purefa_hg – Manage hostgroups on Pure Storage FlashArrays

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Create, delete or modify hostgroups on Pure Storage FlashArrays.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7

  • purestorage

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_token
string / required
FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
fa_url
string / required
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
host
list
List of existing hosts to add to hostgroup.
hostgroup
string / required
The name of the hostgroup.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Define whether the hostgroup should exist or not.
volume
list
List of existing volumes to add to hostgroup.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the purestorage Python library

  • You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if fa_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Create empty hostgroup
  purefa_hg:
    hostgroup: foo
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Add hosts and volumes to existing or new hostgroup
  purefa_hg:
    hostgroup: foo
    host:
      - host1
      - host2
    volume:
      - vol1
      - vol2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Delete hosts and volumes from hostgroup
  purefa_hg:
    hostgroup: foo
    host:
      - host1
      - host2
    volume:
      - vol1
      - vol2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

# This will disconnect all hosts and volumes in the hostgroup
- name: Delete hostgroup
  purefa_hg:
    hostgroup: foo
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Create host group with hosts and volumes
  purefa_hg:
    hostgroup: bar
    host:
      - host1
      - host2
    volume:
      - vol1
      - vol2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

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