# Pure Storage FlashBlade Collection

The Pure Storage FlashBlade collection consists of the latest versions of the FlashBlade modules.

## Supported Platforms

- Pure Storage FlashBlade with Purity 2.1.2 or later
- Certain modules and functionality require higher versions of Purity. Modules will inform you if your Purity version is not high enough to use a module.

## Prerequisites

- Ansible 2.9 or later
- Pure Storage FlashBlade system running Purity//FB 2.1.2 or later
    - some modules require higher versions of Purity//FB
- purity_fb >=v1.10
- python >=v2.7, <3.7
- netaddr

## Idempotency

All modules are idempotent with the exception of modules that change or set passwords. Due to security requirements exisitng passwords can be validated against and therefore will always be modified, even if there is no change.

## Available Modules

- purefb_alert - manage alert email settings on a FlashBlade
- purefb_banner - manage FlashBlade login banner
- purefb_bladename - manage FlashBlade name
- purefb_bucket - manage S3 buckets on a FlashBlade
- purefb_bucket_replica - manage bucket replica links on a FlashBlade
- purefb_certs - manage FlashBlade SSL certificates
- purefb_certgrp - manage FlashBlade certificate groups
- purefb_connect - manage connections between FlashBlades
- purefb_dns - manage DNS settings on a FlashBlade
- purefb_ds - manage Directory Services settings on a FlashBlade
- purefb_dsrole - manage Directory Service Roles on a FlashBlade
- purefb_fs - manage filesystems on a FlashBlade
- purefb_fs_replica - manage filesystem replica links on a FlashBlade
- purefb_inventory - get information about the hardware inventory of a FlashBlade
- purefb_info - get information about the configuration of a FlashBlade
- purefb_lifecycle - manage FlashBlade Bucket Lifecycle Rules
- purefb_network - manage the network settings for a FlashBlade
- purefb_ntp - manage the NTP settings for a FlashBlade
- purefb_phonehome - manage the phone home settings for a FlashBlade
- purefb_policy - manage the filesystem snapshot policies for a FlashBlade
- purefb_proxy - manage the phone home HTTP proxy settings for a FlashBlade
- purefb_ra - manage the Remote Assist connections on a FlashBlade
- purefb_remote_cred - manage the Object Store Remote Credentials on a FlashBlade
- purefb_s3acc - manage the object store accounts on a FlashBlade
- purefb_s3user - manage the object atore users on a FlashBlade
- purefb_smtp - manage SMTP settings on a FlashBlade
- purefb_snap - manage filesystem snapshots on a FlashBlade
- purefb_snmp_mgr - manage SNMP Managers on a FlashBlade
- purefb_snmp_agent - modify the FlashBlade SNMP Agent
- purefb_subnet - manage network subnets on a FlashBlade
- purefb_syslog - manage FlashBlade syslog server configuration
- purefb_target - manage remote S3-capable targets for a FlashBlade
- purefb_user - manage local *pureuser* account password on a FlashBlade

## Instructions

Install the Pure Storage FlashBlade collection on your Ansible management host.

- Using ansible-galaxy (Ansible 2.9 or later):
```
ansible-galaxy collection install purestorage.flashblade -p ~/.ansible/collections
```

All servers that execute the modules must have the appropriate Pure Storage Python SDK installed on the host.

## License

[BSD-2-Clause](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=License:FreeBSD)
[GPL-3.0-or-later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)

## Author

This collection was created in 2019 by [Simon Dodsley](@sdodsley) for, and on behalf of, the [Pure Storage Ansible Team](pure-ansible-team@purestorage.com)