everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg module – Manage hostgroups on Everpure FlashArrays

Note

This module is part of the everpure.flasharray collection (version 1.46.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg.

New in everpure.flasharray 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Create, delete or modify hostgroups on Everpure FlashArrays.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.3

  • purestorage >= 1.19

  • py-pure-client >= 1.88.0

  • netaddr

  • requests

  • pycountry

  • urllib3

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_token

string

FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.

client_id

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.43.0

ID of the API Client that issues the identity token.

Used with private_key_file.

context

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.33.0

Name of fleet member on which to perform the operation.

This requires the array receiving the request is a member of a fleet and the context name to be a member of the same fleet.

Default: ""

disable_warnings

boolean

added in everpure.flasharray 1.29.0

Disable insecure certificate warnings in debug logs

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

eradicate

boolean

added in everpure.flasharray 1.32.0

Whether to eradicate a deleted host group or not

Host groups are removed immediately by the array and have no recoverable (destroyed) state, so this parameter currently has no effect. It is accepted for backwards compatibility.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

fa_url

string

FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.

host

list / elements=string

List of existing hosts to add to hostgroup.

Note that hostnames are case-sensitive however FlashArray hostnames are unique and ignore case - you cannot have hosta and hostA

id_token

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.43.0

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 everpure.flasharray.purefa_apiclient).

issuer

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.43.0

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

Used with private_key_file.

key_id

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.43.0

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

Used with private_key_file.

lun

integer

LUN ID to assign to volume for hostgroup. Must be unique.

Only applicable when only one volume is specified for connection.

If not provided the ID will be automatically assigned.

Range for LUN ID is 1 to 4095.

name

aliases: hostgroup

string / required

The name of the hostgroup.

private_key_file

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.43.0

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 everpure.flasharray 1.43.0

Password protecting private_key_file, if encrypted.

rename

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.10.0

New name of hostgroup

state

string

Define whether the hostgroup should exist or not.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

username

string

added in everpure.flasharray 1.43.0

Username the issued token should be granted to.

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

volume

list / elements=string

List of existing volumes to add to hostgroup.

Note that volumes are case-sensitive however FlashArray volume names are unique and ignore case - you cannot have volumea and volumeA

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the py-pure-client Python library.

  • Additional Python libraries may be required for specific modules.

  • You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if fa_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 everpure.flasharray.purefa_apiclient.

Examples

- name: Create empty hostgroup
  everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg:
    name: foo
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Add hosts and volumes to existing or new hostgroup
  everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg:
    name: foo
    host:
      - host1
      - host2
    volume:
      - vol1
      - vol2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Delete hosts and volumes from hostgroup
  everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg:
    name: foo
    host:
      - host1
      - host2
    volume:
      - vol1
      - vol2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

# This will disconnect all hosts and volumes in the hostgroup
- name: Delete hostgroup
  everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg:
    name: foo
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Rename hostgroup
  everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg:
    name: foo
    rename: bar
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Create host group with hosts and volumes
  everpure.flasharray.purefa_hg:
    name: bar
    host:
      - host1
      - host2
    volume:
      - vol1
      - vol2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

Authors

  • Everpure ansible Team (@sdodsley)