hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_access_control_record module – Manage the HPE Nimble Storage access control records

Note

This module is part of the hpe.nimble collection (version 1.1.4).

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 hpe.nimble.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_access_control_record.

New in version 1.0.0: of hpe.nimble

Synopsis

  • Manage the access control records on an HPE Nimble Storage group.

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9 or later

  • Python 3.6 or later

  • HPE Nimble Storage SDK for Python

  • HPE Nimble Storage arrays running NimbleOS 5.0 or later

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

apply_to

string

The type of object to which this access control record applies.

Choices:

  • volume

  • snapshot

  • both

chap_user

string

Name for the CHAP user.

host

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage IP address.

initiator_group

string / required

The initiator group name.

lun

integer

If this access control record applies to a regular volume, this attribute is the volume’s LUN (Logical Unit Number).

If the access protocol is iSCSI, the LUN will be 0. However, if the access protocol is Fibre Channel, the LUN will be in the range from 0 to 2047.

password

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage password.

state

string / required

The access control record operation.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

  • create

username

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage user name.

volume

string / required

The name of the volume that this access control record applies to.

Notes

Note

  • This module does not support check_mode.

Examples

# If state is "create", create access control record for given volume, fails if it exist.
# if state is present, create access control record if not already present.
- name: Create access control record for volume
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_access_control_record:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    volume: "{{ volume }}"
    initiator_group: "{{ initiator_group }}"
    state: "{{ state | default('present') }}"

# Delete the access control record for a given volume name
- name: Delete access control record for volume
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_access_control_record:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    volume: "{{ volume }}"
    initiator_group: "{{ initiator_group }}"
    state: "absent" # fail if volume does not exist

Authors

  • HPE Nimble Storage Ansible Team (@ar-india)