REST API: How to mount a clone volume as NFS mount?

JRH0759 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:15:29 GMT

HI,

I have figured out how to create a clone copy of an existing snapshot using the "create_clone.py" python script, but I have been unable to determine how to get created drive to show up as an available NFS mounted disk.
At the moment the only way I can do it, is if I go through the web GUI interface or through command line and mount the created volume and assign a path.

Is there a way to do this step via the API interface either using Linux curl command or using python??

TIA,

James

Re: REST API: How to mount a clone volume as NFS mount?

RobertBlackhart — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:37:04 GMT

There's a full example in the nfs_setup.py script (https://github.com/NetApp/ontap-rest-python/blob/master/examples/rest_api/nfs_setup.py). But the part that would answer your question is that you need to send a PATCH request to the /api/storage/volumes/{uuid} endpoint for your volume and set the nas.path property. Here's an example using curl:

~/$ curl -ku admin -X PATCH -d '{"nas": {"path": "/my_files"}}' https://<cluster_mgmt>/api/storage/volumes/10a7fcdb-0746-11ec-bbfb-005056bb0536 Enter host password for user 'admin': { "job": { "uuid": "65cc6310-097b-11ec-9580-005056bb0536", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/65cc6310-097b-11ec-9580-005056bb0536" } } } }~/$ ~/$ curl -ku admin https://<cluster_mgmt>/api/cluster/jobs/65cc6310-097b-11ec-9580-005056bb0536 Enter host password for user 'admin': { "uuid": "65cc6310-097b-11ec-9580-005056bb0536", "description": "PATCH /api/storage/volumes/10a7fcdb-0746-11ec-bbfb-005056bb0536", "state": "success", "message": "success", "code": 0, "start_time": "2021-08-30T06:16:53-04:00", "end_time": "2021-08-30T06:16:54-04:00", "svm": { "name": "vs1", "uuid": "db390e8d-0435-11ec-a099-005056bb0536", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/svm/svms/db390e8d-0435-11ec-a099-005056bb0536" } } }, "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/65cc6310-097b-11ec-9580-005056bb0536" } } }~/$

Re: REST API: How to mount a clone volume as NFS mount?

JRH0759 — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:44:31 GMT

Thank you Robert..

That worked for me..

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