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open_iscsi - Manage iscsi targets with open-iscsi

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

  • Discover targets on given portal, (dis)connect targets, mark targets to manually or auto start, return device nodes of connected targets.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • open_iscsi library and tools (iscsiadm)

Options

parameter required default choices comments
auto_node_startup
 no
  • True
  • False
whether the target node should be automatically connected at startup
aliases: automatic
discover
 no
  • True
  • False
whether the list of target nodes on the portal should be (re)discovered and added to the persistent iscsi database. Keep in mind that iscsiadm discovery resets configurtion, like node.startup to manual, hence combined with auto_node_startup=yes will always return a changed state.
login
 no
  • True
  • False
whether the target node should be connected
node_auth
 no CHAP
discovery.sendtargets.auth.authmethod
node_pass
 no
discovery.sendtargets.auth.password
node_user
 no
discovery.sendtargets.auth.username
port
 no 3260
the port on which the iscsi target process listens
portal
 no
the ip address of the iscsi target
aliases: ip
show_nodes
 no
  • True
  • False
whether the list of nodes in the persistent iscsi database should be returned by the module
target
 no
the iscsi target name
aliases: name, targetname

Examples

# perform a discovery on 10.1.2.3 and show available target nodes
- open_iscsi:
    show_nodes: yes
    discover: yes
    portal: 10.1.2.3

# discover targets on portal and login to the one available
# (only works if exactly one target is exported to the initiator)
- open_iscsi:
    portal: '{{ iscsi_target }}'
    login: yes
    discover: yes

# description: connect to the named target, after updating the local
# persistent database (cache)
- open_iscsi:
    login: yes
    target: 'iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:f8c1f9e0-c3ec-ec84-c9c9-8bfb0cd5de3d'

# description: discconnect from the cached named target
- open_iscsi:
    login: no
    target: 'iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:f8c1f9e0-c3ec-ec84-c9c9-8bfb0cd5de3d'

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/open_iscsi_module.html