Creating a Netapp User Account with Read-only Privileges
Creating a Netapp user account with read-only privileges can be performed by using either:
the OnCommand System Manager
or
the Data ONTAP command-line interface
Using OnCommand System Manager Console
1. Login with admin account on OnCommand System Manager.
2. Click Configuration > Users > Add to open the user configuration window.
3. In the Add User window
- Enter the username and password for the new account. The password must be a minimum of 8 characters and must contain both alphabets and numeric characters.
- In the User Login Methods section, click Add and select the following options:
- Application: “ontapi”
- Authentication: password
- Role: “readonly”
- Click OK to validate
- Click Add to save the new user configuration.
4. Use the newly created NetApp user account to create a new RESTful Web API with basic authentication credentials on BMC Discovery 11.2.
Using the Data ONTAP command-line interface
1. Logon to the Netapp system via SSH using an admin account.
2. Type the following command:
security login create -user <username> -application ontapi -authentication-method password -role readonly
3. You will be prompted for the password. The password must be a minimum of 8 characters and must contain both alphabets and numeric characters.
4. Use the newly created NetApp user account to create a new RESTful Web API with basic authentication credentials on BMC Discovery 11.2.