topic Re: Ansible newbie question in Software Development Kit (SDK) and API Discussions

Ansible newbie question

benpielaml — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:06:58 GMT

I see for every NetApp module, the parameters username and password exist. If I am running my Ansible playbook from a linux box that has root passwordless ssh configured into the filers, do I need the password parameter?

Re: Ansible newbie question

benpielaml — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:51:36 GMT

Also, am I missing something in the na_ontap_volume module? There is a parameter for percent_snapshot_space but not a parameter for the snapshot policy?

Re: Ansible newbie question

JohnChampion — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:00:34 GMT

All connections run as "localhost" and the Python modules handle the authentication to ONTAP through netapplib - which is why every module has the user/password parameters. It doesn't use your locally logged in account for anything related to ONTAP.

Re: Ansible newbie question

benpielaml — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:00:18 GMT

How do I download NetApp Python libraries without using pip?

Re: Ansible newbie question

gaurav_verma — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:49:47 GMT

I like to download using PIP but still you should get it here.

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/tree/devel/lib/ansible/modules/storage/netapp

and they are latest.