netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ssh_command module – NetApp ONTAP Run any cli command over plain SSH using paramiko.

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_ssh_command.

New in version 20.8.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • Run cli commands on ONTAP over SSH using paramiko.

  • Output is returned in stdout and stderr, and also as stdout_lines, stdout_lines_filtered, stderr_lines.

  • Note that the module can succeed even though the command failed. You need to analyze stdout and check the results.

  • If the SSH host key is unknown and accepted, warnings is updated.

  • Options related to ZAPI or REST APIs are ignored.

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

accept_unknown_host_keys

boolean

When false, reject the connection if the host key is not in known_hosts file.

When true, if the host key is unknown, accept it, but report a warning.

Note that the key is not added to the file. You could add the key by manually using SSH.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

cert_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

command

string / required

a string containing the command and arguments.

exclude_lines

string

return only lines containing string pattern in stdout_lines_filtered

Default: “”

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

include_lines

string

return only lines containing string pattern in stdout_lines_filtered

Default: “”

key_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client key file.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

privilege

string

privilege level at which to run the command, eg admin, advanced.

if set, the command is prefixed with set -privilege <privilege>;.

service_processor

aliases: sp

boolean

whether the target system is ONTAP or the service processor (SP)

only menaningful when privilege is set

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

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)

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: run ontap cli command using SSH
  na_ontap_ssh_command:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ admin_username }}"
    password: "{{ admin_password }}"
    command: version

# Same as above, with parameters
- name: run ontap cli command
  na_ontap_ssh_command:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ admin_username }}"
    password: "{{ admin_password }}"
    command: node show -fields node,health,uptime,model
    privilege: admin

# Same as above, but with lines filtering
- name: run ontap cli command
  na_ontap_ssh_command:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ admin_username }}"
    password: "{{ admin_password }}"
    command: node show -fields node,health,uptime,model
    exclude_lines: 'ode ' # Exclude lines with 'Node ' or 'node'
    # use with caution!
    accept_unknown_host_keys: true
    privilege: admin

- name: run ontap SSH command on SP
  na_ontap_ssh_command:
    # <<: *sp_login
    command: sp switch-version
    privilege: diag
    sp: true
  register: result
- debug: var=result

Return Values

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

Key

Description

stdout_lines_filtered

list / elements=string

In addition to stdout and stdout_lines, a list of non-white lines, excluding last and failed login information.

The list can be further refined using the include_lines and exclude_lines filters.

Returned: always

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)