role_nutanix_pe_container

Nutanix Role for Prism Element storage container create/update

This Ansible role will create or update storage containers on a Nutanix Prism cluster. It can also remove the default container created during the clusters creation.

Input Variables

Variable Required Default Choices Comments
role_nutanix_pe_container_host yes The IP address or FQDN for the Prism (Element only) to which you want to connect.
role_nutanix_pe_container_host_username yes A valid username with appropriate rights to access the Nutanix API.
role_nutanix_pe_container_host_password yes A valid password for the supplied username.
role_nutanix_pe_container_host_port no 9440 The Prism TCP port.
role_nutanix_pe_container_host_validate_certs no false true or false Whether to check if Prism UI certificates are valid.
role_nutanix_pe_container_debug no false true or false Enable debugging output.
role_nutanix_pe_container_remove_default no true true or false If set to True the default container will be removed if it exists.
role_nutanix_pe_container_list no [] List of containers. For container dict keys see table below.

Container dict

Variable Required Default Choices Comments
name yes
state yes present / absent
rf no 2 1, 2 or 3
compression no false true or false
compression_delay_in_secs no 0 0 = inline compression.
dedupe_cache no false true / false
dedupe_capacity no false true / false
erasure_coding no false true / false

Dependencies

  • grdavies.role_nutanix_prism_api

Example Playbook

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  roles:
    - role: grdavies.role_nutanix_pe_container
  vars:
    role_nutanix_pe_container_host: 10.38.67.37
    role_nutanix_pe_container_host_username: admin
    role_nutanix_pe_container_host_password: nx2Tech454!
    prism_containers_list:
      - name: example
        state: present
        rf: 2
        compression: True
        compression_delay_in_secs: 0
        dedupe_cache: False
        dedupe_capacity: False
        erasure_coding: False
      - name: example_2
        state: present
        rf: 2
        compression: True
        compression_delay_in_secs: 60
        dedupe_cache: True
        dedupe_capacity: True
        erasure_coding: False

License

See LICENSE.md

Author Information

Ross Davies

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Role to create or update storage containers on Nutanix cluster

Install
ansible-galaxy install grdavies-ansible/role_nutanix_pe_container
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