ansible-macos-timemachine

Ansible role to manage timemachine settings in macOS.

Requirements

Ansible 2.3

ansible.cfg

hash_behaviour = merge

Install

Just add the role to your requirements.yml file:

- src: https://github.com/feffi/ansible-macos-timemachine.git
  name: feffi.macos-timemachine

Role Variables

All role based variables are listed below, along with default values:

macos_timemachine:
  # Disable local Time Machine snapshots
  local: false

  # Prevent Time Machine from prompting to use new hard drives as backup volume
  prompt_new: false

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: all
      vars:
        macos_timemachine:
          local: false
          prompt_new: false
      roles:
        - { role: feffi.macos-timemachine }

Or with local parameters:

    - hosts: all
      roles:
        - { role: feffi.macos-timemachine,
            macos_timemachine: {
              local: false,
              prompt_new: false
            }
          }