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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 allways 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"

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© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/open_iscsi_module.html