# add\_nas\_share\_to\_host

Add a network share to a host.

```python
def add_nas_share_to_host(self, hostname, share_type, export_point, username=None, password=None, domain=None, timeout=60):
```

## Arguments

| Name          | Type | Description                                                   | Choices  |
| ------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| hostname      | str  | The hostname or IP Address of the host serving the NAS share. |          |
| share\_type   | str  | The type of NAS Share you wish to backup.                     | NFS, SMB |
| export\_point | str  | Name of the share exported by the NAS host.                   |          |

## Keyword Arguments

| Name     | Type | Description                                                                                                                 | Choices | Default |
| -------- | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------- |
| username | str  | Username if the network share requires authentication.                                                                      |         |         |
| password | str  | Password if the network share requires authentication.                                                                      |         |         |
| domain   | str  | Domain name of account credentials used for authentication.                                                                 |         |         |
| timeout  | int  | The number of seconds to wait to establish a connection the Rubrik cluster before returning a timeout error. (default {60}) |         |         |

## Returns

| Type | Return Value                                                                                   |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| str  | No change required. The share with the given hostname and export point has already been added. |
| dict | The full API response for `POST /internal/host/share` with the given share arguments.          |

## Exceptions

| Type                      | Message                                                                                             |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| InvalidParameterException | The add\_nas\_share\_to\_host() share\_type argument must be one of the following: \['NFS', 'SMB']. |

## Example

```python
import rubrik_cdm

rubrik = rubrik_cdm.Connect()

hostname = "my_nas_host"
share_type = "NFS" # NFS or SMB
export_point = "/my_nas_share"

rubrik.add_nas_share_to_host(hostname, share_type, export_point)
```


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