netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport module – NetApp ONTAP autosupport

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 21.20.0).

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_autosupport.

New in version 2.7.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • Enable/Disable Autosupport

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

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.

from_address

string

added in 2.8.0 of netapp.ontap

specify the e-mail address from which the node sends AutoSupport messages.

hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.

hostname_in_subject

boolean

added in 2.8.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify whether the hostname of the node is included in the subject line of the AutoSupport message.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

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.

local_collection_enabled

boolean

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify whether collection of AutoSupport data when the AutoSupport daemon is disabled.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

mail_hosts

list / elements=string

List of mail server(s) used to deliver AutoSupport messages via SMTP.

Both host names and IP addresses may be used as valid input.

max_http_size

integer

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify delivery size limit for the HTTP transport protocol (in bytes).

max_smtp_size

integer

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify delivery size limit for the SMTP transport protocol (in bytes).

nht_data_enabled

boolean

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify whether the disk health data is collected as part of the AutoSupport data.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

node_name

string / required

The name of the filer that owns the AutoSupport Configuration.

noteto

list / elements=string

Specifies up to five recipients of short AutoSupport e-mail messages.

ondemand_enabled

boolean

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify whether the AutoSupport OnDemand Download feature is enabled.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

partner_addresses

list / elements=string

added in 2.8.0 of netapp.ontap

Specifies up to five partner vendor recipients of full AutoSupport e-mail messages.

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

perf_data_enabled

boolean

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify whether the performance data is collected as part of the AutoSupport data.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

post_url

string

The URL used to deliver AutoSupport messages via HTTP POST.

private_data_removed

boolean

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify the removal of customer-supplied data.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

proxy_url

string

added in 2.8.0 of netapp.ontap

specify an HTTP or HTTPS proxy if the ‘transport’ parameter is set to HTTP or HTTPS and your organization uses a proxy.

If authentication is required, use the format “username:password@host:port”.

reminder_enabled

boolean

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify whether AutoSupport reminders are enabled or disabled.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

retry_count

integer

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Specify the maximum number of delivery attempts for an AutoSupport message.

state

string

Specifies whether the AutoSupport daemon is present or absent.

When this setting is absent, delivery of all AutoSupport messages is turned off.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

support

boolean

Specifies whether AutoSupport notification to technical support is enabled.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

to_addresses

list / elements=string

added in 2.8.0 of netapp.ontap

Specifies up to five recipients of full AutoSupport e-mail messages.

transport

string

The name of the transport protocol used to deliver AutoSupport messages.

Choices:

  • http

  • https

  • smtp

use_rest

string

Whether to use REST or ZAPI.

always – will always use the REST API if the module supports REST. A warning is issued if the module does not support REST. An error is issued if a module option is not supported in REST.

never – will always use ZAPI if the module supports ZAPI. An error may be issued if a REST option is not supported in ZAPI.

auto – will try to use the REST API if the module supports REST and modules options are supported. Reverts to ZAPI otherwise.

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)

validate_digital_certificate

boolean

added in 21.5.0 of netapp.ontap

When set to true each node will validate the digital certificates that it receives.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Enable autosupport
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    state: present
    node_name: test
    transport: https
    noteto: [email protected],[email protected]
    mail_hosts: 1.2.3.4,5.6.7.8
    support: False
    post_url: url/1.0/post
- name: Modify autosupport proxy_url with password
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    state: present
    node_name: test
    transport: https
    proxy_url: username:[email protected]:8000
- name: Modify autosupport proxy_url without password
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    state: present
    node_name: test
    transport: https
    proxy_url: [email protected]:8000
- name: Disable autosupport
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    state: absent
    node_name: test

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)