--- # 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