wti.remote.cpm_time_info – Get Time/Date parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices

Note

This plugin is part of the wti.remote collection (version 1.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install wti.remote.

To use it in a playbook, specify: wti.remote.cpm_time_info.

New in version 2.10: of wti.remote

Synopsis

  • Get Time/Date and NTP parameters from WTI OOB and PDU devices

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cpm_password
string / required
This is the Password of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_url
string / required
This is the URL of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_username
string / required
This is the Username of the WTI device to send the module.
use_https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Designates to use an https connection or http connection.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Flag to control if the lookup will observe HTTP proxy environment variables when present.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If false, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used
on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

  • Use groups/cpm in module_defaults to set common options used between CPM modules.)

Examples

- name: Get the Time/Date Parameters for a WTI device
  cpm_time_info:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false

- name: Get the Time/Date Parameters for a WTI device
  cpm_time_info:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: false
    validate_certs: false

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
complex
always
The output JSON returned from the commands sent
 
date
string
success
Current Date of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
11/14/2019
 
ntp
dictionary
always
Current k/v pairs of ntp info of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
{'enable': '0', 'ietf-ipv4': {'address': [{'primary': '192.168.0.169', 'secondary': '12.34.56.78'}]}, 'ietf-ipv6': {'address': [{'primary': '', 'secondary': ''}]}, 'timeout': '4'}
 
time
string
success
Current Time of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
12:12:00
 
timezone
integer
success
Current Timezone of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
5


Authors

  • Western Telematic Inc. (@wtinetworkgear)