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  3. Section X. Storage (Capacity)
  4. Configuration for NetApp-7
  5. Creating a NetApp user with API privileges

Creating a NetApp user with API privileges

Use an existing NetApp user or create one with the necessary privileges to access the application programming interface (API). This role and user is required for collection from NetApp-7 systems. Typically, the root, admin user has all the capabilities, but it is not advisable to use root or admin passwords.

To create a new user, with the required privileges, on a NetApp system, use the following Command Line Interface (CLI) steps. For the role command, do not include a space after the comma.

   filer> useradmin role add apifarole -a login-http-admin,api-*
   filer> useradmin group add apifagroup -r apifarole
   filer> useradmin user add apifauser -g apifagroup

If api-* does not meet your security requirements, additional File Analytics privileges can be configured using the following steps:

   filer> useradmin role add apifarole -a 
api-volume-list-info,api-nfs-exportfs-list-rules,
api-cifs-share-list-iter-start,api-cifs-share-list
-iter-next,api-cifs-share-list-iter-end,api-snapdiff
-iter-start,api-snapdiff-iter-next,api-snapdiff-iter
-end,login-http-admin,api-volume-options-list-info,
api-snapshot-list-info,api-snapshot-delete,api-
snapshot-create,api-nameservice-map-uid-to-user-name
   filer> useradmin group add apifagroup -r apifarole
   filer> useradmin user add apifauser -g apifagroup

Note:

For the role command, do not include a space after the comma.

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