# na_ontap_interface – NetApp ONTAP LIF configuration

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Status

## Synopsis

- Creating / deleting and modifying the LIF.

## 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
--- | --- | ---
address - |  | Specifies the LIF's IP address. Required when `state=present`

admin_status
-

Choices:
- up
- down

Specifies the administrative status of the LIF.

dns_domain_name string added in 2.9 |  | Specifies the unique, fully qualified domain name of the DNS zone of this LIF.

failover_policy
-

Choices:
- disabled
- system-defined
- local-only
- sfo-partner-only
- broadcast-domain-wide

Specifies the failover policy for the LIF.

firewall_policy - |  | Specifies the firewall policy for the LIF.

force_subnet_association
boolean
added in 2.9

Choices:
- no
- yes

Set this to true to acquire the address from the named subnet and assign the subnet to the LIF.

home_node - |  | Specifies the LIF's home node. By default, the first node from the cluster is considered as home node
home_port - |  | Specifies the LIF's home port. Required when `state=present`
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

interface_name - / required |  | Specifies the logical interface (LIF) name.

is_auto_revert
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

If true, data LIF will revert to its home node under certain circumstances such as startup, and load balancing migration capability is disabled automatically

is_dns_update_enabled
boolean
added in 2.9

Choices:
- no
- yes

Specifies if DNS update is enabled for this LIF. Dynamic updates will be sent for this LIF if updates are enabled at Vserver level.

listen_for_dns_query
boolean
added in 2.9

Choices:
- no
- yes

If True, this IP address will listen for DNS queries for the dnszone specified.

netmask - |  | Specifies the LIF's netmask. Required when `state=present`.
ontapi integer |  | The ontap api version to use
password string / required |  | Password for the specified user. aliases: pass

protocols
-

Specifies the list of data protocols configured on the LIF. By default, the values in this element are nfs, cifs and fcache.
Other supported protocols are iscsi and fcp. A LIF can be configured to not support any data protocols by specifying 'none'.
Protocol values of none, iscsi, fc-nvme or fcp can't be combined with any other data protocol(s).
address, netmask and firewall_policy parameters are not supported for 'fc-nvme' option.

role - |  | Specifies the role of the LIF. When setting role as "intercluster", setting protocol is not supported. Required when `state=present`.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

Whether the specified interface should exist or not.

subnet_name - added in 2.8 |  | Subnet where the interface address is allocated from. If the option is not used, the IP address will need to be provided by the administrator during configuration.

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 interface
      na_ontap_interface:
        state: present
        interface_name: data2
        home_port: e0d
        home_node: laurentn-vsim1
        role: data
        protocols: nfs
        admin_status: up
        failover_policy: local-only
        firewall_policy: mgmt
        is_auto_revert: true
        address: 10.10.10.10
        netmask: 255.255.255.0
        force_subnet_association: false
        dns_domain_name: test.com
        listen_for_dns_query: true
        is_dns_update_enabled: true
        vserver: svm1
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

    - name: Delete interface
      na_ontap_interface:
        state: absent
        interface_name: data2
        vserver: svm1
        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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