ONTAP CIFS service delete with Python client library 9.7

badrian — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:15:58 GMT

I am going crazy. Can anybody tell me the secret of deleting a CIFS server with Python client library? It complains about missing AD credentials, but I am simply not getting how to pass them over. I am working in LoD:

https://handsonlabs.netapp.com/lab/ontapapi (SL10599)

Here is what I am trying to do:

print("--> Starting CIFS server delete operation") try: cifs = CifsService.find(name="PRIMARY_SVM_01") cifs.from_dict( { "svm": { "name": "primary_svm_01" }, "ad_domain": { "fqdn": "demo.netapp.com", "user": "Administrator@demo.netapp.com", "password": "<guesswhatthatcouldbe:D>" } }) cifs.delete() print("--> CIFS server {} deleted successfully".format(cifs.name)) except NetAppRestError as err: print("--> Error: CIFS server was not deleted:\n{}".format(err)) print("")

And here is the debug output:

‌--> Starting CIFS server delete operation DEBUG:urllib3.util.retry:Converted retries value: 5 -> Retry(total=5, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None) DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443 DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443 "GET /api/protocols/cifs/services?name=PRIMARY_SVM_01 HTTP/1.1" 200 579 DEBUG:netapp_ontap.utils: -----------REQUEST----------- GET https://cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443/api/protocols/cifs/services?name=PRIMARY_SVM_01 User-Agent: python-requests/2.23.0 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Accept: */* Connection: keep-alive X-Dot-Client-App: netapp-ontap-python-9.7.0 Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46TmV0YXBwMSE= None ----------------------------- -----------RESPONSE----------- 200 OK Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:45:40 GMT Server: libzapid-httpd X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Cache-Control: no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate Content-Length: 579 Content-Type: application/hal+json Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100 Connection: Keep-Alive { "records": [ { "svm": { "uuid": "513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b", "name": "primary_svm_01", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/svm/svms/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b" } } }, "name": "PRIMARY_SVM_01", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/protocols/cifs/services/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b" } } } ], "num_records": 1, "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/protocols/cifs/services?name=PRIMARY_SVM_01" } } } ------------------------------ DEBUG:urllib3.util.retry:Converted retries value: 5 -> Retry(total=5, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None) DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443 DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443 "GET /api/protocols/cifs/services/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b HTTP/1.1" 200 768 DEBUG:netapp_ontap.utils: -----------REQUEST----------- GET https://cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443/api/protocols/cifs/services/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b User-Agent: python-requests/2.23.0 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Accept: */* Connection: keep-alive X-Dot-Client-App: netapp-ontap-python-9.7.0 Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46TmV0YXBwMSE= None ----------------------------- -----------RESPONSE----------- 200 OK Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:45:40 GMT Server: libzapid-httpd X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Cache-Control: no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate Content-Length: 768 Content-Type: application/hal+json Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100 Connection: Keep-Alive { "svm": { "uuid": "513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b", "name": "primary_svm_01", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/svm/svms/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b" } } }, "name": "PRIMARY_SVM_01", "ad_domain": { "fqdn": "DEMO.NETAPP.COM", "organizational_unit": "CN=Computers" }, "enabled": true, "comment": "Created with ONTAP PYL", "security": { "restrict_anonymous": "no_enumeration", "smb_signing": false, "smb_encryption": false, "kdc_encryption": false }, "netbios": { "wins_servers": [ ], "enabled": false }, "default_unix_user": "pcuser", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/protocols/cifs/services/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b" } } } ------------------------------ DEBUG:netapp_ontap.utils: -----------REQUEST----------- GET https://cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443/api/protocols/cifs/services/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b User-Agent: python-requests/2.23.0 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Accept: */* Connection: keep-alive X-Dot-Client-App: netapp-ontap-python-9.7.0 Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46TmV0YXBwMSE= None ----------------------------- -----------RESPONSE----------- 200 OK Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:45:40 GMT Server: libzapid-httpd X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Cache-Control: no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate Content-Length: 768 Content-Type: application/hal+json Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100 Connection: Keep-Alive { "svm": { "uuid": "513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b", "name": "primary_svm_01", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/svm/svms/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b" } } }, "name": "PRIMARY_SVM_01", "ad_domain": { "fqdn": "DEMO.NETAPP.COM", "organizational_unit": "CN=Computers" }, "enabled": true, "comment": "Created with ONTAP PYL", "security": { "restrict_anonymous": "no_enumeration", "smb_signing": false, "smb_encryption": false, "kdc_encryption": false }, "netbios": { "wins_servers": [ ], "enabled": false }, "default_unix_user": "pcuser", "_links": { "self": { "href": "/api/protocols/cifs/services/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b" } } } ------------------------------ DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443 "DELETE /api/protocols/cifs/services/513ab210-687a-11ea-8d2a-005056819f1b HTTP/1.1" 202 189 DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443 DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:https://cluster1.demo.netapp.com:443 "GET /api/cluster/jobs/154221a4-68e4-11ea-87e9-00505681f8b5 HTTP/1.1" 200 619 INFO:netapp_ontap.utils:Job (failure): In order to delete an Active Directory machine account for the CIFS server, you must supply the name and password of a Windows account with sufficient privileges to remove computers from the "DEMO.NETAPP.COM" domain. . Timeout remaining: 30. --> Error: CIFS server was not deleted: Job failed: In order to delete an Active Directory machine account for the CIFS server, you must supply the name and password of a Windows account with sufficient privileges to remove computers from the "DEMO.NETAPP.COM" domain.

Re: ONTAP CIFS service delete with Python client library 9.7

RobertBlackhart — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:24:45 GMT

The CIFS Services DELETE API requires that the credentials are passed in the body of the request. So your code should look a bit like this:

print("--> Starting CIFS server delete operation") try: cifs = CifsService.find(name="PRIMARY_SVM_01") cifs.delete(body={ "ad_domain": { "fqdn": "demo.netapp.com", "user": "Administrator@demo.netapp.com", "password": "<guesswhatthatcouldbe:D>" } }) print("--> CIFS server {} deleted successfully".format(cifs.name)) except NetAppRestError as err: print("--> Error: CIFS server was not deleted:\n{}".format(err)) print("")

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