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)