netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info module – NetApp information gatherer

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 22.12.0).

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_info.

New in netapp.ontap 2.9.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to gather various information about ONTAP configuration

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

  • netapp_lib

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.

continue_on_error

list / elements=string

By default, this module fails on the first error.

This option allows to provide a list of errors that are not failing the module.

Errors in the list are reported in the output, under the related info element, as an “error” entry.

Possible values are always, never, missing_vserver_api_error, rpc_error, other_error.

missing_vserver_api_error - most likely the API is available at cluster level but not vserver level.

rpc_error - some queries are failing because the node cannot reach another node in the cluster.

key_error - a query is failing because the returned data does not contain an expected key.

for key errors, make sure to report this in Discord. It may be a change in a new ONTAP version.

other_error - anything not in the above list.

always will continue on any error, never will fail on any error, they cannot be used with any other keyword.

Default: ["never"]

desired_attributes

dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

Advanced feature requiring to understand ZAPI internals.

Allows to request a specific attribute that is not returned by default, or to limit the returned attributes.

A dictionary for the zapi desired-attributes element.

An XML tag <tag>value</tag> is a dictionary with tag as the key.

Value can be another dictionary, a list of dictionaries, a string, or nothing.

eg <tag/> is represented as tag:

Only a single subset can be called at a time if this option is set.

It is the caller responsibity to make sure key attributes are present in the right position.

The module will error out if any key attribute is missing.

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.

gather_subset

list / elements=string

When supplied, this argument will restrict the information collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include

active_directory_account_info

aggregate_info

aggr_efficiency_info

autosupport_check_info

cifs_options_info

cifs_server_info

cifs_share_info

cifs_vserver_security_info

cluster_identity_info

cluster_image_info

cluster_log_forwarding_info

cluster_node_info

cluster_peer_info

cluster_switch_info

clock_info

disk_info

env_sensors_info

event_notification_destination_info

event_notification_info

export_policy_info

export_rule_info

fcp_adapter_info

fcp_alias_info

fcp_service_info

igroup_info

iscsi_service_info

job_schedule_cron_info

kerberos_realm_info

ldap_client

ldap_config

license_info

lun_info

lun_map_info

metrocluster_check_info

metrocluster_info

metrocluster_node_info

net_dev_discovery_info

net_dns_info

net_failover_group_info

net_firewall_info

net_ifgrp_info

net_interface_info

net_interface_service_policy_info

net_ipspaces_info

net_port_info

net_port_broadcast_domain_info

net_routes_info

net_vlan_info

nfs_info

ntfs_dacl_info

ntfs_sd_info

ntp_server_info

nvme_info

nvme_interface_info

nvme_namespace_info

nvme_subsystem_info

ontap_system_version

ontap_version

ontapi_version

qos_adaptive_policy_info

qos_policy_info

qtree_info

quota_policy_info

quota_report_info

role_info

security_key_manager_key_info

security_login_account_info

security_login_role_config_info

security_login_role_info

service_processor_info

service_processor_network_info

shelf_info

sis_info

sis_policy_info

snapmirror_info

snapmirror_destination_info

snapmirror_policy_info

snapshot_info

snapshot_policy_info

storage_failover_info

storage_bridge_info

subsys_health_info

sysconfig_info

sys_cluster_alerts

volume_info

volume_space_info

vscan_info

vscan_status_info

vscan_scanner_pool_info

vscan_connection_status_all_info

vscan_connection_extended_stats_info

vserver_info

vserver_login_banner_info

vserver_motd_info

vserver_nfs_info

vserver_peer_info

Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset.

Values can also be used with an initial ! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.

nvme is supported with ONTAP 9.4 onwards.

use “help” to get a list of supported information for your system.

with lun_info, serial_hex and naa_id are computed when serial_number is present.

Default: ["all"]

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.

max_records

integer

added in netapp.ontap 20.2.0

Maximum number of records returned in a single ZAPI call. Valid range is [1..2^32-1]. This parameter controls internal behavior of this module.

Default: 1024

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

query

dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 20.7.0

Advanced feature requiring to understand ZAPI internals.

Allows to specify which objects to return.

A dictionary for the zapi query element.

An XML tag <tag>value</tag> is a dictionary with tag as the key.

Value can be another dictionary, a list of dictionaries, a string, or nothing.

eg <tag/> is represented as tag:

Only a single subset can be called at a time if this option is set.

state

string

deprecated as of 21.1.0.

this option was ignored and continues to be ignored.

summary

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 20.4.0

Boolean flag to control return all attributes of the module info or only the names.

