# purefa_dsrole – Configure FlashArray Directory Service Roles

New in version 2.8.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- Set or erase directory services role configurations.
- Only available for FlashArray running Purity 5.2.0 or higher

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 2.7
- purestorage

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
api_token string / required |  | FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
fa_url string / required |  | FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
group string |  | Sets the common Name (CN) of the configured directory service group containing users for the FlashBlade. This name should be just the Common Name of the group without the CN= specifier. Common Names should not exceed 64 characters in length.

group_base
string

Specifies where the configured group is located in the directory tree. This field consists of Organizational Units (OUs) that combine with the base DN attribute and the configured group CNs to complete the full Distinguished Name of the groups. The group base should specify OU= for each OU and multiple OUs should be separated by commas. The order of OUs is important and should get larger in scope from left to right.
Each OU should not exceed 64 characters in length.

role
-

Choices:
- array_admin
- ops_admin
- readonly
- storage_admin

The directory service role to work on

state
string

Choices:
- absent
- present ←

Create or delete directory service role

## Notes

Note

- This module requires the `purestorage` Python library
- You must set `PUREFA_URL` and `PUREFA_API` environment variables if fa_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

## Examples

    - name: Delete existing array_admin directory service role
      purefa_dsrole:
        role: array_admin
        state: absent
        fa_url: 10.10.10.2
        api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

    - name: Create array_admin directory service role
      purefa_dsrole:
        role: array_admin
        group_base: "OU=PureGroups,OU=SANManagers"
        group: pureadmins
        fa_url: 10.10.10.2
        api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

    - name: Update ops_admin directory service role
      purefa_dsrole:
        role: ops_admin
        group_base: "OU=PureGroups"
        group: opsgroup
        fa_url: 10.10.10.2
        api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Pure Storage Ansible Team (@sdodsley) <pure-ansible-team@purestorage.com>

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