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# na_ontap_igroup – NetApp ONTAP iSCSI or FC igroup configuration

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Status

## Synopsis

- Create/Delete/Rename Igroups and Modify initiators belonging to an igroup

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward

- Ansible 2.6

- Python2 netapp-lib (2017.10.30) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’

- Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’

- To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
bind_portset - |  | Name of a current portset to bind to the newly created igroup.
force_remove_initiator boolean | Choices: no yes | Forcibly remove the initiator even if there are existing LUNs mapped to this initiator group.
from_name - added in 2.7 |  | Name of igroup to rename to name.
hostname string / required |  | The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
http_port integer |  | Override the default port (80 or 443) with this port
https boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Enable and disable https
initiator_group_type - | Choices: fcp iscsi mixed | Type of the initiator group. Required when `state=present`.
initiators - |  | List of initiators to be mapped to the igroup. WWPN, WWPN Alias, or iSCSI name of Initiator to add or remove. For a modify operation, this list replaces the existing initiators This module does not add or remove specific initiator(s) in an igroup aliases: initiator
name - / required |  | The name of the igroup to manage.
ontapi integer |  | The ontap api version to use
ostype - |  | OS type of the initiators within the group.
password string / required |  | Password for the specified user. aliases: pass
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Whether the specified Igroup should exist or not.
use_rest string | Choices: Never Always Auto ← | REST API if supported by the target system for all the resources and attributes the module requires. Otherwise will revert to ZAPI. Always -- will always use the REST API Never -- will always use the ZAPI Auto -- will try to use the REST Api
username string / required |  | This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required. For more information, please read the documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/. aliases: user
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | If set to `no`, the SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to `False` used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
vserver - / required |  | The name of the vserver to use.

## Notes

Note

- The modules prefixed with na\_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

## Examples

    - name: Create iSCSI Igroup
      na_ontap_igroup:
        state: present
        name: ansibleIgroup3
        initiator_group_type: iscsi
        ostype: linux
        initiators: iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:scspa0395855001.rtp.openenglab.netapp.com,abc.com:redhat.com
        vserver: ansibleVServer
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

    - name: Create FC Igroup
      na_ontap_igroup:
        state: present
        name: ansibleIgroup4
        initiator_group_type: fcp
        ostype: linux
        initiators: 20:00:00:50:56:9f:19:82
        vserver: ansibleVServer
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

    - name: rename Igroup
      na_ontap_igroup:
        state: present
        from_name: ansibleIgroup3
        name: testexamplenewname
        initiator_group_type: iscsi
        ostype: linux
        initiators: iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:scspa0395855001.rtp.openenglab.netapp.com
        vserver: ansibleVServer
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

    - name: Modify Igroup Initiators (replaces existing initiators)
      na_ontap_igroup:
        state: present
        name: ansibleIgroup3
        initiator_group_type: iscsi
        ostype: linux
        initiator: iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:scspa0395855001.rtp.openenglab.netapp.com
        vserver: ansibleVServer
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

    - name: Delete Igroup
      na_ontap_igroup:
        state: absent
        name: ansibleIgroup3
        vserver: ansibleVServer
        hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

### Authors

- NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py) <ng-ansibleteam@netapp.com>

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