community.general.idrac_redfish_info – Gather PowerEdge server information through iDRAC using Redfish APIs

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.6).

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

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

Synopsis

  • Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote iDRAC controllers to get information back.

  • For use with Dell EMC iDRAC operations that require Redfish OEM extensions

  • This module was called idrac_redfish_facts before Ansible 2.9, returning ansible_facts. Note that the community.general.idrac_redfish_info module no longer returns ansible_facts!

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
baseuri
string / required
Base URI of iDRAC controller
category
string / required
Category to execute on iDRAC controller
command
list / elements=string / required
List of commands to execute on iDRAC controller
GetManagerAttributes returns the list of dicts containing iDRAC, LifecycleController and System attributes
password
string / required
Password for authentication with iDRAC controller
timeout
integer
Default:
10
Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller
username
string / required
User for authentication with iDRAC controller

Examples

- name: Get Manager attributes with a default of 20 seconds
  community.general.idrac_redfish_info:
    category: Manager
    command: GetManagerAttributes
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    timeout: 20
  register: result

# Examples to display the value of all or a single iDRAC attribute
- name: Store iDRAC attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    idrac_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'iDRACAttributes') | list | first }}"

- name: Display all iDRAC attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: idrac_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'Syslog.1.SysLogEnable' iDRAC attribute
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: idrac_attributes['Syslog.1.SysLogEnable']

# Examples to display the value of all or a single LifecycleController attribute
- name: Store LifecycleController attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    lc_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'LCAttributes') | list | first }}"

- name: Display LifecycleController attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: lc_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart' attribute
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: lc_attributes['LCAttributes.1.CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart']

# Examples to display the value of all or a single System attribute
- name: Store System attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    system_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'SystemAttributes') | list | first }}"

- name: Display System attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: system_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'PSRedPolicy'
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: system_attributes['ServerPwr.1.PSRedPolicy']

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
dictionary
always
different results depending on task

Sample:
List of Manager attributes


Authors

  • Jose Delarosa (@jose-delarosa)