netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs module – NetApp ONTAP Manage cifs-share

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_cifs.

New in version 2.6.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • Create or destroy or modify(path) cifs-share on ONTAP.

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.

comment

string

added in 21.7.0 of netapp.ontap

The CIFS share description.

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

aliases: share_name

string / required

The name of the CIFS share. The CIFS share name is a UTF-8 string with the following characters being illegal; control characters from 0x00 to 0x1F, both inclusive, 0x22 (double quotes)

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

path

string

The file system path that is shared through this CIFS share. The path is the full, user visible path relative to the vserver root, and it might be crossing junction mount points. The path is in UTF8 and uses forward slash as directory separator.

share_properties

list / elements=string

added in 2.8.0 of netapp.ontap

The list of properties for the CIFS share.

Not supported with REST.

state

string

Whether the specified CIFS share should exist or not.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

list / elements=string

added in 2.8.0 of netapp.ontap

The list of symlink properties for this CIFS share.

string

added in 21.19.0 of netapp.ontap

The list of unix_symlink properties for this CIFS share

supported only in REST.

Choices:

  • local ← (default)

  • widelink

  • disable

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)

vscan_fileop_profile

string

added in 2.9.0 of netapp.ontap

Profile_set of file_ops to which vscan on access scanning is applicable.

Not supported with REST.

Choices:

  • no_scan

  • standard

  • strict

  • writes_only

vserver

string / required

Vserver containing the CIFS share.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Create CIFS share
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs:
    state: present
    name: cifsShareName
    path: /
    vserver: vserverName
    share_properties: browsable,oplocks
    symlink_properties: read_only,enable
    comment: CIFS share description
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
- name: Delete CIFS share
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs:
    state: absent
    name: cifsShareName
    vserver: vserverName
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
- name: Modify path CIFS share
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs:
    state: present
    name: pb_test
    vserver: vserverName
    path: /
    share_properties: show_previous_versions
    symlink_properties: disable
    vscan_fileop_profile: no_scan
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)