netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface module – NetApp ONTAP LIF configuration

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 21.24.1).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface.

New in netapp.ontap 2.6.0

Synopsis

  • Creating / deleting and modifying the LIF.

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9 or later - 2.12 or later is recommended.

  • Python3 - 3.9 or later is recommended.

  • When using ZAPI, 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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

address

string

Specifies the LIF’s IP address.

ZAPI - Required when state=present and is_ipv4_link_local if false and subnet_name is not set.

REST - Required when state=present and interface_type is IP.

admin_status

string

Specifies the administrative status of the LIF.

Choices:

  • "up"

  • "down"

broadcast_domain

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.21.0

broadcast_domain name can be used to specify the location on an IP interface with REST, as an alternative to node or port.

only used when creating an IP interface to select a node, ignored if the interface already exists.

if the broadcast domain is not found, make sure to check the ipspace value.

home_port and broadcast_domain are mutually exclusive. home_node may or may not be present.

not supported for FC interface.

ignored with ZAPI.

cert_filepath

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

current_node

string

Specifies the LIF’s current node.

By default, this is home_node

current_port

string

Specifies the LIF’s current port.

data_protocol

string

The data protocol for which the FC interface is configured.

Ignored with ZAPI or for IP interfaces.

Required to create a FC type interface.

Choices:

  • "fcp"

  • "fc_nvme"

dns_domain_name

string

added in netapp.ontap 2.9.0

Specifies the unique, fully qualified domain name of the DNS zone of this LIF.

Supported from ONTAP 9.9.0 or later in REST.

Not supported for FC interfaces.

failover_group

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.1.0

Specifies the failover group for the LIF.

Not supported with REST.

failover_policy

string

Specifies the failover policy for the LIF.

When using REST, this values are mapped to ‘home_port_only’, ‘default’, ‘home_node_only’, ‘sfo_partners_only’, ‘broadcast_domain_only’.

Choices:

  • "disabled"

  • "system-defined"

  • "local-only"

  • "sfo-partner-only"

  • "broadcast-domain-wide"

failover_scope

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.13.0

Specifies the failover scope for the LIF.

REST only, and only for IP interfaces. Not supported for FC interfaces.

Choices:

  • "home_port_only"

  • "default"

  • "home_node_only"

  • "sfo_partners_only"

  • "broadcast_domain_only"

feature_flags

dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 20.5.0

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.

firewall_policy

string

Specifies the firewall policy for the LIF.

This option is deprecated in REST.

With REST, the module tries to derive a service_policy and may error out.

force_ontap_version

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.23.0

Override the cluster ONTAP version when using REST.

The behavior is undefined if the version does not match the target cluster.

This is provided as a work-around when the cluster version cannot be read because of permission issues. See https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.ontap/wiki/Known-issues.

This should be in the form 9.10 or 9.10.1 with each element being an integer number.

When use_rest is set to auto, this may force a switch to ZAPI based on the version and platform capabilities.

Ignored with ZAPI.

force_subnet_association

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 2.9.0

Set this to true to acquire the address from the named subnet and assign the subnet to the LIF.

not supported with REST.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

from_name

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.11.0

name of the interface to be renamed

home_node

string

Specifies the LIF’s home node.

By default, the first node from the cluster is considered as home node.

home_port

string

Specifies the LIF’s home port.

Requires ONTAP 9.8 or later with FC interfaces when using REST.

With REST, at least one of home_port, home_node, or broadcast_domain is required to create IP interfaces.

With REST, either home_port or current_port is required to create FC interfaces.

With ZAPI, home_port is required to create IP and FC interfaces.

home_port and broadcast_domain are mutually exclusive (REST and IP interfaces).

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:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

ignore_zapi_options

list / elements=string

added in netapp.ontap 21.13.0

ignore unsupported options that should not be relevant.

ignored with ZAPI.

Choices:

  • "failover_group"

  • "force_subnet_association" ← (default)

  • "listen_for_dns_query"

Default: ["force_subnet_association"]

interface_name

string / required

Specifies the logical interface (LIF) name.

interface_type

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.13.0

type of the interface.

IP is assumed if address or netmask are present.

IP interfaces includes cluster, intercluster, management, and NFS, CIFS, iSCSI interfaces.

FC interfaces includes FCP and NVME-FC interfaces.

ignored with ZAPI.

required with REST, but maybe derived from deprecated options like role, protocols, and firewall_policy.

Choices:

  • "fc"

  • "ip"

ipspace

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.13.0

IPspace name is required with REST for cluster-scoped interfaces. It is optional with SVM scope.

ignored with ZAPI.

is_auto_revert

boolean

If true, data LIF will revert to its home node under certain circumstances such as startup,

and load balancing migration capability is disabled automatically

Choices:

  • false

  • true

is_dns_update_enabled

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 2.9.0

Specifies if DNS update is enabled for this LIF. Dynamic updates will be sent for this LIF if updates are enabled at Vserver level.

Supported from ONTAP 9.9.1 or later in REST.

Not supported for FC interfaces.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 20.1.0

Specifies the LIF’s are to acquire a ipv4 link local address.

