dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware module – Firmware update from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP)

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 9.12.3).

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 dellemc.openmanage. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware.

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.1.0

Synopsis 

Update the Firmware by connecting to a network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP) that contains a catalog of available updates.
Network share should contain a valid repository of Update Packages (DUPs) and a catalog file describing the DUPs.
All applicable updates contained in the repository are applied to the system.
This feature is available only with iDRAC Enterprise License.

Requirements 

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

omsdk >= 1.2.503
python >= 3.9.6

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
apply_update boolean	If apply_update is set to `true`, then the packages are applied. If apply_update is set to `false`, no updates are applied, and a catalog report of packages is generated and returned. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
ca_path path added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0	The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) file that contains a CA certificate to be used for the validation.
catalog_file_name string	Catalog file name relative to the share_name. Default: `"Catalog.xml"`
idrac_ip string / required	iDRAC IP Address.
idrac_password aliases: idrac_pwd string / required	iDRAC user password. If the password is not provided, then the environment variable `IDRAC_PASSWORD` is used. Example: export IDRAC_PASSWORD=password
idrac_port integer	iDRAC port. Default: `443`
idrac_user string / required	iDRAC username. If the username is not provided, then the environment variable `IDRAC_USERNAME` is used. Example: export IDRAC_USERNAME=username
ignore_cert_warning boolean	Specifies if certificate warnings are ignored when HTTPS share is used. If `true` option is set, then the certificate warnings are ignored. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
job_wait boolean	Whether to wait for job completion or not. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
proxy_passwd string	The password for the proxy server.
proxy_port integer	The Port for the proxy server. This is required when proxy_support is `ParametersProxy`.
proxy_server string	The IP address of the proxy server. This IP will not be validated. The download job will be created even for invalid proxy_server. Please check the results of the job for error details. This is required when proxy_support is `ParametersProxy`.
proxy_support string	Specifies if a proxy should be used. Proxy parameters are applicable on `HTTP`, `HTTPS`, and `FTP` share type of repositories. `ParametersProxy`, sets the proxy parameters for the current firmware operation. `DefaultProxy`, iDRAC uses the proxy values set by default. Default Proxy can be set in the Lifecycle Controller attributes using dellemc.openmanage.idrac_attributes. `Off`, will not use the proxy. For iDRAC8 based servers, use proxy server with basic authentication. For iDRAC9 based servers, ensure that you use digest authentication for the proxy server, basic authentication is not supported. Choices: `"ParametersProxy"` `"DefaultProxy"` `"Off"` ← (default)
proxy_type string	The proxy type of the proxy server. This is required when proxy_support is `ParametersProxy`. Note: SOCKS4 proxy does not support IPv6 address. Choices: `"HTTP"` `"SOCKS"`
proxy_uname string	The user name for the proxy server.
reboot boolean	Provides the option to apply the update packages immediately or in the next reboot. If reboot is set to `true`, then the packages are applied immediately. If reboot is set to `false`, then the packages are staged and applied in the next reboot. Packages that do not require a reboot are applied immediately irrespective of I (reboot). Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
share_mnt string	Local mount path of the network share with read-write permission for ansible user. This option is not applicable for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP shares.
share_name string / required	Network share path of update repository. CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP share types are supported.
share_password aliases: share_pwd string	Network share user password. This option is mandatory for CIFS Network Share.
share_user string	Network share user in the format ‘user@domain’ or ‘domain\\user’ if user is part of a domain else ‘user’. This option is mandatory for CIFS Network Share.
timeout integer added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0	The socket level timeout in seconds. Default: `30`
validate_certs boolean added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0	If `false`, the SSL certificates will not be validated. Configure `false` only on personally controlled sites where self-signed certificates are used. Prior to collection version `5.0.0`, the validate_certs is `false` by default. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Notes 

Note

Run this module from a system that has direct access to Dell iDRAC.
Module will report success based on the iDRAC firmware update parent job status if there are no individual component jobs present.
For server with iDRAC firmware 5.00.00.00 and later, if the repository contains unsupported packages, then the module will return success with a proper message.
This module supports both IPv4 and IPv6 address for idrac_ip and share_name.
This module supports check_mode.

Examples 

---
- name: Update firmware from repository on a NFS Share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "192.168.0.0:/share"
       reboot: true
       job_wait: true
       apply_update: true
       catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"

- name: Update firmware from repository on a CIFS Share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "full_cifs_path"
       share_user: "share_user"
       share_password: "share_password"
       reboot: true
       job_wait: true
       apply_update: true
       catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"

- name: Update firmware from repository on a HTTP
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "http://downloads.dell.com"
       reboot: true
       job_wait: true
       apply_update: true

- name: Update firmware from repository on a HTTPS
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "https://downloads.dell.com"
       reboot: true
       job_wait: true
       apply_update: true

- name: Update firmware from repository on a HTTPS via proxy
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "https://downloads.dell.com"
       reboot: true
       job_wait: true
       apply_update: true
       proxy_support: ParametersProxy
       proxy_server: 192.168.1.10
       proxy_type: HTTP
       proxy_port: 80
       proxy_uname: "proxy_user"
       proxy_passwd: "proxy_pwd"

- name: Update firmware from repository on a FTP
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "ftp://ftp.mydomain.com"
       reboot: true
       job_wait: true
       apply_update: true

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
msg string	Overall firmware update status. Returned: always Sample: `"Successfully updated the firmware."`
update_status dictionary	Firmware Update job and progress details from the iDRAC. Returned: success Sample: `{"InstanceID": "JID_XXXXXXXXXXXX", "JobStartTime": "NA", "JobState": "Completed", "Message": "Job completed successfully.", "MessageId": "REDXXX", "Name": "Repository Update", "Status": "Success"}`

Authors

Rajeev Arakkal (@rajeevarakkal)
Felix Stephen (@felixs88)
Jagadeesh N V (@jagadeeshnv)
Sakshi Makkar (@Sakshi-dell)

dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware module – Firmware update from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP)

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values