netapp.ontap.na_ontap_motd module – Setup motd

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 22.13.0).

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_motd.

New in netapp.ontap 2.7.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to manipulate motd for a vserver

  • It also allows to manipulate motd at the cluster level by using the cluster vserver (cserver)

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

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.

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.

motd_message

aliases: message

string

MOTD Text message.

message is deprecated and will be removed to avoid a conflict with an Ansible internal variable.

Default: ""

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

show_cluster_motd

boolean

Set to false if Cluster-level Message of the Day should not be shown

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

state

string

If state=present sets MOTD given in message state=absent removes it.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

use_rest

string

This module only supports ZAPI and can not be swtiched to 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 always use ZAPI.

Default: "never"

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

The name of the SVM motd should be set for.

Notes

Note

  • This module is deprecated and only supports ZAPI.

  • Please use netapp.ontap.na_ontap_login_messages both for ZAPI and REST.

  • 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: Set Cluster-Level MOTD
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_motd:
    vserver: my_ontap_cluster
    motd_message: "Cluster wide MOTD"
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    state: present
    https: true

- name: Set MOTD for I(rhev_nfs_krb) SVM, do not show Cluster-Level MOTD
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_motd:
    vserver: rhev_nfs_krb
    motd_message: "Access to rhev_nfs_krb is also restricted"
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    state: present
    show_cluster_motd: False
    https: true

- name: Remove Cluster-Level MOTD
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_motd:
    vserver: my_ontap_cluster
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    state: absent
    https: true

Authors

  • Piotr Olczak (@dprts)

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)