purestorage.flashblade.purefb_ra module – Enable or Disable Everpure FlashBlade Remote Assist

Note

This module is part of the purestorage.flashblade collection (version 1.26.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: purestorage.flashblade.purefb_ra.

New in purestorage.flashblade 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Enablke or Disable Remote Assist for a Everpure FlashBlade.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

  • py-pure-client

  • netaddr

  • datetime

  • pytz

  • distro

  • pycountry

  • urllib3

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_token

string

FlashBlade API token for admin privileged user.

client_id

string

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0

ID of the API Client that issues the identity token.

Used with private_key_file.

disable_warnings

boolean

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.18.0

Disable insecure certificate warnings

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

duration

integer

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.18.0

Specifies the duration of the remote-assist session in hours

It determines the length of time the session will remain active after it’s initiated.

Default: 24

fb_url

string

FlashBlade management IP address or Hostname.

id_token

string

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0

A pre-signed JWT to authenticate with, as an alternative to api_token.

The token is exchanged by the array for a short-lived access token.

Requires a matching API Client to be registered on the array (see purestorage.flashblade.purefb_apiclient).

issuer

string

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0

The API Client’s trusted identity issuer registered on the array.

Used with private_key_file.

key_id

string

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0

Key ID of the API Client that issues the identity token.

Used with private_key_file.

private_key_file

string

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0

Path to the PEM RSA private key used to sign an identity token, as an alternative to api_token.

Requires client_id, key_id, issuer and username.

private_key_password

string

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0

Password protecting private_key_file, if encrypted.

state

string

Define state of remote assist

When set to enable the RA port can be exposed using the debug module.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

  • "test"

username

string

added in purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0

Username the issued token should be granted to.

Must be a valid user on the array. Used with private_key_file.

Notes

Note

  • You must set PUREFB_URL and PUREFB_API environment variables if fb_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

  • Token-based authentication (id_token, or private_key_file with client_id, key_id, issuer and username) may be used as an alternative to api_token, and requires a matching API Client registered on the array via purestorage.flashblade.purefb_apiclient

Examples

- name: Enable Remote Assist port
  purestorage.flashblade.purefb_ra:
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: T-9f276a18-50ab-446e-8a0c-666a3529a1b6
- name: Disable Remote Assist port
  purestorage.flashblade.purefb_ra:
    state: absent
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: T-9f276a18-50ab-446e-8a0c-666a3529a1b6

Authors

  • Everpure Ansible Team (@sdodsley)