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# na_ontap_cifs – NetApp ONTAP Manage cifs-share

New in version 2.6.

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

## Synopsis

- Create or destroy or modify(path) cifs-share on ONTAP

## 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
--- | --- | ---
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
ontapi integer |  | The ontap api version to use
password string / required |  | Password for the specified user. aliases: pass
path - |  | The file system path that is shared through this CIFS share. The path is the full, user visible path relative to the vserver root, and it might be crossing junction mount points. The path is in UTF8 and uses forward slash as directory separator
share_name - / required |  | The name of the CIFS share. The CIFS share name is a UTF-8 string with the following characters being illegal; control characters from 0x00 to 0x1F, both inclusive, 0x22 (double quotes)
share_properties - added in 2.8 |  | The list of properties for the CIFS share
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Whether the specified CIFS share should exist or not.
symlink_properties - added in 2.8 |  | The list of symlink properties for this CIFS share
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.
vscan_fileop_profile - added in 2.9 | Choices: no_scan standard strict writes_only | Profile_set of file_ops to which vscan on access scanning is applicable.
vserver - / required |  | Vserver containing the CIFS share.

## Notes

Note

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

## Examples

    - name: Create CIFS share
      na_ontap_cifs:
        state: present
        share_name: cifsShareName
        path: /
        vserver: vserverName
        share_properties: browsable,oplocks
        symlink_properties: read_only,enable
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    - name: Delete CIFS share
      na_ontap_cifs:
        state: absent
        share_name: cifsShareName
        vserver: vserverName
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    - name: Modify path CIFS share
      na_ontap_cifs:
        state: present
        share_name: pb_test
        vserver: vserverName
        path: /
        share_properties: show_previous_versions
        symlink_properties: disable
        vscan_fileop_profile: no_scan
        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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