community.general.ocapi_info module – Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.1).

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.ocapi_info.

New in community.general 6.3.0

Synopsis

  • Builds OCAPI URIs locally and sends them to remote OOB controllers to get information back.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

baseuri

string / required

Base URI of OOB controller.

category

string / required

Category to execute on OOB controller.

command

string / required

Command to execute on OOB controller.

job_name

string

Name of job for fetching status.

password

string / required

Password for authenticating to OOB controller.

proxy_slot_number

integer

For proxied inband requests, the slot number of the IOM. Only applies if baseuri is a proxy server.

timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller.

Default: 10

username

string / required

Username for authenticating to OOB controller.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

This action does not modify state.

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: N/A

This action does not modify state.

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Get job status
  community.general.ocapi_info:
    category: Status
    command: JobStatus
    baseuri: "http://iom1.wdc.com"
    jobName: FirmwareUpdate
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

details

list / elements=string

Details of the relevant operation. Applies to command=JobStatus.

Returned: when supported

msg

string

Message with action result or error description.

Returned: always

Sample: "Action was successful"

operationHealth

string

Health of the operation. Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: "OK"

operationHealthId

string

Integer value for health of the operation (corresponds to operationHealth). Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: "OK"

operationStatus

string

Status of the relevant operation. Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: "Activate needed"

operationStatusId

integer

Integer value of status (corresponds to operationStatus). Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: 65540

percentComplete

integer

Percent complete of the relevant operation. Applies to command=JobStatus.

Returned: when supported

Sample: 99

status

dictionary

Dictionary containing status information. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: {"Details": ["None"], "Health": [{"ID": 5, "Name": "OK"}], "State": {"ID": 16, "Name": "In service"}}

Authors

  • Mike Moerk (@mikemoerk)