Managing NFS export on Unity storage system includes- Create new NFS export, Modify NFS export attributes, Display NFS export details, Delete NFS export.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- A Dell Unity Storage device version 5.1 or later.
- Ansible-core 2.13 or later.
- Python 3.9, 3.10 or 3.11.
- Storops Python SDK 1.2.11.
- nfs_export_name (optional, str, None)
Name of the nfs export.
Mandatory for create operation.
Specify either nfs_export_name or nfs_export_id (but not both) for any operation.
- nfs_export_id (optional, str, None)
ID of the nfs export.
This is a unique ID generated by Unity storage system.
- filesystem_name (optional, str, None)
Name of the filesystem for which NFS export will be created.
Either filesystem or snapshot is required for creation of the NFS.
If filesystem_name is specified, then nas_server is required to uniquely identify the filesystem.
If filesystem parameter is provided, then snapshot cannot be specified.
- filesystem_id (optional, str, None)
ID of the filesystem.
This is a unique ID generated by Unity storage system.
- snapshot_name (optional, str, None)
Name of the snapshot for which NFS export will be created.
Either filesystem or snapshot is required for creation of the NFS export.
If snapshot parameter is provided, then filesystem cannot be specified.
- snapshot_id (optional, str, None)
ID of the snapshot.
This is a unique ID generated by Unity storage system.
- nas_server_name (optional, str, None)
- Name of the NAS server on which filesystem will be hosted.
- nas_server_id (optional, str, None)
- ID of the NAS server on which filesystem will be hosted.
- path (optional, str, None)
Local path to export relative to the NAS server root.
With NFS, each export of a file_system or file_snap must have a unique local path.
Mandatory while creating NFS export.
- description (optional, str, None)
Description of the NFS export.
Optional parameter when creating a NFS export.
To modify description, pass the new value in description field.
To remove description, pass the empty value in description field.
- host_state (optional, str, None)
Define whether the hosts can access the NFS export.
Required when adding or removing access of hosts from the export.
- anonymous_uid (optional, int, None)
Specifies the user ID of the anonymous account.
If not specified at the time of creation, it will be set to 4294967294.
- anonymous_gid (optional, int, None)
Specifies the group ID of the anonymous account.
If not specified at the time of creation, it will be set to 4294967294.
- state (True, str, None)
- State variable to determine whether NFS export will exist or not.
- default_access (optional, str, None)
Default access level for all hosts that can access the NFS export.
For hosts that need different access than the default, they can be configured by adding to the list.
If default_access is not mentioned during creation, then NFS export will be created with
NO_ACCESS
.- min_security (optional, str, None)
NFS enforced security type for users accessing a NFS export.
If not specified at the time of creation, it will be set to
SYS
.- adv_host_mgmt_enabled (optional, bool, None)
If
false
, allows you to specify hosts without first having to register them.Mandatory while adding access hosts.
- no_access_hosts (optional, list, None)
Hosts with no access to the NFS export.
List of dictionaries. Each dictionary will have any of the keys from host_name, host_id, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
true
then the accepted keys are host_name, host_id and ip_address.If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
false
then the accepted keys are host_name, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
- host_name (optional, str, None)
- Name of the host.
- host_id (optional, str, None)
- ID of the host.
- ip_address (optional, str, None)
- IP address of the host.
- subnet (optional, str, None)
- Subnet can be an 'IP address/netmask' or 'IP address/prefix length'.
- netgroup (optional, str, None)
- Netgroup that is defined in NIS or the local netgroup file.
- domain (optional, str, None)
- DNS domain, where all NFS clients in the domain are included in the host list.
- read_only_hosts (optional, list, None)
Hosts with read-only access to the NFS export.
List of dictionaries. Each dictionary will have any of the keys from host_name, host_id, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
true
then the accepted keys are host_name, host_id and ip_address.If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
false
then the accepted keys are host_name, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
- host_name (optional, str, None)
- Name of the host.
- host_id (optional, str, None)
- ID of the host.
- ip_address (optional, str, None)
- IP address of the host.
- subnet (optional, str, None)
- Subnet can be an 'IP address/netmask' or 'IP address/prefix length'.
- netgroup (optional, str, None)
- Netgroup that is defined in NIS or the local netgroup file.
- domain (optional, str, None)
- DNS domain, where all NFS clients in the domain are included in the host list.
