purestorage.flashblade.purefb_banner – Configure Pure Storage FlashBlade GUI and SSH MOTD message

Note

This plugin is part of the purestorage.flashblade collection (version 1.4.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install purestorage.flashblade.

To use it in a playbook, specify: purestorage.flashblade.purefb_banner.

New in version 1.4.0: of purestorage.flashblade

Synopsis

  • Configure MOTD for Pure Storage FlashBlades.
  • This will be shown during an SSH or GUI login to the system.
  • Multiple line messages can be achieved using \n.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • purity_fb >= 1.9
  • netaddr
  • pytz

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_token
string
FlashBlade API token for admin privileged user.
banner
string
Default:
"Welcome to the machine..."
Banner text, or MOTD, to use
fb_url
string
FlashBlade management IP address or Hostname.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Set ot delete the MOTD

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the purity_fb Python library
  • You must set PUREFB_URL and PUREFB_API environment variables if fb_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Set new banner text
  purefb_banner:
    banner: "Banner over\ntwo lines"
    state: present
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: T-55a68eb5-c785-4720-a2ca-8b03903bf641

- name: Delete banner text
  purefb_banner:
    state: absent
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: T-55a68eb5-c785-4720-a2ca-8b03903bf641

Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/purestorage/flashblade/purefb_banner_module.html