na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy – NetApp ONTAP Vscan on access policy configuration

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Configure on access policy for Vscan (virus scan)

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
file_ext_to_exclude
-
File extensions for which On-Access scanning must not be performed.
file_ext_to_include
-
File extensions for which On-Access scanning is considered. The default value is '*', which means that all files are considered for scanning except
those which are excluded from scanning.
filters
-
A list of filters which can be used to define the scope of the On-Access policy more precisely. The filters can be added in any order. Possible values
scan_ro_volume Enable scans for read-only volume,
scan_execute_access Scan only files opened with execute-access (CIFS only)
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
is_scan_mandatory
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies whether access to a file is allowed if there are no external virus-scanning servers available for virus scanning. It is true if not provided at the time of creating a policy.
max_file_size
-
Max file-size (in bytes) allowed for scanning. The default value of 2147483648 (2GB) is taken if not provided at the time of creating a policy.
ontapi
integer
The ontap api version to use
password
string / required
Password for the specified user.

aliases: pass
paths_to_exclude
-
File paths for which On-Access scanning must not be performed.
policy_name
- / required
The name of the policy
scan_files_with_no_ext
-
Default:
"yes"
Specifies whether files without any extension are considered for scanning or not.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether a Vscan on Access policy is present 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
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 data vserver to use.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Create Vscan On Access Policy
  na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy:
    state: present
    username: '{{ netapp_username }}'
    password: '{{ netapp_password }}'
    hostname: '{{ netapp_hostname }}'
    vserver: carchi-vsim2
    policy_name: carchi_policy
    file_ext_to_exclude: ['exe', 'yml']
- name: modify Vscan on Access Policy
  na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy:
    state: present
    username: '{{ netapp_username }}'
    password: '{{ netapp_password }}'
    hostname: '{{ netapp_hostname }}'
    vserver: carchi-vsim2
    policy_name: carchi_policy
    file_ext_to_exclude: ['exe', 'yml', 'py']
- name: Delete On Access Policy
  na_ontap_vscan_on_access_policy:
    state: absent
    username: '{{ netapp_username }}'
    password: '{{ netapp_password }}'
    hostname: '{{ netapp_hostname }}'
    vserver: carchi-vsim2
    policy_name: carchi_policy

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