netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ssh_command – NetApp ONTAP Run any cli command over plain SSH using paramiko.
Note
This plugin is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 21.12.0).
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
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.ontap.na_ontap_ssh_command
.
New in version 20.8.0: of netapp.ontap
Synopsis
- Run cli commands on ONTAP over SSH using paramiko.
- Output is returned in
stdout
andstderr
, and also asstdout_lines
,stdout_lines_filtered
,stderr_lines
. - Note that the module can succeed even though the command failed. You need to analyze stdout and check the results.
- If the SSH host key is unknown and accepted,
warnings
is updated. - Options related to ZAPI or REST APIs are ignored.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Ansible 2.9
- Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
- netapp-lib 2020.3.12 is strongly recommended as it provides better error reporting for connection issues.
- 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.
- To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
accept_unknown_host_keys boolean |
| When false, reject the connection if the host key is not in known_hosts file. When true, if the host key is unknown, accept it, but report a warning. Note that the key is not added to the file. You could add the key by manually using SSH. |
cert_filepath string added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap | path to SSL client cert file (.pem). not supported with python 2.6. | |
command string / required | a string containing the command and arguments. | |
exclude_lines string | Default: "" | return only lines containing string pattern in stdout_lines_filtered
|
feature_flags dictionary added in 20.5.0 of netapp.ontap | 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. | |
hostname string / required | The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance. | |
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. |
include_lines string | Default: "" | return only lines containing string pattern in stdout_lines_filtered
|
key_filepath string added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap | path to SSL client key file. | |
ontapi integer | The ontap api version to use | |
password string | Password for the specified user. aliases: pass | |
privilege string | privilege level at which to run the command, eg admin, advanced. if set, the command is prefixed with set -privilege <privilege>; . | |
service_processor boolean |
| whether the target system is ONTAP or the service processor (SP) only menaningful when privilege is set aliases: sp |
use_rest string | Default: "auto" | REST API if supported by the target system for all the resources and attributes the module requires. Otherwise will revert to ZAPI. always -- will always use the REST API never -- will always use the ZAPI auto -- will try to use the REST Api |
username 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://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/. 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. aliases: user | |
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. |
Notes
Note
- The modules prefixed with na_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.
Examples
- name: run ontap cli command using SSH na_ontap_ssh_command: hostname: "{{ hostname }}" username: "{{ admin_username }}" password: "{{ admin_password }}" command: version # Same as above, with parameters - name: run ontap cli command na_ontap_ssh_command: hostname: "{{ hostname }}" username: "{{ admin_username }}" password: "{{ admin_password }}" command: node show -fields node,health,uptime,model privilege: admin # Same as above, but with lines filtering - name: run ontap cli command na_ontap_ssh_command: hostname: "{{ hostname }}" username: "{{ admin_username }}" password: "{{ admin_password }}" command: node show -fields node,health,uptime,model exclude_lines: 'ode ' # Exclude lines with 'Node ' or 'node' # use with caution! accept_unknown_host_keys: true privilege: admin - name: run ontap SSH command on SP na_ontap_ssh_command: # <<: *sp_login command: sp switch-version privilege: diag sp: true register: result - debug: var=result
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
stdout_lines_filtered list / elements=string | always | In addition to stdout and stdout_lines, a list of non-white lines, excluding last and failed login information. The list can be further refined using the include_lines and exclude_lines filters. |
Authors
- NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py) <ng-ansibleteam@netapp.com>
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/netapp/ontap/na_ontap_ssh_command_module.html