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:

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.