If true, only names are returned.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

use_native_zapi_tags

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

By default, - in the returned dictionary keys are translated to _.

If set to true, the translation is disabled.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

use_rest

string

This module only support ZAPI and will can not be swtich 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)

volume_move_target_aggr_info

dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 20.5.0

Required options for volume_move_target_aggr_info

volume_name

string / required

added in netapp.ontap 20.5.0

Volume name to get target aggr info for

vserver

string / required

added in netapp.ontap 20.5.0

vserver the Volume lives on

vserver

string

added in netapp.ontap 19.11.0

If present, ‘vserver tunneling’ will limit the output to the vserver scope.

Note that not all subsets are supported on a vserver, and ‘all’ will trigger an error.

Notes

Note

  • 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: Get NetApp info as Cluster Admin (Password Authentication)
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
  register: ontap_info
- debug:
    msg: "{{ ontap_info.ontap_info }}"

- name: Get NetApp version as Vserver admin
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "vsadmin"
    vserver: trident_svm
    password: "vsadmins_password"

- name: run ontap info module using vserver tunneling and ignoring errors
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    vserver: trident_svm
    summary: true
    continue_on_error:
      - missing_vserver_api_error
      - rpc_error

- name: Limit Info Gathering to Aggregate Information as Cluster Admin
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    gather_subset: "aggregate_info"
  register: ontap_info

- name: Limit Info Gathering to Volume and Lun Information as Cluster Admin
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    gather_subset:
      - volume_info
      - lun_info
  register: ontap_info

- name: Gather all info except for volume and lun information as Cluster Admin
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    gather_subset:
      - "!volume_info"
      - "!lun_info"
  register: ontap_info

- name: Gather Volume move information for a specific volume
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    gather_subset: volume_move_target_aggr_info
    volume_move_target_aggr_info:
      volume_name: carchitest
      vserver: ansible

- name: run ontap info module for aggregate module, requesting specific fields
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    # <<: *login
    gather_subset: aggregate_info
    desired_attributes:
      aggr-attributes:
      aggr-inode-attributes:
        files-private-used:
      aggr-raid-attributes:
        aggregate-type:
    use_native_zapi_tags: true
    register: ontap
- debug: var=ontap

- name: run ontap info to get offline volumes with dp in the name
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
    # <<: *cert_login
    gather_subset: volume_info
    query:
      volume-attributes:
        volume-id-attributes:
          name: '*dp*'
        volume-state-attributes:
          state: offline
    desired_attributes:
      volume-attributes:
        volume-id-attributes:
          name:
        volume-state-attributes:
          state:
  register: ontap
- debug: var=ontap

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

ontap_info

dictionary

Returns various information about NetApp cluster configuration

Returned: always

Sample: "{ \"ontap_info\": { \"active_directory_account_info\": {...}, \"aggregate_info\": {...}, \"autosupport_check_info\": {...}, \"cluster_identity_info\": {...}, \"cluster_image_info\": {...}, \"cluster_node_info\": {...}, \"igroup_info\": {...}, \"iscsi_service_info\": {...}, \"license_info\": {...}, \"lun_info\": {...}, \"metrocluster_check_info\": {...}, \"metrocluster_info\": {...}, \"metrocluster_node_info\": {...}, \"net_dns_info\": {...}, \"net_ifgrp_info\": {...}, \"net_interface_info\": {...}, \"net_interface_service_policy_info\": {...}, \"net_port_info\": {...}, \"ontap_system_version\": {...}, \"ontap_version\": {...}, \"ontapi_version\": {...}, \"qos_policy_info\": {...}, \"qos_adaptive_policy_info\": {...}, \"qtree_info\": {...}, \"quota_policy_info\": {..}, \"quota_report_info\": {...}, \"security_key_manager_key_info\": {...}, \"security_login_account_info\": {...}, \"snapmirror_info\": {...} \"snapmirror_destination_info\": {...} \"storage_bridge_info\": {...} \"storage_failover_info\": {...}, \"volume_info\": {...}, \"vserver_login_banner_info\": {...}, \"vserver_motd_info\": {...}, \"vserver_info\": {...}, \"vserver_nfs_info\": {...}, \"vscan_status_info\": {...}, \"vscan_scanner_pool_info\": {...}, \"vscan_connection_status_all_info\": {...}, \"vscan_connection_extended_stats_info\": {...} }"

Authors

  • Piotr Olczak (@dprts)