netapp.ontap.na_ontap_fdspt – NetApp ONTAP create, delete or modify File Directory security policy tasks

Note

This plugin is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 21.14.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.ontap.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.ontap.na_ontap_fdspt.

New in version 21.8.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • Create, modify or remove file directory security policy tasks.

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9

  • Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’

  • netapp-lib 2020.3.12 is strongly recommended as it provides better error reporting for connection issues.

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward.

  • REST support requires ONTAP 9.6 or later.

  • To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_control

string

Specifies access control of the task.

Choices:

  • file_directory

  • slag

cert_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

feature_flags

dictionary

added in 20.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Enable or disable a new feature.

This can be used to enable an experimental feature or disable a new feature that breaks backward compatibility.

Supported keys and values are subject to change without notice. Unknown keys are ignored.

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

Enable and disable https.

Ignored when using REST as only https is supported.

Ignored when using SSL certificate authentication as it requires SSL.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

index_num

integer

Specifies the index number of a task. Tasks are applied in order. A task with a larger index value is applied after a task with a lower index number. If you do not specify this optional parameter, new tasks are applied to the end of the index list.

key_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client key file.

name

string / required

Specifies the name of the policy the task will be associated with.

ntfs_mode

string

Specifies NTFS propagation mode.

Choices:

  • propagate

  • ignore

  • replace

ntfs_sd

list / elements=string

Specifies the NTFS security descriptor name.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

path

string / required

Specifies the file or folder path of the task. In case of SLAG this path specify the volume or qtree mounted path.

security_type

string

Specifies the type of security. If not specified ONTAP will default to ntfs.

Choices:

  • ntfs

  • nfsv4

state

string

Whether the specified Policy Task should exist or not.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

use_rest

string

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

Default: “auto”

username

aliases: user

string

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/.

Two authentication methods are supported

  1. basic authentication, using username and password,

  2. SSL certificate authentication, using a ssl client cert file, and optionally a private key file.

To use a certificate, the certificate must have been installed in the ONTAP cluster, and cert authentication must have been enabled.

validate_certs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

vserver

string / required

Specifies the vserver for the File Directory security policy.

Notes

Note

  • check_mode is supported for this module.

  • The modules prefixed with na_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Examples

- name: Create File Directory Security Policy Task
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_na_ontap_fdspt:
    state: present
    name: "ansible_pl"
    access_control: "file_directory"
    ntfs_sd: "ansible1_sd"
    ntfs_mode: "replace"
    security_type: "ntfs"
    path: "/volume1"
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Modify File Directory Security Policy Task
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_na_ontap_fdspt:
    state: present
    name: "ansible_pl"
    access_control: "file_directory"
    path: "/volume1"
    ntfs_sd: "ansible1_sd"
    ntfs_mode: "replace"
    security_type: "ntfs"
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Remove File Directory Security Policy Task
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_na_ontap_fdspt:
    state: absent
    vserver: "SVM1"
    name: "ansible_pl"
    access_control: "file_directory"
    path: "/volume1"
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

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