title: "Get storage credentials for Block Storage"

description: "Retrieving the username and password for Performance/Endurance Block storage"

date: "2016-08-10"

classes: ["SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi"]

tags:

- "iscsi"

- "blockStorage"

- "objectMask"

The following script allows you retrieve the username and password for Performance/Endurance Block storage if you have authorized hosts against the storage.

<?php

/* You can use the getenv() module to pull your exported Username

and API key to keep from having to store them in your files */

require_once './vendor/autoload.php';

$apiUsername = getenv('SOFTLAYER_USERNAME');

$apiKey = getenv('SOFTLAYER_API_KEY');

$storageid = '123456';

try {

$client = \SoftLayer\SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Iscsi', $storageid, $apiUsername, $apiKey);

$objectMask = new \SoftLayer\Common\ObjectMask();

$objectMask->allowedHardware->allowedHost->credential;

$objectMask->allowedVirtualGuests->allowedHost->credential;

$client->setObjectMask($objectMask);

$response = $client->getObject();

print_r($response);

} catch(Exception $e) {

echo 'Unable to get Storage credentials: ' . $e->getMessage();

}

?>