netapp.ontap.na_ontap_wait_for_condition – NetApp ONTAP wait_for_condition. Loop over a get status request until a condition is met.

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_wait_for_condition.

New in version 20.8.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • Loop over an ONTAP get status request until a condition is satisfied.

  • Report a timeout error if timeout is exceeded while waiting for the condition.

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

attributes

dictionary

a dictionary of custom attributes for the event.

for instance, sp_upgrade, sp_version require node.

sp_version requires expectd_version.

cert_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

conditions

list / elements=string / required

one or more conditions to match

for instance is_in_progress for sp_upgrade, firmware_version for sp_version.

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

key_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client key file.

name

string / required

The name of the event to check for.

Choices:

  • sp_upgrade

  • sp_version

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

polling_interval

integer

how ofen to check for the conditions, in seconds.

Default: 5

state

string

whether the conditions should be present or absent.

if present, the module exits when any of the conditions is observed.

if absent, the module exits with success when None of the conditions is observed.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

timeout

integer

how long to wait for the conditions, in seconds.

Default: 180

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)

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: wait for sp_upgrade in progress
  na_ontap_wait_for_condition:
    hostname: "{{ ontap_admin_ip }}"
    username: "{{ ontap_admin_username }}"
    password: "{{ ontap_admin_password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: no
    name: sp_upgrade
    conditions: is_in_progress
    attributes:
      node: "{{ node }}"
    polling_interval: 30
    timeout: 1800

- name: wait for sp_upgrade not in progress
  na_ontap_wait_for_condition:
    hostname: "{{ ontap_admin_ip }}"
    username: "{{ ontap_admin_username }}"
    password: "{{ ontap_admin_password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: no
    name: sp_upgrade
    conditions: is_in_progress
    state: absent
    attributes:
      node: "{{ ontap_admin_ip }}"
    polling_interval: 30
    timeout: 1800

- name: wait for sp_version to match 3.9
  na_ontap_wait_for_condition:
    hostname: "{{ ontap_admin_ip }}"
    username: "{{ ontap_admin_username }}"
    password: "{{ ontap_admin_password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: no
    name: sp_version
    conditions: firmware_version
    state: present
    attributes:
      node: "{{ ontap_admin_ip }}"
      expected_version: 3.9
    polling_interval: 30
    timeout: 1800

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

last_state

string

last observed state for event

Returned: always

states

string

summarized list of observed states while waiting for completion

reported for success or timeout error

Returned: always

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