- read_only_root_hosts (optional, list, None)
Hosts with read-only for root user access to the NFS export.
List of dictionaries. Each dictionary will have any of the keys from host_name, host_id, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
true
then the accepted keys are host_name, host_id and ip_address.If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
false
then the accepted keys are host_name, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
- host_name (optional, str, None)
- Name of the host.
- host_id (optional, str, None)
- ID of the host.
- ip_address (optional, str, None)
- IP address of the host.
- subnet (optional, str, None)
- Subnet can be an 'IP address/netmask' or 'IP address/prefix length'.
- netgroup (optional, str, None)
- Netgroup that is defined in NIS or the local netgroup file.
- domain (optional, str, None)
- DNS domain, where all NFS clients in the domain are included in the host list.
- read_write_hosts (optional, list, None)
Hosts with read and write access to the NFS export.
List of dictionaries. Each dictionary will have any of the keys from host_name, host_id, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
true
then the accepted keys are host_name, host_id and ip_address.If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
false
then the accepted keys are host_name, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
- host_name (optional, str, None)
- Name of the host.
- host_id (optional, str, None)
- ID of the host.
- ip_address (optional, str, None)
- IP address of the host.
- subnet (optional, str, None)
- Subnet can be an 'IP address/netmask' or 'IP address/prefix length'.
- netgroup (optional, str, None)
- Netgroup that is defined in NIS or the local netgroup file.
- domain (optional, str, None)
- DNS domain, where all NFS clients in the domain are included in the host list.
- read_write_root_hosts (optional, list, None)
Hosts with read and write for root user access to the NFS export.
List of dictionaries. Each dictionary will have any of the keys from host_name, host_id, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
true
then the accepted keys are host_name, host_id and ip_address.If adv_host_mgmt_enabled is
false
then the accepted keys are host_name, subnet, netgroup, domain and ip_address.
- host_name (optional, str, None)
- Name of the host.
- host_id (optional, str, None)
- ID of the host.
- ip_address (optional, str, None)
- IP address of the host.
- subnet (optional, str, None)
- Subnet can be an 'IP address/netmask' or 'IP address/prefix length'.
- netgroup (optional, str, None)
- Netgroup that is defined in NIS or the local netgroup file.
- domain (optional, str, None)
- DNS domain, where all NFS clients in the domain are included in the host list.
- unispherehost (True, str, None)
- IP or FQDN of the Unity management server.
- username (True, str, None)
- The username of the Unity management server.
- password (True, str, None)
- The password of the Unity management server.
- validate_certs (optional, bool, True)
Boolean variable to specify whether or not to validate SSL certificate.
true
- Indicates that the SSL certificate should be verified.
false
- Indicates that the SSL certificate should not be verified.- port (optional, int, 443)
- Port number through which communication happens with Unity management server.
Note
- The check_mode is not supported.
- The modules present in this collection named as 'dellemc.unity' are built to support the Dell Unity storage platform.
- name: Create nfs export from filesystem
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_from_fs"
path: '/'
filesystem_id: "fs_377"
state: "present"
- name: Create nfs export from snapshot
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_from_snap"
path: '/'
snapshot_name: "ansible_fs_snap"
state: "present"
- name: Modify nfs export
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_from_fs"
nas_server_id: "nas_3"
description: ""
default_access: "READ_ONLY_ROOT"
anonymous_gid: 4294967290
anonymous_uid: 4294967290
state: "present"
- name: Add host in nfs export with adv_host_mgmt_enabled as true
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_from_fs"
filesystem_id: "fs_377"
adv_host_mgmt_enabled: true
no_access_hosts:
- host_id: "Host_1"
read_only_hosts:
- host_id: "Host_2"
read_only_root_hosts:
- host_name: "host_name1"
read_write_hosts:
- host_name: "host_name2"
read_write_root_hosts:
- ip_address: "1.1.1.1"
