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# na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy – NetApp ONTAP Vscan on access policy configuration

New in version 2.8.

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

## Synopsis

- Configure on access policy for Vscan (virus scan)

## 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
--- | --- | ---
file_ext_to_exclude - |  | File extensions for which On-Access scanning must not be performed.
file_ext_to_include - |  | File extensions for which On-Access scanning is considered. The default value is '*', which means that all files are considered for scanning except those which are excluded from scanning.
filters - |  | A list of filters which can be used to define the scope of the On-Access policy more precisely. The filters can be added in any order. Possible values scan_ro_volume Enable scans for read-only volume, scan_execute_access Scan only files opened with execute-access (CIFS only)
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
is_scan_mandatory boolean | Choices: no yes | Specifies whether access to a file is allowed if there are no external virus-scanning servers available for virus scanning. It is true if not provided at the time of creating a policy.
max_file_size - |  | Max file-size (in bytes) allowed for scanning. The default value of 2147483648 (2GB) is taken if not provided at the time of creating a policy.
ontapi integer |  | The ontap api version to use
password string / required |  | Password for the specified user. aliases: pass
paths_to_exclude - |  | File paths for which On-Access scanning must not be performed.
policy_name - / required |  | The name of the policy
scan_files_with_no_ext - | Default: "yes" | Specifies whether files without any extension are considered for scanning or not.
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Whether a Vscan on Access policy is present 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 data vserver to use.

## Notes

Note

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

## Examples

    - name: Create Vscan On Access Policy
      na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy:
        state: present
        username: '{{ netapp_username }}'
        password: '{{ netapp_password }}'
        hostname: '{{ netapp_hostname }}'
        vserver: carchi-vsim2
        policy_name: carchi_policy
        file_ext_to_exclude: ['exe', 'yml']
    - name: modify Vscan on Access Policy
      na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy:
        state: present
        username: '{{ netapp_username }}'
        password: '{{ netapp_password }}'
        hostname: '{{ netapp_hostname }}'
        vserver: carchi-vsim2
        policy_name: carchi_policy
        file_ext_to_exclude: ['exe', 'yml', 'py']
    - name: Delete On Access Policy
      na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy:
        state: absent
        username: '{{ netapp_username }}'
        password: '{{ netapp_password }}'
        hostname: '{{ netapp_hostname }}'
        vserver: carchi-vsim2
        policy_name: carchi_policy

## 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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