Update Blog “how-to-use-dscc-api-and-ansible-to-collect-the-storage-configuration”

Author: thomasbeha

content/blog/how-to-use-dscc-api-and-ansible-to-collect-the-storage-configuration.md

@@ -119,4 +119,87 @@ Capturing the current storage configuration in order to verify it against best p
 
 
 
-# Gathering the storage configuration
+# Capture the storage system configuration
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+```
+---
+- name: Capture System Configuration
+  # Capture the details of all Systems
+  # v1.0 12/20/2024 Thomas Beha
+  # Parameter:
+  #   -
+  #
+  # Accessed data file:
+  #   
+  #
+  # Run command:
+  #   ansible-playbook Capture-Systems.yaml 1>CaptureSystem.log 2>CaptureSystem.err
+  #
+
+  hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    method: "GET"
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: DSCC API Call GET storage systems
+    vars:
+      request_uri: "/api/v1/storage-systems" 
+    ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+      file: DSCC-API-Call.yaml
+
+  - name: Retry the command if status 401
+    vars:
+      request_uri: "/api/v1/storage-systems" 
+    ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+      file: DSCC-API-401.yaml
+    when: status == '401'
+
+  - name: Set Systems
+    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+      systems: "{{ response.json['items'] }}"
+    when: status in ['200', '201']
+
+  - name: Initialize Storage system dictionary if not defined
+    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+      storage_systems: "{{ storage_systems | default({}) }}"
+  - name: Create StorageSystems Dictionary
+    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+      storage_systems: "{{ storage_systems | combine({item.name: {'id': item.id, 'resourceUri': item.resourceUri}}) }}"
+    with_items: "{{ systems }}"
+
+  - name: Loop Systems
+    vars: 
+    ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+      file: Loop-Systems.yaml
+    with_dict: "{{storage_systems}}"
+    loop_control:
+      loop_var: my_system
+  
+  - name: Get HostGroups
+    vars:
+      request_uri: "/api/v1/host-initiator-groups"
+    ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+      file: DSCC-API-Call.yaml    
+  - name: Store the HostGroups
+    ansible.builtin.copy:
+      content: "{{ response.json | to_nice_json }}"
+      dest: "../Outputs/hostGroups.json"
+      mode: '0644'
+    when: response.json is defined
+  
+  - name: Get Hosts
+    ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+      file: GetAllHosts.yaml
+  - name: Store the Hosts
+    ansible.builtin.copy:
+      content: "{{ response.json | to_nice_json }}"
+      dest: "../Outputs/hosts.json"
+      mode: '0644'
+    when: response.json is defined  
+```