purefb_ds – Configure FlashBlade Directory Service

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Create or erase directory services configurations. There is no facility to SSL certificates at this time. Use the FlashBlade GUI for this additional configuration work.

  • To modify an existing directory service configuration you must first delete an existing configuration and then recreate with new settings.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7

  • purity_fb >= 1.1

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_token
string
FlashBlade API token for admin privileged user.
base_dn
string / required
Sets the base of the Distinguished Name (DN) of the directory service groups. The base should consist of only Domain Components (DCs). The base_dn will populate with a default value when a URI is entered by parsing domain components from the URI. The base DN should specify DC= for each domain component and multiple DCs should be separated by commas.
bind_password
string
Sets the password of the bind_user user name account.
bind_user
string
Sets the user name that can be used to bind to and query the directory.
For Active Directory, enter the username - often referred to as sAMAccountName or User Logon Name - of the account that is used to perform directory lookups.
For OpenLDAP, enter the full DN of the user.
dstype
string
    Choices:
  • management
  • nfs
  • smb
The type of directory service to work on
enable
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to enable or disable directory service support.
fb_url
string
FlashBlade management IP address or Hostname.
join_ou
string
added in 2.9
The optional organizational unit (OU) where the machine account for the directory service will be created.
nis_domain
string
added in 2.9
The NIS domain to search
This cannot be used in conjunction with LDAP configurations.
nis_servers
list
added in 2.9
A list of up to 30 IP addresses or FQDNs for NIS servers.
This cannot be used in conjunction with LDAP configurations.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Create or delete directory service configuration
uri
list
A list of up to 30 URIs of the directory servers. Each URI must include the scheme ldap:// or ldaps:// (for LDAP over SSL), a hostname, and a domain name or IP address. For example, ldap://ad.company.com configures the directory service with the hostname "ad" in the domain "company.com" while specifying the unencrypted LDAP protocol.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the purity_fb Python library

  • You must set PUREFB_URL and PUREFB_API environment variables if fb_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Delete existing management directory service
  purefb_ds:
    dstype: management
    state: absent
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Create NFS directory service (disabled)
  purefb_ds:
    dstype: nfs
    uri: "ldaps://lab.purestorage.com"
    base_dn: "DC=lab,DC=purestorage,DC=com"
    bind_user: Administrator
    bind_password: password
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Enable existing SMB directory service
  purefb_ds:
    dstypr: smb
    enable: true
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Disable existing management directory service
  purefb_ds:
    dstype: management
    enable: false
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Create NFS directory service (enabled)
  purefb_ds:
    dstype: nfs
    enable: true
    uri: "ldaps://lab.purestorage.com"
    base_dn: "DC=lab,DC=purestorage,DC=com"
    bind_user: Administrator
    bind_password: password
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

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