netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ems_filter module – NetApp ONTAP EMS Filter

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 24.0.0).

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_ems_filter.

New in netapp.ontap 22.4.0

Synopsis

  • Create, delete, or modify EMS filters on NetApp ONTAP. This module only supports REST.

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.

  • netapp-lib only when using ZAPI (install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’), Please note that netapp-lib is deprecated and no longer maintained. Proceed at your own risk.

  • 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.

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.

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.

force_ontap_version

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.23.0

Override the cluster ONTAP version when using REST.

The behavior is undefined if the version does not match the target cluster.

This is provided as a work-around when the cluster version cannot be read because of permission issues. See https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.ontap/wiki/Known-issues.

This should be in the form 9.10 or 9.10.1 with each element being an integer number.

gcnv

aliases: google_netapp_unified_pool

dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 24.0.0

Configuration parameters for Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV) ONTAP-mode passthrough.

These options are only supported with REST.

When set, hostname, username, and password are not required.

Option alias google_netapp_unified_pool is supported.

access_token

string / required

OAuth 2.0 bearer token (JWT) used for authorization.

Passed as a Bearer token in the HTTP Authorization header.

custom_base_url

string

GCNV API base URL including version.

Defaults to https://netapp.googleapis.com/v1.

Default: "https://netapp.googleapis.com/v1"

location

string / required

Google Cloud location, for example us-central1-a.

project_id

string / required

Google Cloud project ID.

storage_pool

string / required

GCNV storage pool name.

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.

Not required when gcnv is configured.

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.

lambda_config

dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 23.6.0

Configuration parameters for AWS Lambda proxy functionality.

These option and suboptions are only supported with REST.

aws_profile

string

The name of the AWS profile to use for authentication.

aws_region

string / required

The name of the AWS region.

function_name

string / required

The name of the AWS Lambda function to invoke.

name

string / required

Name of the EMS Filter

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

rules

list / elements=dictionary

List of EMS filter rules

index

integer / required

Index of rule

message_criteria

dictionary

Message criteria for EMS filter, required one of severities, name_pattern when creating ems filter.

name_pattern

string

Name pattern to apply rule to

severities

string

comma separated string of severities this rule applies to

parameter_criteria

list / elements=dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 23.3.0

Parameter criteria for EMS filter, used to match specific parameters in EMS messages.

name_pattern

string

Name pattern for parameter matching

value_pattern

string

Value pattern for parameter matching

type

string / required

The type of rule

Choices:

  • "include"

  • "exclude"

state

string

Whether the specified user should exist or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

use_lambda

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 23.4.0

Specifies if AWS Lambda proxy functionality should be used to connect to the ONTAP system.

Supported only with REST.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

use_rest

string

This module only supports REST.

always -- will always use the REST API. A warning is issued if the module does not support REST.

Default: "always"

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://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/authentication/create-svm-user-accounts-task.html.

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)

Notes

Note

  • This module only supports REST.

  • Supports AWS Lambda proxy functionality. See README for example usage.

  • Supports GCNV ONTAP-mode REST passthrough when gcnv is provided. See the README file for examples.

  • 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: Create EMS filter
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ems_filter:
    state: present
    name: carchi_ems
    rules:
      - index: 1
        type: include
        message_criteria:
          severities: "error"
          name_pattern: "callhome.*"
      - index: 2
        type: include
        message_criteria:
          severities: "EMERGENCY"

- name: Modify EMS filter add rule
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ems_filter:
    state: present
    name: carchi_ems
    rules:
      - index: 1
        type: include
        message_criteria:
          severities: "error"
          name_pattern: "callhome.*"
      - index: 2
        type: include
        message_criteria:
          severities: "EMERGENCY"
      - index: 3
        type: include
        message_criteria:
          severities: "ALERT"

- name: Create EMS filter with parameter criteria
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ems_filter:
    state: present
    name: param_filter
    rules:
      - index: 1
        type: include
        message_criteria:
          severities: "error"
        parameter_criteria:
          - name_pattern: "volume"
            value_pattern: "vol0*"
          - name_pattern: "node"
            value_pattern: "cluster-01"

- name: Delete EMS Filter
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ems_filter:
    state: absent
    name: carchi_ems

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)