Configure ONTAP credentials

This topic is of interest to you if you use realm based credential access for your ONTAP servers. If your servers have the same administration credentials (admin/password), then realm based access simplifies the process of adding ONTAP servers to the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP. Use the ONTAP Credential configuration dashboard to manage realms created for ONTAP servers.

This dashboard provides a single point of configuration for ONTAP servers instead of having to manage the credentials for each machine individually. Using this dashboard you can view or delete realms, or change the credentials for a realm. When you change the credentials for a realm this change can affect a single machine or a group of ONTAP servers that all belong to the same realm.

The dashboard lists all of the realms defined within the app context for the ONTAP servers from which you collect API data. The page displays the defined realms, the user names associated with each realm, and the app to which it belongs.

Edit ONTAP Credentials

On this dashboard you can delete a realm or change the credentials for a realm that you defined for a target asset (ONTAP server) or set of assets on the ONTAP Credentials configuration dashboard. The realm and the Realm Username that you use for a target asset on the ONTAP Collection Configuration panel of the ONTAP Collection Configuration Dashboard should match to those displayed in the ONTAP Credentials configuration dashboard.

Use caution when deleting credentials. The same credentials can be used by more than one consumer. When credentials are deleted and they are still used in other areas of your environment, then credential validation will fail for the consumers of those credentials.

Delete credentials that belong only to the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP, and only those that do not have an associated entry in the ONTAP Collection Configuration Page or an entry in the ta_ontap_collection_config.conf file.

To delete a realm

1. Select a realm from the table. The Edit ONTAP Credential dialog is displayed.
2. Click Delete Server to delete the credentials. This operation cannot be undone.
3. A confirmation dialog is displayed.
4. Click Delete Server to confirm your actions.

To change the credentials for a realm

1. Select a realm from the table. The Edit ONTAP Credential dialog is displayed.
2. Enter a new password in the Realm password text box.
3. Click Save.