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Ansible for Netapp: Export policy for Qtree

raj_shrivastava11 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:13:05 GMT

Hi Guys,

We have a setup wherein today we apply Export Policy per Qtree but while looking into Ansible modules i dont see option to apply Export policy to Qtree while creating a Qtree. I can only see export policy option available at Volume level.

Is it not available at Qtree level?

Re: Ansible for Netapp: Export policy for Qtree

mbeattie — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:57:12 GMT

Hi Raj,

Looking at the latest module for Qtrees it appears to be possible to set an export policy using the "export_policy" property.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/na_ontap_qtree_module.html

/Matt

Re: Ansible for Netapp: Export policy for Qtree

raj_shrivastava11 — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:48:15 GMT

Thanks Matt for the reply. I added the "export_policy" property but getting below error.

$ ansible-playbook Qtree_Create_template.yml --extra-vars "@Qtree_Create_Variable.yml"
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

PLAY [Qtree Action] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Create Qtrees] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unsupported parameters for (na_ontap_qtree) module: export_policy Supported parameters include: flexvol_name, from_name, hostname, http_port, https, name, ontapi, password, state, username, validate_certs, vserver"}

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0

My Ansible version is 2.8.4

Python 3.7

Re: Ansible for Netapp: Export policy for Qtree

mbeattie — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 05:14:57 GMT

Hi Raj,

I tested it, here is an example playbook:

--- - hosts: localhost gather_facts: false name: na_ontap_qtree vars: login: &login hostname: cluster1.testlab.local username: admin password: N0tMyP@ssw0rd! https: yes use_rest: Always validate_certs: no tasks: - name: Create qtree na_ontap_qtree: export_policy: policy_001 flexvol_name: nfs_data_001 name: qtree_001 oplocks: enabled security_style: unix state: present vserver: vserver2 <<: *login

When i run the playbook it works successfully.

[root@testux1 playbooks]# ansible-playbook qtree.yml [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all' PLAY [na_ontap_qtree] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* TASK [Create qtree qtree_001 in volume nfs_data_001 on vserver vserver4] **************************************************************************************************************************** changed: [localhost] PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** localhost : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0

The storage shows the qtree created on the volume exported to the policy.

cluster1::> qtree show -vserver vserver2 -volume nfs_data_001 -qtree qtree_001 -instance Vserver Name: vserver2 Volume Name: nfs_data_001 Qtree Name: qtree_001 Actual (Non-Junction) Qtree Path: /vol/nfs_data_001/qtree_001 Security Style: unix Oplock Mode: enable Unix Permissions: ---rwxr-xr-x Qtree Id: 1 Qtree Status: normal Export Policy: policy_001 Is Export Policy Inherited: false

It is possible, perhaps you need to update the module?

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/na_ontap_qtree_module.html

/Matt

Re: Ansible for Netapp: Export policy for Qtree

raj_shrivastava11 — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:29:25 GMT

Thanks a lot Guys for your help. I upgraded my ansible to 2.9 and now i can this export_policy parameter in qtree module and able to update it via playbook.

Take care everyone.