One of the most requested features for our Ansible modules has been the ability to not have to use username/password authentication. We are happy to announce that with the release of the NetApp ONTAP Ansible collection 20.6.0 the ability to use certificates for...
Active IQ is a digital advisor providing insights into NetApp environments allowing the proactive care and optimization of those systems. The web-based dashboard (aiq.netapp.com) makes it easy to monitor your systems and provides the steps to remediate any potential...
Fully automated Day-0 setup is a goal of the “next-gen” datacenter. This is 99.9% possible with ONTAP and Ansible. The only console work that needs to be done is to assign a password to the ‘admin’ account and to make note of the DHCP address assigned to the nodes,...
QUICK TIP Since the arrival of Collections, docs.ansible.com is no longer an up to date source of documentation for the NetApp modules. However, there is still an easy way to see the documentation, complete with examples, for the modules in a collection. Ansible...
It is very important to ensure that your data is able to meet your organization’s security objectives. ONTAP includes many security capabilities and features. However, since each organization’s security objectives are different, not all of the security...
Normally docs.ansible.com is where you would go to get all the documentation for the modules you are using. Currently this information is not updated from collections. As a result it is often out of date. Red Hat has said they are making changes so that the URL...
