hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_user_facts module – Retrieves user information from Hitachi VSP storage systems.

Note

This module is part of the hitachivantara.vspone_block collection (version 3.5.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install hitachivantara.vspone_block. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_user_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 3.3.0

Synopsis

• This module retrieves information about users from Hitachi VSP storage systems.

• For examples, go to URL https://github.com/hitachi-vantara/vspone-block-ansible/blob/main/playbooks/vsp_direct/user_facts.yml

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
connection_info dictionary / required	Information required to establish a connection to the storage system.
address string / required	IP address or hostname of the storage system.
password string	Password for authentication. This is a required field.
username string	Username for authentication. This is a required field.
spec dictionary	Specification for the user facts to be gathered.
id string	The id of the specific user to retrieve.
name string	The name of the specific user to retrieve.

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Determines if the module should run in check mode.

Notes

Note

• Connection type gateway was removed starting from version 3.4.0. Please use an earlier version if you require this connection type.

Examples

- name: Get all users for direct connection type
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_user_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "secret"

- name: Get user by name for direct connection type
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_user_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "secret"
    spec:
      name: "user1"

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Key	Description
users list / elements=dictionary	The user information. Returned: success
authentication string	Authentication type - local or external. Returned: success Sample: "local"
group_names list / elements=string	User group names. Returned: success Sample: ["Administrator User Group"]
id string	The ID of the user. Returned: success Sample: "ucpa"
is_account_status boolean	The account status of the user. Returned: success Sample: true
is_built_in boolean	Indicates whether the user is built-in or not. Returned: success Sample: false
name string	The name of the user. Returned: success Sample: "ucpa"

Authors

• Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)