--- # Install NFS client, mount distant storage and add configuration to fstab to make it persistent - name: Install NFS client apt: name: - nfs-common # use this on any NFS machine, be either client or server update_cache: true - name: Create mountable dir file: path: {{ nfs-mount-path }} state: directory mode: 0644 owner: {{ nfs-dir-owner }} group: {{ nfs-dir-group }} - name: Mount and add to fstab mount: state: mounted # actively mounted and configured in fstab src: {{ nfs-src }} path: {{ nfs-mount-path }} fstype: nfs opts: defaults # don't specify dump and fsck to keep the 0 (don't) variable