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purestorage.flasharray.purefa_user – Create, modify or delete FlashArray local user account
Note
This plugin is part of the purestorage.flasharray collection (version 1.11.0).
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 purestorage.flasharray.
To use it in a playbook, specify: purestorage.flasharray.purefa_user.
New in version 1.0.0: of purestorage.flasharray
Synopsis
- Create, modify or delete local users on a Pure Stoage FlashArray.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.7
 - purestorage >= 1.19
 - py-pure-client >= 1.6.0
 - netaddr
 - requests
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| api
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Define whether to create an API token for this user
        
       
        Token can be exposed using the debug module
         | 
     
| api_token
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
         | 
     |
| fa_url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the local user account
         | 
     |
| old_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        If changing an existing password, you must provide the old password for security
         | 
     |
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Password for the local user.
         | 
     |
| role
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Sets the local user's access level to the array
         | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Create, delete or update local user account
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- This module requires the 
purestorageandpy-pure-clientPython libraries - Additional Python librarues may be required for specific modules.
 - You must set 
PUREFA_URLandPUREFA_APIenvironment variables if fa_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly 
Examples
- name: Create new user ansible with API token
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    password: apassword
    role: storage_admin
    api: true
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
  register: result
  debug:
    msg: "API Token: {{ result['user_info']['user_api'] }}"
- name: Change role type for existing user
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    role: array_admin
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
- name: Change password type for existing user (NOT IDEMPOTENT)
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    password: anewpassword
    old_password: apassword
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
- name: Change API token for existing user
  purefa_user:
    name: ansible
    api: true
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
  register: result
  debug:
    msg: "API Token: {{ result['user_info']['user_api'] }}"
  Authors
- Pure Storage Ansible Team (@sdodsley) <pure-ansible-team@purestorage.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/purestorage/flasharray/purefa_user_module.html