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# na_ontap_user – NetApp ONTAP user configuration and management

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- Create or destroy users.

## Requirements

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

- A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward
- Ansible 2.6
- Python2 netapp-lib (2017.10.30) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
- Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
- 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
--- | --- | ---
applications list / required | Choices: console http ontapi rsh snmp service-processor sp ssh telnet | List of application to grant access to. aliases: application
authentication_method - / required | Choices: community password publickey domain nsswitch usm cert | Authentication method for the application. Not all authentication methods are valid for an application. Valid authentication methods for each application are as denoted in authentication_choices_description. Password for console application Password, domain, nsswitch, cert for http application. Password, domain, nsswitch, cert for ontapi application. Community for snmp application (when creating SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 users). The usm and community for snmp application (when creating SNMPv3 users). Password for sp application. Password for rsh application. Password for telnet application. Password, publickey, domain, nsswitch for ssh application.
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 | Choices: no ← yes | Enable and disable https
lock_user boolean | Choices: no yes | Whether the specified user account is locked.
name - / required |  | The name of the user to manage.
ontapi integer |  | The ontap api version to use
password string / required |  | Password for the specified user. aliases: pass
role_name - |  | The name of the role. Required when `state=present`
set_password - |  | Password for the user account. It is ignored for creating snmp users, but is required for creating non-snmp users. For an existing user, this value will be used as the new password.
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Whether the specified user should exist or not.
use_rest string | Choices: Never Always 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 / required |  | 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/. aliases: user
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | 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.
vserver - / required |  | The name of the vserver to use.

## Notes

Note

- The modules prefixed with na\_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

## Examples

    - name: Create User
      na_ontap_user:
        state: present
        name: SampleUser
        applications: ssh,console
        authentication_method: password
        set_password: apn1242183u1298u41
        lock_user: True
        role_name: vsadmin
        vserver: ansibleVServer
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

    - name: Delete User
      na_ontap_user:
        state: absent
        name: SampleUser
        applications: ssh
        authentication_method: password
        vserver: ansibleVServer
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

### Authors

- NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py) <ng-ansibleteam@netapp.com>

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