purestorage.flashblade.purefb_messages module – List FlashBlade Alert Messages

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_messages.

New in purestorage.flashblade 1.10.0

Synopsis

  • List Alert messages based on filters provided

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

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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.

flagged

boolean

Show alerts that have been acknowledged or not

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

history

string

Historical time period to show alerts for, from present time

Allowed time period are hour(h), day(d), week(w) and year(y)

Default: "1w"

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.

severity

list / elements=string

severity of the alerts to show

Choices:

  • "all" ← (default)

  • "critical"

  • "warning"

  • "info"

Default: ["all"]

state

string

State of alerts to show

Choices:

  • "all"

  • "open" ← (default)

  • "closed"

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: Show critical alerts from past 4 weeks that haven't been acknowledged
  purefb_messages:
    history: 4w
    flagged: false
    severity:
    - critical
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: T-68618f31-0c9e-4e57-aa44-5306a2cf10e3

Authors

  • Everpure Ansible Team (@sdodsley)