values (default = True) .. versionadded:: 2018.3.0

Note

If no datasets are specified, then the command displays properties for all datasets on the system.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.get
salt '*' zfs.get myzpool/mydataset [recursive=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.get myzpool/mydataset properties="sharenfs,mountpoint" [recursive=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.get myzpool/mydataset myzpool/myotherdataset properties=available fields=value depth=1
salt.modules.zfs.hold(tag, *snapshot, **kwargs)

Adds a single reference, named with the tag argument, to the specified snapshot or snapshots.

Note

Each snapshot has its own tag namespace, and tags must be unique within that space.

If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that snapshot by using the zfs destroy command return EBUSY.

tagstring

name of tag

snapshotstring

name of snapshot(s)

recursiveboolean

specifies that a hold with the given tag is applied recursively to the snapshots of all descendent file systems.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

As of 2018.3.1 the tag parameter no longer accepts a comma-separated value. It's is now possible to create a tag that contains a comma, this was impossible before.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.hold mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot [recursive=True]
salt '*' zfs.hold mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot myzpool/mydataset@myothersnapshot
salt.modules.zfs.holds(snapshot, **kwargs)

Lists all existing user references for the given snapshot or snapshots.

snapshotstring

name of snapshot

recursiveboolean

lists the holds that are set on the named descendent snapshots also.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.holds myzpool/mydataset@baseline
salt.modules.zfs.inherit(prop, name, **kwargs)

Clears the specified property

propstring

name of property

namestring

name of the filesystem, volume, or snapshot

recursiveboolean

recursively inherit the given property for all children.

revertboolean

revert the property to the received value if one exists; otherwise operate as if the -S option was not specified.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.inherit canmount myzpool/mydataset [recursive=True|False]
salt.modules.zfs.list_(name=None, **kwargs)

Return a list of all datasets or a specified dataset on the system and the values of their used, available, referenced, and mountpoint properties.

namestring

name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

recursiveboolean

recursively list children

depthint

limit recursion to depth

propertiesstring

comma-separated list of properties to list, the name property will always be added

typestring

comma-separated list of types to display, where type is one of filesystem, snapshot, volume, bookmark, or all.

sortstring

property to sort on (default = name)

orderstring [ascending|descending]

sort order (default = ascending)

parsableboolean

display numbers in parsable (exact) values .. versionadded:: 2018.3.0

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.list
salt '*' zfs.list myzpool/mydataset [recursive=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.list myzpool/mydataset properties="sharenfs,mountpoint"
salt.modules.zfs.list_mount()

List mounted zfs filesystems

New in version 2018.3.1.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.list_mount
salt.modules.zfs.mount(name=None, **kwargs)

Mounts ZFS file systems

namestring

name of the filesystem, having this set to None will mount all filesystems. (this is the default)

overlayboolean

perform an overlay mount.

optionsstring

optional comma-separated list of mount options to use temporarily for the duration of the mount.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

Passing '-a' as name is deprecated and will be removed in Sodium.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.mount
salt '*' zfs.mount myzpool/mydataset
salt '*' zfs.mount myzpool/mydataset options=ro
salt.modules.zfs.promote(name)

Promotes a clone file system to no longer be dependent on its "origin" snapshot.

Note

This makes it possible to destroy the file system that the clone was created from. The clone parent-child dependency relationship is reversed, so that the origin file system becomes a clone of the specified file system.

The snapshot that was cloned, and any snapshots previous to this snapshot, are now owned by the promoted clone. The space they use moves from the origin file system to the promoted clone, so enough space must be available to accommodate these snapshots. No new space is consumed by this operation, but the space accounting is adjusted. The promoted clone must not have any conflicting snapshot names of its own. The rename subcommand can be used to rename any conflicting snapshots.

namestring

name of clone-filesystem

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.promote myzpool/myclone
salt.modules.zfs.release(tag, *snapshot, **kwargs)

Removes a single reference, named with the tag argument, from the specified snapshot or snapshots.

Note

The tag must already exist for each snapshot. If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that snapshot by using the zfs destroy command return EBUSY.

tagstring

name of tag

snapshotstring

name of snapshot(s)

recursiveboolean

recursively releases a hold with the given tag on the snapshots of all descendent file systems.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

As of 2018.3.1 the tag parameter no longer accepts a comma-separated value. It's is now possible to create a tag that contains a comma, this was impossible before.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.release mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot [recursive=True]
salt '*' zfs.release mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot myzpool/mydataset@myothersnapshot
salt.modules.zfs.rename(name, new_name, **kwargs)

Rename or Relocate a ZFS File System.

namestring

name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

new_namestring

new name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

forceboolean

force unmount any filesystems that need to be unmounted in the process.

create_parentboolean

creates all the nonexistent parent datasets. Datasets created in this manner are automatically mounted according to the mountpoint property inherited from their parent.

recursiveboolean

recursively rename the snapshots of all descendent datasets. snapshots are the only dataset that can be renamed recursively.

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.rename myzpool/mydataset myzpool/renameddataset
salt.modules.zfs.rollback(name, **kwargs)

Roll back the given dataset to a previous snapshot.

namestring

name of snapshot

recursiveboolean

destroy any snapshots and bookmarks more recent than the one specified.

recursive_allboolean

destroy any more recent snapshots and bookmarks, as well as any clones of those snapshots.

forceboolean

used with the -R option to force an unmount of any clone file systems that are to be destroyed.

Warning

When a dataset is rolled back, all data that has changed since the snapshot is discarded, and the dataset reverts to the state at the time of the snapshot. By default, the command refuses to roll back to a snapshot other than the most recent one.

In order to do so, all intermediate snapshots and bookmarks must be destroyed by specifying the -r option.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.rollback myzpool/mydataset@yesterday
salt.modules.zfs.set(*dataset, **kwargs)

Sets the property or list of properties to the given value(s) for each dataset.

datasetstring

name of snapshot(s), filesystem(s), or volume(s)

propertiesstring

additional zfs properties pairs

Note

properties are passed as key-value pairs. e.g.

compression=off

Note

Only some properties can be edited.

See the Properties section for more information on what properties can be set and acceptable values.

Numeric values can be specified as exact values, or in a human-readable form with a suffix of B, K, M, G, T, P, E (for bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes, or exabytes respectively).

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.set myzpool/mydataset compression=off
salt '*' zfs.set myzpool/mydataset myzpool/myotherdataset compression=off
salt '*' zfs.set myzpool/mydataset myzpool/myotherdataset compression=lz4 canmount=off
salt.modules.zfs.snapshot(*snapshot, **kwargs)

Creates snapshots with the given names.

snapshotstring

name of snapshot(s)

recursiveboolean

recursively create snapshots of all descendent datasets.

propertiesdict

additional zfs properties (-o)

Note

ZFS properties can be specified at the time of creation of the filesystem by passing an additional argument called "properties" and specifying the properties with their respective values in the form of a python dictionary:

properties="{'property1': 'value1', 'property2': 'value2'}"

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.snapshot myzpool/mydataset@yesterday [recursive=True]
salt '*' zfs.snapshot myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/myotherdataset@yesterday [recursive=True]
salt.modules.zfs.unmount(name, **kwargs)

Unmounts ZFS file systems

namestring

name of the filesystem, you can use None to unmount all mounted filesystems.

forceboolean

forcefully unmount the file system, even if it is currently in use.

Warning

Using -a for the name parameter will probably break your system, unless your rootfs is not on zfs.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

Passing '-a' as name is deprecated and will be removed in Sodium.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.unmount myzpool/mydataset [force=True|False]