netapp.ontap.na_ontap_export_policy_rule module – NetApp ONTAP manage export policy rules

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_export_policy_rule.

New in version 2.6.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • Create or delete or modify export rules in 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

allow_suid

boolean

If ‘true’, NFS server will honor SetUID bits in SETATTR operation. Default value on creation is ‘true’

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

anonymous_user_id

string

User name or ID to which anonymous users are mapped. Default value is ‘65534’.

cert_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

client_match

list / elements=string

List of Client Match host names, IP Addresses, Netgroups, or Domains.

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_rule_index

integer

added in 21.20.0 of netapp.ontap

index of the export policy rule to be re-indexed

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: policy_name

string / required

The name of the export policy this rule will be added to (or modified, or removed from).

ntfs_unix_security

string

added in 21.18.0 of netapp.ontap

NTFS export UNIX security options.

With REST, supported from ONTAP 9.9.1 version.

Choices:

  • fail

  • ignore

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

protocol

aliases: protocols

list / elements=string

List of Client access protocols.

Default value is set to ‘any’ during create.

Choices:

  • any

  • nfs

  • nfs3

  • nfs4

  • cifs

  • flexcache

ro_rule

list / elements=string

List of Read only access specifications for the rule

Choices:

  • any

  • none

  • never

  • krb5

  • krb5i

  • krb5p

  • ntlm

  • sys

rule_index

integer / required

index of the export policy rule

rw_rule

list / elements=string

List of Read Write access specifications for the rule

Choices:

  • any

  • none

  • never

  • krb5

  • krb5i

  • krb5p

  • ntlm

  • sys

state

string

Whether the specified export policy rule should exist or not.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

super_user_security

list / elements=string

List of Read Write access specifications for the rule

Choices:

  • any

  • none

  • never

  • krb5

  • krb5i

  • krb5p

  • ntlm

  • sys

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)

vserver

string / required

Name of the vserver to use.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Create ExportPolicyRule
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_export_policy_rule:
    state: present
    name: default123
    rule_index: 100
    vserver: ci_dev
    client_match: 0.0.0.0/0,1.1.1.0/24
    ro_rule: krb5,krb5i
    rw_rule: any
    protocol: nfs,nfs3
    super_user_security: any
    anonymous_user_id: 65534
    allow_suid: true
    ntfs_unix_security: ignore
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Modify ExportPolicyRule
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_export_policy_rule:
    state: present
    name: default123
    rule_index: 100
    client_match: 0.0.0.0/0
    anonymous_user_id: 65521
    ro_rule: ntlm
    rw_rule: any
    protocol: any
    allow_suid: false
    ntfs_unix_security: fail
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: rename ExportPolicyRule index
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_export_policy_rule:
    state: present
    name: default123
    from_rule_index: 100
    rule_index: 99
    client_match: 0.0.0.0/0
    anonymous_user_id: 65521
    ro_rule: ntlm
    rw_rule: any
    protocol: any
    allow_suid: false
    ntfs_unix_security: fail
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Delete ExportPolicyRule
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_export_policy_rule:
    state: absent
    name: default123
    rule_index: 99
    vserver: ci_dev
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)