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# Ensure Share

Ensures that the Share with the provided ID is created or modified. The full Share needs to be provided to ensure (either update or create) the Share. Non present data will only be filled with defaults or left empty, but not take previous values into consideration.

```json
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In case you need to grant access to specific hosts, leave this field blank.\n"}},"hosts":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string","description":"A single host allowed to connect to the share. The host can be specified using an IP address,\nwhich can be either IPv4 or IPv6.\n"}},"nfs":{"type":"object","description":"NFS specific configurations.\n","properties":{"squash":{"type":"string","description":"The NFS squash mode for the export can be set to:\n* `none` - No squash mode, no mapping. The share directory will be owned by the given UID/GID. (`no_all_squash,no_root_squash`)\n* `root-anonymous` - Map root user to the anonymous UID/GID. The share directory will be owned by the given UID/GID. (`root_squash,anonuid=<uid>,anongid=<gid>`)\n* `all-anonymous` - Map all users an internal anonymous UID/GID. The given UID/GID will be ignored. 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```


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