# davestephens/ansible-nas

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/davestephens-ansible-nas.md

## Topics

`ansible` `ansible-playbook` `docker` `homelab` `homelab-automation` `homelab-setup` `homeserver` `media-streaming` `nas` `self-hosted` `ubuntu` `ubuntu-server`

## Description

This project is an Ansible role and configuration framework designed to automate the installation and provisioning of network attached storage and self-hosted services. It functions as a home server orchestration tool for deploying media servers, cloud storage, and home automation tools on private hardware.

The system includes a dynamic DNS configuration suite to expose local network services to the internet using custom hostnames. It allows for the deployment of interconnected application stacks and preconfigured service suites that are coordinated to achieve specific operational goals.

The framework covers a broad range of capabilities including the setup of network storage, the deployment of containerized application environments, and the routing of external traffic to internal services. It utilizes a variable-driven approach to inject custom settings and secrets across different deployment environments.

## Tags

### DevOps & Infrastructure

- [Network Storage Deployments](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/network-storage-deployments.md) — Automates the configuration of file sharing services and container environments to establish a networked storage system. ([source](https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas/blob/main/requirements.yml))
- [Self-Hosted Deployments](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/self-hosted-deployments.md) — Provides an automated framework for deploying and operating diverse application stacks on user-owned private infrastructure.
- [Ansible Playbooks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/ansible-playbooks.md) — Provides declarative Ansible playbooks for automating the setup of home server infrastructure and services.
- [Docker Compose Deployments](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/container-orchestration/container-runtimes/runtime-configuration-interfaces/docker-socket-orchestrators/docker-target-configurators/docker-container-deployments/docker-compose-deployments.md) — Uses Docker Compose templates to orchestrate isolated environments for multiple interconnected home server applications.
- [Coordinated Stack Deployments](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/coordinated-stack-deployments.md) — Installs coordinated stacks of interdependent services preconfigured to achieve specific operational goals. ([source](https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas/blob/main/README.md))
- [Home Server Orchestration Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/home-server-orchestration-tools.md) — Provides a set of automated playbooks for deploying media servers, cloud storage, and home automation on private hardware.
- [Public Service Exposers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/public-service-exposers.md) — Configures applications for external access using custom hostnames and dynamic DNS updates. ([source](https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas#readme))
- [Self-Hosted Applications](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/self-hosted-applications.md) — Installs groups of interconnected applications designed to be managed on private hardware.
- [NAS Deployments](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/self-hosted-deployment-tools/nas-deployments.md) — Automates the deployment of media servers and home automation tools on private NAS hardware. ([source](https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas/tree/main/roles))
- [Service Exposure](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/service-exposure.md) — Configures local applications to be accessible over the internet using secure mapping of domain names to ports.
- [Role-Based Configuration Modularization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/role-based-configuration-modularization.md) — Organizes deployment logic into reusable Ansible roles to separate system prerequisites from application configs.

### Networking & Communication

- [Proxy Traffic Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/traffic-proxying/proxy-traffic-management.md) — Implements reverse-proxy traffic routing to direct external web requests to internal containerized services.
- [Dynamic DNS Services](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/dynamic-dns-services.md) — Implements a system to expose local services via automated DNS updates to map hostnames to changing IPs.

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Home Server Orchestration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/home-server-orchestration.md) — Deploys and manages a collection of media servers and home automation tools from a single configuration.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Environment Variable Sets](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/application-lifecycle-management/configuration-management/environment-variable-management/environment-variables/environment-variable-sets.md) — Utilizes central configuration files and variable sets to inject custom settings and secrets across environments.
- [Inventory-Based Hardware Mapping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/architecture-dependency-mapping/host-environment-mapping/inventory-based-hardware-mapping.md) — Links specific software stacks to targeted server hardware based on predefined Ansible inventory groups.

### Web Development

- [Application Deployment](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/application-deployment.md) — Installs interconnected applications with pre-set configurations for functional goals like centralized logging. ([source](https://github.com/davestephens/ansible-nas#readme))