Quick Start Guide¶
This guide is intended to give users a basic idea of REST Client usage through examples.
Before You Begin¶
You should already have the Pure Storage FlashArray REST Client installed.
This includes installing REST Client package dependencies.
See Installation Guide for more information.
Starting A Session¶
To verify the REST Client package is installed and importable, try executing the following in a Python interpreter:
>>> import purestorage
If that succeeds without an ImportError, you are ready to start a REST session using the client.
REST sessions are automatically established when a FlashArray object is instantiated. To instantiate a FlashArray object, provide the IP address or domain name of the target array as well as a username and password, or API token.
>>> array = purestorage.FlashArray("localhost", "pureuser", "pureuser")
>>> array = purestorage.FlashArray("localhost",
api_token="6e1b80a1-cd63-de90-b74a-7fc16d034016")
from purestorage import FlashArray
array = FlashArray("localhost", "pureuser", "pureuser")
array_info = array.get()
print "FlashArray {} (version {}) REST session established!".format(
array_info['array_name'], array_info['version'])
To end a session, invalidate your REST cookie:
array.invalidate_cookie()
Calling any other methods again creates a new cookie automatically.
Creating Volumes¶
When creating a volume, specify the volume name and a size.
Size can either be an integer or a string with an optional suffix.
>>> array.create_volume("vol1", 1024 ** 3)
{
u'source': None,
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000114C0',
u'size': 1073741824,
u'name': u'vol1',
u'created': u'2014-08-11T17:19:35Z'
}
>>> array.create_volume("vol2", "5M")
{
u'source': None,
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000114C1',
u'size': 524288000,
u'name': u'vol2',
u'created': u'2014-08-11T17:19:51Z'
}
Creating Hosts and Hgroups¶
Host creation requires a name only.
Optionally IQNs or WWNs can be specified during creation, or they can be set for a particular host after creating.
Similarly, hgroup creation requires a name only and hosts can be added to the hgroup as part of creation or in a subsequent set call.
>>> array.create_host("host1", iqnlist=["iqn.2001-04.com.example:diskarrays-sn-a8675308",
"iqn.2001-04.com.example:diskarrays-sn-a8675309"])
{
u'iqn': [u'iqn.2001-04.com.example:diskarrays-sn-a8675308', u'iqn.2001-04.com.example:diskarrays-sn-a8675309'],
u'wwn': [],
u'name': u'host1'
}
>>> array.create_host("host2")
{
u'iqn': [],
u'wwn': [],
u'name':
u'host2'
}
>>> array.set_host("host2", wwnlist=["1234567812345678"])
{
u'iqn': [],
u'wwn': [u'1234567812345678'],
u'name': u'host2',
u'hgroup': None
}
>>> array.create_hgroup("hgroup1", hostlist=["host1", "host2"])
{
u'hosts': [u'host1', u'host2'],
u'name': u'hgroup1'
}
Connecting Volumes¶
When connecting volumes to hosts and hgroups, just specify the volume name and the name of the host or hgroup. LUNs may also be specified as optional keyword arguments.
>>> array.connect_host("host1", "vol1")
{
u'vol': u'vol1',
u'name': u'host1',
u'lun': 1
}
>>> array.connect_hgroup("hgroup1", "vol2")
{
u'vol': u'vol2',
u'name': u'hgroup1',
u'lun': 10
}
>>> array.list_host_connections("host1")
[
{
u'vol': u'vol1',
u'name': u'host1',
u'lun': 1,
u'hgroup': None
},
{
u'vol': u'vol2',
u'name': u'host1',
u'lun': 10,
u'hgroup': u'hgroup1'
}
]
>>> array.list_hgroup_connections("hgroup1")
[{
u'vol': u'vol2',
u'name': u'hgroup1',
u'lun': 10
}]
Using Snapshots¶
Snapshots can be taken of individual volumes or collections of volumes. Snapshots of more than one volume are guaranteed to be point in time consistent.
Snapshots (or volumes) can be copied out to new volumes.
>>> array.create_snapshot("vol2")
{
u'source': u'vol2',
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A3',
u'size': 5242880,
u'name': u'vol2.5539',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:21:22Z'
}
>>> array.create_snapshots(["vol1", "vol2"], suffix="together")
[
{
u'source': u'vol1',
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A4',
u'size': 1073741824,
u'name': u'vol1.together',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:21:58Z'
},
{
u'source': u'vol2',
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A5',
u'size': 5242880,
u'name': u'vol2.together',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:21:58Z'
}
]
>>> array.copy_volume("vol1.together", "vol3")
{
u'source': u'vol1',
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A6',
u'size': 1073741824,
u'name': u'vol3',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:21:58Z'
}
>>> array.list_volumes(snap=True)
[
{
u'source': u'vol1',
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A4',
u'size': 1073741824,
u'name': u'vol1.together',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:21:58Z'
},
{
u'source': u'vol2',
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A5',
u'size': 5242880,
u'name': u'vol2.together',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:21:58Z'
},
{
u'source': u'vol2',
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A3',
u'size': 5242880,
u'name': u'vol2.5539',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:21:22Z'
}
]
Disconnecting and Destroying Volumes¶
Volumes must be disconnected before they can be destroyed, just as hosts must be disconnected before they can be deleted.
A destroyed volume may be recovered (for up to 24 hours following destruction) or explicitly eradicated.
>>> array.disconnect_host("host1", "vol1")
{
u'vol': u'vol1',
u'name': u'host1'
}
>>> array.destroy_volume("vol1")
{
u'name': u'vol1'
}
>>> array.list_volumes(pending_only=True)
[
{
u'name': u'vol1',
u'created': u'2014-08-15T17:13:08Z',
u'source': None,
u'time_remaining': 86400,
u'serial': u'DABA29111570F7A4000115A1',
u'size': 1073741824
}
]
>>> array.recover_volume("vol1")
{
u'name': u'vol1'
}
>>> array.rename_volume("vol1", "renamed")
{
u'name': u'renamed'
}
>>> array.destroy_volume("renamed")
{
u'name': u'renamed'
}
>>> array.eradicate_volume("renamed")
{
u'name': u'renamed'
}
>>> array.list_volumes(pending_only=True)
[]
Enable Secure HTTPS Requests¶
By default the requests being made will not verify the SSL certificate of the target array. Requests made this way will log a InsecureRequestWarning.
To enable verification use the verify_https flag:
>>> array = purestorage.FlashArray("localhost", "pureuser", "pureuser", verify_https=True)
This does require that the target array has a trusted certificate and will be validated correctly by the system making the request.
If using an ‘untrusted’ certificate (e.g. self-signed certificate) you can optionally pass in a path to the certificate file:
>>> array = purestorage.FlashArray("localhost", "pureuser", "pureuser", verify_https=True,
ssl_cert="/etc/ssl/certs/pure-self-signed.crt")