purefa_host - Manage hosts on Pure Storage FlashArrays¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

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 required		FlashArray API token for admin privilaged user.
fa_url required		FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
host required		The name of the host.
iqn		List of IQNs of the host if protocol is iscsi or mixed.
personality (added in 2.7)	Choices: hpux vms aix esxi solaris hitachi-vsp oracle-vm-server	Define which operating systen the host is. Recommend for ActiveCluster integration
protocol	Choices: fc iscsi ← mixed	Defines the host connection protocol for volumes.
state	Choices: absent present ←	Define whether the host should exist or not. When removing host all connected volumes will be disconnected.
volume		Volume name to map to the host.
wwns		List of wwns of the host if protocol is fc or mixed.

Notes ¶

Note

This module requires purestorage python library
You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if 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 mixed protocol host
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: mixed
    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
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    volume: bar
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Simon Dodsley (@sdodsley)

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