community.general.xcc_redfish_command – Manages Lenovo Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.xcc_redfish_command.

New in version 2.4.0: of community.general

Synopsis

Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote OOB controllers to perform an action or get information back or update a configuration attribute.
Manages virtual media.
Supports getting information back via GET method.
Supports updating a configuration attribute via PATCH method.
Supports performing an action via POST method.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
auth_token string			Security token for authentication with OOB controller
baseuri string / required			Base URI of OOB controller.
category string / required			Category to execute on OOB controller.
command list / elements=string / required			List of commands to execute on OOB controller.
password string			Password for authentication with OOB controller.
request_body dictionary			The request body to patch or post.
resource_id string			The ID of the System, Manager or Chassis to modify.
resource_uri string			The resource uri to get or patch or post.
timeout integer		Default: 10	Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller.
username string			Username for authentication with OOB controller.
virtual_media dictionary			The options for VirtualMedia commands.
	image_url string		The URL of the image to insert or eject.
	inserted boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Indicates if the image is treated as inserted on command completion.
	media_types list / elements=string		The list of media types appropriate for the image.
	password string		The password for accessing the image URL.
	transfer_method string		The transfer method to use with the image.
	transfer_protocol_type string		The network protocol to use with the image.
	username string		The username for accessing the image URL.
	write_protected boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Indicates if the media is treated as write-protected.

Examples

- name: Insert Virtual Media
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaInsert
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    virtual_media:
      image_url: "http://example.com/images/SomeLinux-current.iso"
      media_types:
        - CD
        - DVD
    resource_id: "1"

- name: Eject Virtual Media
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaEject
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    virtual_media:
      image_url: "http://example.com/images/SomeLinux-current.iso"
    resource_id: "1"

- name: Eject all Virtual Media
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaEject
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_id: "1"

- name: Get ComputeSystem Oem property SystemStatus via GetResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: GetResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1"
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.data.Oem.Lenovo.SystemStatus }}"

- name: Get Oem DNS setting via GetResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: GetResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Managers/1/NetworkProtocol/Oem/Lenovo/DNS"
  register: result

- name: Print fetched information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.data }}"

- name: Get Lenovo FoD key collection resource via GetCollectionResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: GetCollectionResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Managers/1/Oem/Lenovo/FoD/Keys"
  register: result

- name: Print fetched information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.data_list }}"

- name: Update ComputeSystem property AssetTag via PatchResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PatchResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1"
    request_body:
      AssetTag: "new_asset_tag"

- name: Perform BootToBIOSSetup action via PostResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PostResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1/Actions/Oem/LenovoComputerSystem.BootToBIOSSetup"
    request_body: {}

- name: Perform SecureBoot.ResetKeys action via PostResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PostResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1/SecureBoot/Actions/SecureBoot.ResetKeys"
    request_body:
      ResetKeysType: DeleteAllKeys

- name: Create session
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Sessions
    command: CreateSession
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
  register: result

- name: Update Manager DateTimeLocalOffset property using security token for auth
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PatchResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    auth_token: "{{ result.session.token }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Managers/1"
    request_body:
      DateTimeLocalOffset: "+08:00"

- name: Delete session using security token created by CreateSesssion above
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Sessions
    command: DeleteSession
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    auth_token: "{{ result.session.token }}"
    session_uri: "{{ result.session.uri }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	when failure or action/update success	A message related to the performed action(s). Sample: Action was successful
redfish_facts dictionary	when command == GetResource or command == GetCollectionResource	Resource content. Sample: { "redfish_facts": { "data": { "@odata.etag": ""3179bf00d69f25a8b3c"", "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Managers/1/NetworkProtocol/Oem/Lenovo/DNS", "@odata.type": "#LenovoDNS.v1_0_0.LenovoDNS", "DDNS": [ { "DDNSEnable": true, "DomainName": "", "DomainNameSource": "DHCP" } ], "DNSEnable": true, "Description": "This resource is used to represent a DNS resource for a Redfish implementation.", "IPv4Address1": "10.103.62.178", "IPv4Address2": "0.0.0.0", "IPv4Address3": "0.0.0.0", "IPv6Address1": "::", "IPv6Address2": "::", "IPv6Address3": "::", "Id": "LenovoDNS", "PreferredAddresstype": "IPv4" }, "ret": true } }

Authors

Yuyan Pan (@panyy3)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/xcc_redfish_command_module.html

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