purefa_host – Manage hosts on Pure Storage FlashArrays

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status

Synopsis

Create, delete or modify hosts on Pure Storage FlashArrays.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.7
purestorage

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_token string / required		FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
fa_url string / required		FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
host string / required		The name of the host.
iqn list		List of IQNs of the host if protocol is iscsi or mixed.
lun integer added in 2.8		LUN ID to assign to volume for host. Must be unique. If not provided the ID will be automatically assigned. Range for LUN ID is 1 to 4095.
nqn list added in 2.8		List of NQNs of the host if protocol is nvme or mixed.
personality string added in 2.7	hpux vms aix esxi solaris hitachi-vsp oracle-vm-server delete ←	Define which operating system the host is. Recommend for ActiveCluster integration.
protocol string	fc iscsi ← nvme mixed	Defines the host connection protocol for volumes.
state string	absent present ←	Define whether the host should exist or not. When removing host all connected volumes will be disconnected.
volume string		Volume name to map to the host.
wwns list		List of wwns of the host if protocol is fc or mixed.

Notes

Note

If specifying lun option ensure host support requested value
This module requires the purestorage Python library
You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if fa_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Create new AIX host
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    personaility: aix
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Delete host
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Make host bar with wwn ports
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: fc
    wwns:
    - 00:00:00:00:00:00:00
    - 11:11:11:11:11:11:11
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Make host bar with iSCSI ports
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: iscsi
    iqn:
    - iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:7d366003913
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Make host bar with NVMe ports
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: nvme
    nqn:
    - nqn.2014-08.com.vendor:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Make mixed protocol host
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: mixed
    nqn:
    - nqn.2014-08.com.vendor:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432
    iqn:
    - iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:7d366003914
    wwns:
    - 00:00:00:00:00:00:01
    - 11:11:11:11:11:11:12
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Map host foo to volume bar as LUN ID 12
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    volume: bar
    lun: 12
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Pure Storage Ansible Team (@sdodsley) <[email protected]>

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