host_state: "present-in-export"
state: "present"
- name: Remove host in nfs export with adv_host_mgmt_enabled as true
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_from_fs"
filesystem_id: "fs_377"
adv_host_mgmt_enabled: true
no_access_hosts:
- host_id: "Host_1"
read_only_hosts:
- host_id: "Host_2"
read_only_root_hosts:
- host_name: "host_name1"
read_write_hosts:
- host_name: "host_name2"
read_write_root_hosts:
- ip_address: "1.1.1.1"
host_state: "absent-in-export"
state: "present"
- name: Add host in nfs export with adv_host_mgmt_enabled as false
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_from_fs"
filesystem_id: "fs_377"
adv_host_mgmt_enabled: false
no_access_hosts:
- domain: "google.com"
read_only_hosts:
- netgroup: "netgroup_admin"
read_only_root_hosts:
- host_name: "host5"
read_write_hosts:
- subnet: "168.159.57.4/255.255.255.0"
read_write_root_hosts:
- ip_address: "10.255.2.4"
host_state: "present-in-export"
state: "present"
- name: Remove host in nfs export with adv_host_mgmt_enabled as false
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_from_fs"
filesystem_id: "fs_377"
adv_host_mgmt_enabled: false
no_access_hosts:
- domain: "google.com"
read_only_hosts:
- netgroup: "netgroup_admin"
read_only_root_hosts:
- host_name: "host5"
read_write_hosts:
- subnet: "168.159.57.4/255.255.255.0"
read_write_root_hosts:
- ip_address: "10.255.2.4"
host_state: "absent-in-export"
state: "present"
- name: Get nfs details
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_id: "NFSShare_291"
state: "present"
- name: Delete nfs export by nfs name
dellemc.unity.nfs:
unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
nfs_export_name: "ansible_nfs_name"
nas_server_name: "ansible_nas_name"
state: "absent"
- changed (always, bool, false)
- Whether or not the resource has changed.
- nfs_share_details (When nfs export exists., dict, {'anonymous_gid': 4294967294, 'anonymous_uid': 4294967294, 'creation_time': '2022-03-09 15:05:34.720000+00:00', 'default_access': 'NFSShareDefaultAccessEnum.NO_ACCESS', 'description': '', 'export_option': 1, 'export_paths': ['.*.**.**:/dummy-share-123'], 'filesystem': {'UnityFileSystem': {'id': 'fs_id_1', 'name': 'fs_name_1'}}, 'host_accesses': 'None', 'id': 'NFSShare_14393', 'is_read_only': 'None', 'min_security': 'NFSShareSecurityEnum.SYS', 'modification_time': '2022-04-25 08:12:28.179000+00:00', 'name': 'dummy-share-123', 'nfs_owner_username': 'None', 'no_access_hosts': 'None', 'no_access_hosts_string': 'host1,**.***.*.*', 'path': '/', 'read_only_hosts': 'None', 'read_only_hosts_string': '', 'read_only_root_access_hosts': 'None', 'read_only_root_hosts_string': '', 'read_write_hosts': 'None', 'read_write_hosts_string': '', 'read_write_root_hosts_string': '', 'role': 'NFSShareRoleEnum.PRODUCTION', 'root_access_hosts': 'None', 'snap': 'None', 'type': 'NFSTypeEnum.NFS_SHARE', 'existed': True, 'nas_server': {'UnityNasServer': {'id': 'nas_id_1', 'name': 'dummy_nas_server'}}})
Details of the nfs export.
- anonymous_uid (, int, )
- User ID of the anonymous account
- anonymous_gid (, int, )
- Group ID of the anonymous account
- default_access (, str, )
- Default access level for all hosts that can access export
- description (, str, )
- Description about the nfs export
- id (, str, )
- ID of the nfs export
- min_security (, str, )
- NFS enforced security type for users accessing an export
- name (, str, )
- Name of the nfs export
- no_access_hosts_string (, str, )
- Hosts with no access to the nfs export
- read_only_hosts_string (, str, )
- Hosts with read-only access to the nfs export
- read_only_root_hosts_string (, str, )
- Hosts with read-only for root user access to the nfs export
- read_write_hosts_string (, str, )
- Hosts with read and write access to the nfs export
- read_write_root_hosts_string (, str, )
- Hosts with read and write for root user access to export
- type (, str, )
- NFS export type. i.e. filesystem or snapshot
- export_paths (, list, )
- Export paths that can be used to mount and access export
- filesystem (, dict, )
Details of the filesystem on which nfs export is present
- UnityFileSystem (, dict, )
filesystem details
- id (, str, )
- ID of the filesystem
- name (, str, )
- Name of the filesystem
- nas_server (, dict, )
Details of the nas server
- UnityNasServer (, dict, )
NAS server details
- id (, str, )
- ID of the nas server
- name (, str, )
- Name of the nas server
- Vivek Soni (@v-soni11) <[email protected]>