Use case for this is when creating Cluster LIFs to allow for auto assignment of ipv4 link local address.

Not supported in REST

Choices:

  • false

  • true

key_filepath

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

path to SSL client key file.

listen_for_dns_query

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 2.9.0

If True, this IP address will listen for DNS queries for the dnszone specified.

Not supported with REST.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

netmask

string

Specifies the LIF’s netmask.

ZAPI - Required when state=present and is_ipv4_link_local if false and subnet_name is not set.

REST - Required when state=present and interface_type is IP.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

protocols

list / elements=string

Specifies the list of data protocols configured on the LIF. By default, the values in this element are nfs, cifs and fcache.

Other supported protocols are iscsi and fcp. A LIF can be configured to not support any data protocols by specifying ‘none’.

Protocol values of none, iscsi, fc-nvme or fcp can’t be combined with any other data protocol(s).

address, netmask and firewall_policy parameters are not supported for ‘fc-nvme’ option.

This option is ignored with REST, though it can be used to derive interface_type or data_protocol.

role

string

Specifies the role of the LIF.

When setting role as “intercluster” or “cluster”, setting protocol is not supported.

When creating a “cluster” role, the node name will appear as the prefix in the name of LIF.

For example, if the specified name is clif and node name is node1, the LIF name appears in the ONTAP as node1_clif.

Possible values are ‘undef’, ‘cluster’, ‘data’, ‘node-mgmt’, ‘intercluster’, ‘cluster-mgmt’.

Required when state=present unless service_policy is present and ONTAP version is 9.8 or better.

This option is deprecated in REST.

With REST, the module tries to derive a service_policy and may error out.

service_policy

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.4.0

Starting with ONTAP 9.5, you can configure LIF service policies to identify a single service or a list of services that will use a LIF.

In ONTAP 9.5, you can assign service policies only for LIFs in the admin SVM.

In ONTAP 9.6, you can additionally assign service policies for LIFs in the data SVMs.

When you specify a service policy for a LIF, you need not specify the data protocol and role for the LIF.

NOTE that role is still required because of a ZAPI issue. This limitation is removed in ONTAP 9.8.

Creating LIFs by specifying the role and data protocols is also supported.

state

string

Whether the specified interface should exist or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

subnet_name

string

added in netapp.ontap 2.8.0

Subnet where the interface address is allocated from.

If the option is not used, the IP address will need to be provided by the administrator during configuration.

Not supported in REST.

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:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

vserver

string

The name of the vserver to use.

Required with ZAPI.

Required with REST for FC interfaces (data vservers).

Required with REST for SVM-scoped IP interfaces (data vservers).

Invalid with REST for cluster-scoped IP interfaces.

To help with transition from ZAPI to REST, vserver is ignored when the role is set to ‘cluster’, ‘node-mgmt’, ‘intercluster’, ‘cluster-mgmt’.

Remove this option to suppress the warning.

Notes

Note

  • REST support requires ONTAP 9.7 or later.

  • Support check_mode.

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

  • https is enabled by default and recommended. To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

Examples

- name: Create interface - ZAPI
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface:
    state: present
    interface_name: data2
    home_port: e0d
    home_node: laurentn-vsim1
    role: data
    protocols:
      - nfs
      - cifs
    admin_status: up
    failover_policy: local-only
    firewall_policy: mgmt
    is_auto_revert: true
    address: 10.10.10.10
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    force_subnet_association: false
    dns_domain_name: test.com
    listen_for_dns_query: true
    is_dns_update_enabled: true
    vserver: svm1
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Create data interface - REST - NAS
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface:
    state: present
    interface_name: data2
    home_port: e0d
    home_node: laurentn-vsim1
    admin_status: up
    failover_scope: home_node_only
    service_policy: default-data-files
    is_auto_revert: true
    interface_type: ip
    address: 10.10.10.10
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    vserver: svm1
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Create cluster interface - ZAPI
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface:
    state: present
    interface_name: cluster_lif
    home_port: e0a
    home_node: cluster1-01
    role: cluster
    admin_status: up
    is_auto_revert: true
    is_ipv4_link_local: true
    vserver: Cluster
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Create cluster interface - REST
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface:
    state: present
    interface_name: cluster_lif
    home_port: e0a
    home_node: cluster1-01
    service_policy: default-cluster
    admin_status: up
    is_auto_revert: true
    vserver: Cluster
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Rename interface
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface:
    state: present
    from_name: ansibleSVM_lif
    interface_name: ansibleSVM_lif01
    vserver: ansibleSVM
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Migrate an interface
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface:
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    vserver: ansible
    https: true
    validate_certs: false
    state: present
    interface_name: carchi_interface3
    home_port: e0d
    home_node: ansdev-stor-1
    current_node: ansdev-stor-2
    role: data
    failover_policy: local-only
    firewall_policy: mgmt
    is_auto_revert: true
    address: 10.10.10.12
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    force_subnet_association: false
    admin_status: up

- name: Delete interface
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_interface:
    state: absent
    interface_name: data2
    vserver: svm1
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)