na_ontap_cifs_server – NetApp ONTAP CIFS server configuration

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Creating / deleting and modifying the CIFS server .

Requirements

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

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward
  • Ansible 2.6
  • Python2 netapp-lib (2017.10.30) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
  • Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
  • To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
admin_password
-
Specifies the cifs server admin password.
admin_user_name
-
Specifies the cifs server admin username.
domain
-
The Fully Qualified Domain Name of the Windows Active Directory this CIFS server belongs to.
force
boolean
added in 2.7
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If this is set and a machine account with the same name as specified in 'name' exists in the Active Directory, it will be overwritten and reused.
hostname
string / required
The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
http_port
integer
Override the default port (80 or 443) with this port
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable and disable https
name
- / required
Specifies the cifs_server name.

aliases: cifs_server_name
ontapi
integer
The ontap api version to use
ou
-
added in 2.7
The Organizational Unit (OU) within the Windows Active Directory this CIFS server belongs to.
password
string / required
Password for the specified user.

aliases: pass
service_state
-
    Choices:
  • stopped
  • started
CIFS Server Administrative Status.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the specified cifs_server should exist or not.
use_rest
string
    Choices:
  • Never
  • Always
  • Auto ←
REST API if supported by the target system for all the resources and attributes the module requires. Otherwise will revert to ZAPI.
Always -- will always use the REST API
Never -- will always use the ZAPI
Auto -- will try to use the REST Api
username
string / required
This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required. For more information, please read the documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/.

aliases: user
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to False used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
vserver
- / required
The name of the vserver to use.
workgroup
-
The NetBIOS name of the domain or workgroup this CIFS server belongs to.

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na\_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Examples

- name: Create cifs_server
  na_ontap_cifs_server:
    state: present
    vserver: svm1
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Delete cifs_server
  na_ontap_cifs_server:
    state: absent
    name: data2
    vserver: svm1
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

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