topic Re: Something wrong with Ansible setup? in Software Development Kit (SDK) and API Discussions

Something wrong with Ansible setup?

benpielaml — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:03:04 GMT

Trying to create my first playbook and I am getting the following error on a volume create:

File "/tmp/ansible_na_cdot_volume_payload_XLT_EQ/__main__.py", line 279, in create_volume

enable_tunneling=True)

File "/data/readwrite/ansible/netapp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/netapp_lib/api/zapi/zapi.py", line 290, in invoke_successfully

raise NaApiError(code, msg)

NaApiError: NetApp API failed. Reason - 15661:entry doesn't exist

"msg": "Error provisioning volume test1 of size 20971520: NetApp API failed. Reason - 15661:entry doesn't exist"

Does this mean I am missing an entry for one of the variables in the na_cdot_volume module?

Re: Something wrong with Ansible setup?

JohnChampion — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:39:29 GMT

If you're just starting out I suggest you use the na_ontap_* modules - they are the latest and contiously updated with each release of the Ansible distribution. Also, read the Ansible 5-part article by David Blackwell on netapp.io and you'll be off and running.

https://netapp.io/2018/10/08/getting-started-with-netapp-and-ansible-install-ansible/

https://netapp.io/2018/10/09/getting-started-with-netapp-and-ansible-updating-netapp-modules/

https://netapp.io/2018/10/10/getting-started-with-netapp-and-ansible-understanding-playbooks/

https://netapp.io/2018/10/11/getting-started-with-netapp-and-ansible-first-playbook-example/

https://netapp.io/2018/10/12/getting-started-with-netapp-and-ansible-complete-workflow/

There is also a Slack channel - just follow the link at the top of netapp.io.

Re: Something wrong with Ansible setup?

benpielaml — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:07:01 GMT

Gotta question on the basic "na_ontap_volume" module. I see that I can make changes to existing variables like size and run the playbook and the volume size is changed. What about the junction-path? I ran the playbook first without the junction-path variable set and the volume was created. Then, I added the junction_path variable and the volume did not mount. If I create a new volume with the junction_path variable, it does mount. Is this the way it is supposed to work?

Re: Something wrong with Ansible setup?

mbeattie — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:14:37 GMT

Hi Ben,

You need to online the volume before it can be mounted. I've posted a playbook example here:

https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Rest-API-Discussions/API-to-mount-existing-volume/m-p/151967/highlight/false#M18

Hope that helps

/Matt

Re: Something wrong with Ansible setup?

mbeattie — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 03:53:07 GMT

Hi Ben,

Here is a basic example of creating a mounted volume...

---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  name: Create Volume
  vars:
    login: &login
      hostname: cluster1.testlab.local
      username: ansible
      password: N0tMyP@ssw0rd!
      https: true
      validate_certs: false
    vserver: vserver1
    volume: volume1
    aggregate: node1_aggr1
    size: 10
  tasks:
  - name: Create Volume
    na_ontap_volume:
      state: present
      is_online: yes
      name: "{{ volume }}"
      aggregate_name: "{{ aggregate }}"
      size: "{{ size }}"
      size_unit: gb
      space_guarantee: none
      policy: default
      percent_snapshot_space: 0
      vserver: "{{ vserver }}"
      volume_security_style: unix
      wait_for_completion: true
      junction_path: "{{ '/' + volume }}"
      <<: *login

/Matt