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There is no easy way to "just mount" an existing filesystem in Ansible, using the "mount" module. I just want to mount an already defined mount point, and don't really care about all the configuration here. But if I try this:

- name: Mount /backup filesystem
  mount:
    path: "/backup"
    state: mounted

I end up with the following error message:

TASK [Mount /backup filesystem] ********************
fatal: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "state is mounted but all of the following are missing: src, fstype"}

Ansible requires to configure the mount point all the way. Also specified in the documentation:

• "fstype" is required when state is "present" or "mounted"
• "state" == "mounted": the device will be actively mounted and appropriately configured in fstab. If the mount point is not present, the mount point will be created.

Not what I want here!