purefa_user – Create, modify or delete FlashArray local user account

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Create, modify or delete local users on a Pure Storage FlashArray.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • purestorage

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to create an API token for this user
Token can be exposed using the debug module
api_token
string / required
FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
fa_url
string / required
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
name
string
The name of the local user account
old_password
string
If changing an existing password, you must provide the old password for security
password
string
Password for the local user.
role
string
    Choices:
  • readonly
  • storage_admin
  • array_admin
Sets the local user's access level to the array
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Create, delete or update local user account

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 new user ansible with API token
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    password: apassword
    role: storage_admin
    api: true
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
  register: result

  debug:
    msg: "API Token: {{ result['user_info']['user_api'] }}"

- name: Change role type for existing user
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    role: array_admin
    state: update
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Change password type for existing user (NOT IDEMPOTENT)
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    password: anewpassword
    old_password: apassword
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Change API token for existing user
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    api: true
    state: update
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
  register: result

  debug:
    msg: "API Token: {{ result['user_info']['user_api'] }}"

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