OpenStack Cinder Logs Show Repeated 401 Unauthorized Events When Using NetApp ONTAP
Applies to
- ONTAP 9 (including 9.15.1P7 and later)
- OpenStack Cinder driver for ONTAP
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP)
- NetApp AFF and FAS systems
Issue
- OpenStack Cinder logs and ONTAP audit logs display recurring
401 Unauthorizederrors:
[kern_audit:info:11132]...::rtp1-hc01-nas:ontapi::10.226.34.4:12006::rtp1-hc01-nas:unknown::POST/servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest_filerHTTP/1.1::Error:401Unauthorized
[kern_audit:info:11132]...::rtp1-hc01-nas:ontapi::10.226.34.5:13992::rtp1-hc01-nas:unknown::POST/servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest_filerHTTP/1.1::Error:401Unauthorized
- These messages appear frequently in the logs, sometimes causing log files to roll quickly and making it difficult to track other API activity.
