https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/ansible-export-policy-add-clientmatches-and-remove-clientmatches-not-available/m-p/445820#M42554 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You might have to first enumerate the clientmatches in the export policy rules by index, assign it to a variable and replace the clientmatches to remove. Here's a start</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="csharp">--- - hosts: localhost gather_facts: false name: Get Export Policy Rules vars_prompt: # Some special characters, such as '{' and '%' in passwords can create templating errors. If you need to accept special characters, use the "unsafe" option - name: "password" prompt: "Please enter the cluster password" unsafe: yes private: yes vars: login: &amp;login hostname: cluster1.testlab.local username: admin password: "{{ password }}" https: true validate_certs: false use_rest: Always vserver: testsvm1 export_policy: ansible_001 rule_index: 1 tasks: - name: Get Export Policy netapp.ontap.na_ontap_rest_info: &lt;&lt;: *login use_python_keys: true parameters: svm.name: "{{ vserver }}" name: "{{ export_policy }}" fields: - id - svm.name - name gather_subset: - protocols/nfs/export-policies register: get_export_policy tags: get_export_policy - name: Get Export Policy netapp.ontap.na_ontap_zapit: &lt;&lt;: *login zapi: export-rule-get-iter: desired-attributes: export-rule-info: - client-match query: export-rule-info: - policy-name: "{{ export_policy }}" - rule-index: "{{ rule_index }}" - vserver-name: "{{ vserver }}" when: get_export_policy.ontap_info.protocols_nfs_export_policies.num_records == 1 register: export_policy_rules</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;ansible-playbook -vvv export_rules.yml</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>/Matt</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 07 Jul 2023 03:12:40 GMT mbeattie 2023-07-07T03:12:40Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/ansible-export-policy-add-clientmatches-and-remove-clientmatches-not-available/m-p/445809#M42551 <P>I want to add or remove clients from a rule in export-policy, the export-policy rule module deleting and adding rules only</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:47:20 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/ansible-export-policy-add-clientmatches-and-remove-clientmatches-not-available/m-p/445809#M42551 anusha90 2025-06-04T09:47:20Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/ansible-export-policy-add-clientmatches-and-remove-clientmatches-not-available/m-p/445820#M42554 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You might have to first enumerate the clientmatches in the export policy rules by index, assign it to a variable and replace the clientmatches to remove. Here's a start</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="csharp">--- - hosts: localhost gather_facts: false name: Get Export Policy Rules vars_prompt: # Some special characters, such as '{' and '%' in passwords can create templating errors. If you need to accept special characters, use the "unsafe" option - name: "password" prompt: "Please enter the cluster password" unsafe: yes private: yes vars: login: &amp;login hostname: cluster1.testlab.local username: admin password: "{{ password }}" https: true validate_certs: false use_rest: Always vserver: testsvm1 export_policy: ansible_001 rule_index: 1 tasks: - name: Get Export Policy netapp.ontap.na_ontap_rest_info: &lt;&lt;: *login use_python_keys: true parameters: svm.name: "{{ vserver }}" name: "{{ export_policy }}" fields: - id - svm.name - name gather_subset: - protocols/nfs/export-policies register: get_export_policy tags: get_export_policy - name: Get Export Policy netapp.ontap.na_ontap_zapit: &lt;&lt;: *login zapi: export-rule-get-iter: desired-attributes: export-rule-info: - client-match query: export-rule-info: - policy-name: "{{ export_policy }}" - rule-index: "{{ rule_index }}" - vserver-name: "{{ vserver }}" when: get_export_policy.ontap_info.protocols_nfs_export_policies.num_records == 1 register: export_policy_rules</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;ansible-playbook -vvv export_rules.yml</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>/Matt</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 07 Jul 2023 03:12:40 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/ansible-export-policy-add-clientmatches-and-remove-clientmatches-not-available/m-p/445820#M42554 mbeattie 2023-07-07T03:12:40Z