purestorage.flashblade.purefb_syslog module – Configure Everpure FlashBlade syslog settings

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_syslog.

New in purestorage.flashblade 1.4.0

Synopsis

  • Configure syslog configuration for Everpure FlashBlades.

  • Add or delete an individual syslog server to the existing list of serves.

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

address

string

Syslog server address. This field supports IPv4 or FQDN. An invalid IP addresses will cause the module to fail. No validation is performed for FQDNs.

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

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.

name

string / required

Unique identifier for the syslog server address

port

string

Port at which the server is listening. If no port is specified the system will use 514

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.

protocol

string

Protocol which server uses

Choices:

  • "tcp"

  • "tls"

  • "udp"

services

list / elements=string

Syslog service type(s)

Choices:

  • "management" ← (default)

  • "data-audit"

Default: ["management"]

state

string

Create update, delete or test syslog servers configuration

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "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: Delete exisitng syslog server entries
  purestorage.flashblade.purefb_syslog:
    name: syslog1
    state: absent
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: T-55a68eb5-c785-4720-a2ca-8b03903bf641

- name: Set array syslog servers
  purestorage.flashblade.purefb_syslog:
    state: present
    name: syslog1
    services:
    - data-audit
    address: syslog1.com
    protocol: udp
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: T-55a68eb5-c785-4720-a2ca-8b03903bf641

Authors

  • Everpure Ansible Team (@sdodsley)