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purefa_host - Manage hosts on Pure Storage FlashArrays
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- Create, delete or modify hosts on Pure Storage FlashArrays.
 
Requirements (on host that executes module)
- python >= 2.7
 - purestorage
 
Options
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| api_token | 
      yes | 
        
        FlashArray API token for admin privilaged user.
         | 
     ||
| fa_url | 
      yes | 
        
        FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
         | 
     ||
| host | 
      yes | 
        
        The name of the host.
         | 
     ||
| iqn | 
      no | 
        
        List of IQNs of the host if protocol is iscsi.
         | 
     ||
| protocol | 
      no | iscsi | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Defines the host connection protocol for volumes.
         | 
     
| state | 
      no | present | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Define whether the host should exist or not.
        
       
        When removing host all connected volumes will be disconnected.
         | 
     
| volume | 
      no | 
        
        Volume name to map to the host.
         | 
     ||
| wwns | 
      no | 
        
        List of wwns of the host if protocol is fc.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Create new new host
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    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 sure host bar is available 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 sure host bar is available 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: 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
  Notes
Note
- This module requires purestorage python library
 - You must set 
PUREFA_URLandPUREFA_APIenvironment variables if url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly 
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/purefa_host_module.html