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Fast Tip: Showcasing Certificate Authentication from Ansible Tower
This previous post showed how to setup and use SSL certificates for authentication instead of a username/password combination. The post mentioned that this can be used with Tower as well. This new post will show the minor updates to a Projects repository that are...
Automating StorageGRID Operations with Ansible
The first release of the Ansible Modules for StorageGRID is centered around automation and orchestration of Day-1 and Day-2 operations. If you’ve been following the many Ansible blog posts here at netapp.io, you will already be familiar with how Ansible makes it easy...
Introducing Ansible Modules for StorageGRID
Step up your Automation game on StorageGRID Performing repetitive tasks can be very boring and can feel like a waste of time. Automating these repetitive tasks can give back teams more time to focus on solving real problems. Which is why we decided to make it easier...
Authenticating Ansible ONTAP Modules with Certificates Instead of Username/Password
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...
My Name is Ussuri!
The OpenStack Ussuri release is now available! NetApp is proud to have contributed in the development of Cinder and Manila. The Ussuri release includes the following new features and feature enhancements that are supported by NetApp's ONTAP and...
Active IQ Makes Firmware Upgrades Faster and Easier with Ansible
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...
Go from Day-0 to Hero with Ansible
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,...
Introducing the Trident Operator
The Trident Operator is now available with Trident 20.04! With the operator, users can install Trident 20.04 and take advantage of the self-healing features that it provides. This lays the foundation for automatically managing a Trident installation; the operator is...