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How to get credentials of volume storage on softlayer

I have tried below methods, to get credentials of iscsi storage on softlayer( i have endurance block storage on softlayer) but unable to retrieve password. 

SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi::getCredentials
eg. res = client['SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi'].getCredentials(id=***)
SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi::getObjectsByCredential
SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi::getObject
SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi::getAllowedVirtualGuests

I want to retrieve username, password and iqn for authorized host to specific volume. Are there any api's to retrieve this information or any other way to retrieve this information

Solution

  • You could use an object mask to retrieve this kind of information:

    mask[allowedHardware[allowedHost[credential]],allowedVirtualGuests[allowedHost[credential]]]

    This would be the usage on a REST request:

    https://$username:$apiKey@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi/$iscsiId/getObject.json?objectMask=mask[allowedHardware[allowedHost[credential]],allowedVirtualGuests[allowedHost[credential]]]

    And here a sample using Python client:

    """
Get credentials for a authorized hosts of a SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi 

Important manual pages
http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi

License: http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
Author: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
"""

import SoftLayer
import json

USERNAME = 'set me'
API_KEY = 'set me'

iscsiStorageId = 1234567

client = SoftLayer.create_client_from_env(username=USERNAME, api_key=API_KEY)
networkStorageIscsiService = client['SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi']

objectMask = 'mask[allowedHardware[allowedHost[credential]],allowedVirtualGuests[allowedHost[credential]]]'

try:
    iscsiStorage = networkStorageIscsiService.getObject(mask=objectMask, id=iscsiStorageId)
    print(json.dumps(iscsiStorage, sort_keys=True, indent=2, separators=(',', ': ')))
except SoftLayer.SoftLayerAPIError as e:
    print("Unable to retrieve the Network Storage Iscsi. faultCode=%s, faultString=%s" 
        % (e.faultCode, e.faultString))

    The next link might provide you further information:

    https://sldn.softlayer.com/article/object-masks