netapp.ontap.na_ontap_file_security_permissions_acl module – NetApp ONTAP file security permissions ACL

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 22.7.0).

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. 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_file_security_permissions_acl.

New in netapp.ontap 22.0.0

Synopsis

  • Add, delete, or modify a file_security_permissions ACL on NetApp ONTAP.

  • Note that ACLs are mached based on (‘user’, ‘access’, ‘access_control’, ‘apply_to’). To modify any of these 4 properties, you would need to delete the ACL and create a new one. Or use netapp.ontap.na_ontap_file_security_permissions.

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

access

string / required

An ACE is an element in an access control list (ACL). An ACL can have zero or more ACEs.

Each ACE controls or monitors access to an object by a specified trustee.

Choices:

  • "access_allow"

  • "access_deny"

  • "audit_failure"

  • "audit_success"

access_control

string

An Access Control Level specifies the access control of the task to be applied.

Valid values are “file-directory” or “Storage-Level Access Guard (SLAG)”.

SLAG is used to apply the specified security descriptors with the task for the volume or qtree.

Otherwise, the security descriptors are applied on files and directories at the specified path.

The value slag is not supported on FlexGroups volumes. The default value is “file-directory”.

This field requires ONTAP 9.10.1 or later. This defaults to “file_directory”.

Choices:

  • "file_directory"

  • "slag"

acl_user

string / required

Specifies the account to which the ACE applies. Specify either name or SID.

As of 22.0.0, the module is not idempotent when using a SID.

Note - we cannot use user as if conflicts with the option for the admin user.

advanced_rights

dictionary

Specifies the advanced access right controlled by the ACE for the account specified.

append_data

boolean

Append Data.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

delete

boolean

Delete.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

delete_child

boolean

Delete Child.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

execute_file

boolean

Execute File.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

full_control

boolean

Full Control.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

read_attr

boolean

Read Attributes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

read_data

boolean

Read Data.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

read_ea

boolean

Read Extended Attributes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

read_perm

boolean

Read Permissions.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

write_attr

boolean

Write Attributes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

write_data

boolean

Write Data.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

write_ea

boolean

Write Extended Attributes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

write_owner

boolean

Write Owner.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

write_perm

boolean

Write Permission.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

apply_to

dictionary / required

Specifies where to apply the DACL or SACL entries.

With SLAGs, ONTAP accepts the three suboptions to be set to true, but creates 2 ACLs. This module requires the 2 ACLs to be present to preserve idempotency. See also validate_changes.

files

boolean

Apply to Files.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

sub_folders

boolean

Apply to all sub-folders.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

this_folder

boolean

Apply only to this folder

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

cert_filepath

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

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.

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.

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_paths

list / elements=string

For each file or directory in the list, specifies that permissions on this file or directory cannot be replaced.

key_filepath

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

path to SSL client key file.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

path

string / required

The path of the file or directory on which to apply security permissions.

propagation_mode

string

Specifies how to propagate security settings to child subfolders and files.

Defaults to propagate.

This option is valid in create, but cannot modify.

Choices:

  • "propagate"

  • "replace"

rights

string

Specifies the access right controlled by the ACE for the account specified.

The “rights” parameter is mutually exclusive with the “advanced_rights” parameter.

ONTAP translates rights into advanced_rights and this module is not idempotent when rights are used.

Make sure to use advanced_rights to maintain idempotency. rights can be used to discover the mapping to advanced_rights.

Choices:

  • "no_access"

  • "full_control"

  • "modify"

  • "read_and_execute"

  • "read"

  • "write"

state

string

Whether the specified file security permissions ACL should exist or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

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)

validate_changes

string

ACLs may not be applied as expected.

For instance, if Everyone is inherited will all permissions, additional users will be granted all permissions, regardless of the request.

For this specific example, you can either delete the top level Everyone, or create a new ACL for Everyone at a lower level.

When using rights, ONTAP translates them into advanced_rights so the validation will always fail.

Valid values are ignore, no checking; warn to issue a warning; error to fail the module.

With SLAGS, ONTAP may split one ACL into two ACLs depending on the apply_to settings. To maintain idempotency, please provide 2 ACLs as input.

Choices:

  • "ignore"

  • "warn"

  • "error" ← (default)

vserver

string / required

Name of the vserver to use.

Notes

Note

  • Supports check_mode.

  • Only supported with REST and requires ONTAP 9.9.1 or later.

  • SLAG requires ONTAP 9.10.1 or later.

  • 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: Add ACL for file or directory security permissions.
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_file_security_permissions_acl:
    vserver: "{{ vserver_name }}"
    access_control: file_directory
    path: "{{ file_mount_path }}"
    validate_changes: warn
    access: access_allow
    # Note, wihout quotes, use a single backslash in AD user names
    # with quotes, it needs to be escaped as a double backslash
    # user: "ANSIBLE_CIFS\user1"
    # we can't show an example with a single backslash as this is a python file, but it works in YAML.
    acl_user: "user1"
    apply_to:
      this_folder: true
    advanced_rights:
      append_data: true
      delete: false

- name: Modify ACL for file or directory security permissions.
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_file_security_permissions_acl:
    vserver: "{{ vserver_name }}"
    access_control: file_directory
    path: "{{ file_mount_path }}"
    validate_changes: warn
    access: access_allow
    acl_user: "user1"
    apply_to:
      this_folder: true
    advanced_rights:
      append_data: false
      delete: true

- name: Delete ACL for file or directory security permissions.
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_file_security_permissions_acl:
    vserver: "{{ vserver_name }}"
    access_control: file_directory
    path: "{{ file_mount_path }}"
    validate_changes: warn
    access: access_allow
    acl_user: "user1"
    apply_to:
      this_folder: true
    state: absent

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)