netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ldap_client module – NetApp ONTAP LDAP client

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 22.8.3).

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_ldap_client.

New in netapp.ontap 2.9.0

Synopsis

  • Create, modify or delete LDAP client on NetApp ONTAP.

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

ad_domain

string

Active Directory Domain Name.

servers or ad_domain is required if state=present.

Mutually exclusive with servers.

base_dn

string

LDAP base DN.

base_scope

string

LDAP search scope.

Choices:

  • "subtree"

  • "onelevel"

  • "base"

bind_as_cifs_server

boolean

The cluster uses the CIFS server’s credentials to bind to the LDAP server.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

bind_dn

string

LDAP bind user DN.

bind_password

string

LDAP bind user password.

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

key_filepath

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

path to SSL client key file.

ldaps_enabled

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 21.22.0

Specifies whether or not LDAPS is enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

min_bind_level

string

Minimal LDAP server bind level.

Choices:

  • "anonymous"

  • "simple"

  • "sasl"

name

string

The name of LDAP client configuration.

Supported only in ZAPI.

Required with ZAPI.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

port

aliases: tcp_port

integer

added in netapp.ontap 21.3.0

LDAP server TCP port.

preferred_ad_servers

list / elements=string

Preferred Active Directory (AD) Domain Controllers.

Mutually exclusive with servers.

query_timeout

integer

LDAP server query timeout.

referral_enabled

boolean

LDAP Referral Chasing.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

schema

string

LDAP schema.

Required if state=present.

default schemas - ‘AD-IDMU’, ‘AD-SFU’, ‘MS-AD-BIS’, ‘RFC-2307’.

custom schemas are allowed as well.

servers

aliases: ldap_servers

list / elements=string

Comma separated list of LDAP servers. FQDN’s or IP addreses.

servers or ad_domain is required if state=present.

Mutually exclusive with preferred_ad_servers and ad_domain.

session_security

string

Client Session Security.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "sign"

  • "seal"

skip_config_validation

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 22.0.0

Indicates whether or not the validation for the specified LDAP configuration is disabled.

By default, errors are reported with REST when server names cannot be resolved for instance.

Requires ONTAP 9.9 or later.

This is ignored with ZAPI.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

state

string

Whether the specified LDAP client configuration 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"

use_start_tls

boolean

Start TLS on LDAP connection.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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 / required

vserver/svm that holds LDAP client configuration.

Notes

Note

  • LDAP client created using ZAPI should be deleted using ZAPI.

  • LDAP client created using REST should be deleted using REST.

  • REST only supports create, modify and delete data svm ldap client configuration.

  • 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 LDAP client
  # assuming credentials are set using module_defaults
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ldap_client:
    state: present
    vserver: 'vserver1'
    servers: 'ldap1.example.company.com,ldap2.example.company.com'
    base_dn: 'dc=example,dc=company,dc=com'

- name: modify LDAP client
  # assuming credentials are set using module_defaults
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ldap_client:
    state: present
    vserver: 'vserver1'
    servers: 'ldap1.example.company.com'
    base_dn: 'dc=example,dc=company,dc=com'
    skip_config_validation: true

- name: Delete LDAP client
  # assuming credentials are set using module_defaults
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ldap_client:
    state: absent
    vserver: 'vserver1'

Authors

  • Milan Zink (@zeten30) /