open_iscsi – Manage iscsi targets with open-iscsi

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

  • Discover targets on given portal, (dis)connect targets, mark targets to manually or auto start, return device nodes of connected targets.

Requirements

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

  • open_iscsi library and tools (iscsiadm)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auto_node_startup
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
whether the target node should be automatically connected at startup

aliases: automatic
discover
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
whether the list of target nodes on the portal should be (re)discovered and added to the persistent iscsi database. Keep in mind that iscsiadm discovery resets configurtion, like node.startup to manual, hence combined with auto_node_startup=yes will always return a changed state.
login
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
whether the target node should be connected
node_auth
-
Default:
"CHAP"
discovery.sendtargets.auth.authmethod
node_pass
-
discovery.sendtargets.auth.password
node_user
-
discovery.sendtargets.auth.username
port
-
Default:
3260
the port on which the iscsi target process listens
portal
-
the ip address of the iscsi target

aliases: ip
show_nodes
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
whether the list of nodes in the persistent iscsi database should be returned by the module
target
-
the iscsi target name

aliases: name, targetname

Examples

# perform a discovery on 10.1.2.3 and show available target nodes
- open_iscsi:
    show_nodes: yes
    discover: yes
    portal: 10.1.2.3

# discover targets on portal and login to the one available
# (only works if exactly one target is exported to the initiator)
- open_iscsi:
    portal: '{{ iscsi_target }}'
    login: yes
    discover: yes

# description: connect to the named target, after updating the local
# persistent database (cache)
- open_iscsi:
    login: yes
    target: 'iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:f8c1f9e0-c3ec-ec84-c9c9-8bfb0cd5de3d'

# description: discconnect from the cached named target
- open_iscsi:
    login: no
    target: 'iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:f8c1f9e0-c3ec-ec84-c9c9-8bfb0cd5de3d'

Status

Authors

  • Serge van Ginderachter (@srvg)

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