Clearing value of Autosupport SMTP

[obtuse oxide]

I'm currently setting Autosupport options to HTTPS instead of SMTP and would like to remove the options previously configured for SMTP.
What value do I specify to remove them?

from_address: ""

I've tried with "", " " and "-" but all give me an error like this, expecting an email address I guess:
FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Error modifying asup: calling: private/cli/system/node/autosupport: got {'message': '\" \" is an invalid value for field \"from\" (<Mail Address>)', 'code': '2', 'target': 'from'}."}

[wraith barn]

I think from_address can only be "Postmaster" or a valid email string
not an empty value

[violet birch]

@obtuse oxide is there a reason the curently autosupport modules dosn't meet what your trying to do ? https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/netapp/ontap/na_ontap_autosupport_module.html#ansible-collections-netapp-ontap-na-ontap-autosupport-module

[obtuse oxide]

The question is how to clear a previously set value, I don't see that mentioned in the module.

[obtuse oxide]

Got any input here, @violet birch ?

[violet birch]

Hey sorry i was on vacation. Could you send me the commnd you run to do this

[obtuse oxide]

No worries! I mean clearing settings in general but perhaps this is a special case, here's the Task I run (that fails):

    netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport:
      transport: https
      # proxy_url: "{{ proxy_url_concat }}"
      node_name: "{{ node_info.ontap_info.cluster_nodes.records[0].name }}"
      ondemand_enabled: false
      support: true
      private_data_removed: true
      perf_data_enabled: false  # Can't be true if "private_data_removed" is true
      validate_digital_certificate: true

      # Clear settings for SMTP
      from_address:
      hostname_in_subject: false
      mail_hosts:
      noteto:
      partner_addresses:
      to_addresses:
    connection: local```

[obtuse oxide]

@violet birch Any thoughts?

[violet birch]

What the value of from address?

[obtuse oxide]

I wish to set it to empty string, revert back to default setting.
But I can't seem to set it to "", " " or "-" through Ansible. So how can I achieve this?

[raw plinth]

You can simply leave the variable like below-
from_address:

Then use the below format in the task-
from_address: "{{from_address | default(omit)}}"

I have used like this for many tasks and it has worked fine. Let me know if this works.

[obtuse oxide]

Do you mean something like this?

  - set_fact:
      empty:

  - name: Configure Autosupport
    netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport:
      transport: https
      # proxy_url: "{{ proxy_url_concat }}"
      node_name: "{{ node_info.ontap_info.cluster_nodes.records[0].name }}"
      ondemand_enabled: false
      support: true
      private_data_removed: true
      perf_data_enabled: false  # Can't be true if "private_data_removed" is true
      validate_digital_certificate: true

      # Clear settings for SMTP
      from_address: "{{ empty | default(omit) }}"
      hostname_in_subject: false
      mail_hosts: "{{ empty | default(omit) }}"
      noteto: "{{ empty | default(omit) }}"
      partner_addresses: "{{ empty | default(omit) }}"
      to_addresses: "{{ empty | default(omit) }}"
    connection: local      # Important since we are using the module to connect to the clusters```

This results in:
*FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Error modifying asup: calling: private/cli/system/node/autosupport: got {'message': 'failed to set field \"noteto[0]\" to \"\"', 'code': '2', 'target': 'noteto[0]'}."}*

If I comment out the "noteto" line the error becomes:
*FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Error modifying asup: calling: private/cli/system/node/autosupport: got {'message': '\"\" is an invalid value for field \"from\" (<Mail Address>)', 'code': '2', 'target': 'from'}."}*

Just tried this with CLI but with same result, so perhaps there is no way to clear these values?

Error: "" is an invalid value for field "-from <Mail Address>"```

Clearing value of Autosupport SMTP

[obtuse oxide]

I played around with it some more and found that the default value for "mail-hosts" and "from" are "mailhost" and "Postmaster" which works to set again.
The values of "to" and "partner-address" is expected to be an array, so "[]" worked.
This is my Task now for anyone looking for the answer to this:

- name: Configure Autosupport
    netapp.ontap.na_ontap_autosupport:
      transport: https
      # proxy_url: "{{ proxy_url_concat }}"
      node_name: "{{ node_info.ontap_info.cluster_nodes.records[0].name }}"
      ondemand_enabled: false
      support: true
      private_data_removed: true
      perf_data_enabled: false  # Can't be true if "private_data_removed" is true
      validate_digital_certificate: true

      # Clear settings for SMTP
      from_address: "Postmaster"
      hostname_in_subject: false
      mail_hosts: "mailhost"
      # noteto: ""        # Deprecated
      partner_addresses: []
      to_addresses: []
    connection: local     # Important since we are using the module to connect to the clusters

[raw plinth]

You need to put the corresponding variable name instead of "empty" in the task above

[violet birch]

Since it an optional varabile if you want to leave it blank don't include it in your playbook.

[obtuse oxide]

I don't want to "leave" anything. I want to remove what is already there, ie. make it blank.
Turns out I can't do that, so have to put a value in there which doesn't mean anything.

[obtuse oxide]

In this case, "empty" is the variable name. See the set_fact statement at the top.
But perhaps I misunderstood something.