cpm_plugcontrol – Get and Set Plug actions on WTI OOB and PDU power devices

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Get and Set Plug actions on WTI OOB and PDU devices

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cpm_action
- / required
    Choices:
  • getplugcontrol
  • setplugcontrol
This is the Action to send the module.
cpm_password
-
This is the Password of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_url
- / required
This is the URL of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_username
-
This is the Username of the WTI device to send the module.
plug_id
- / required
This is the plug number or the plug name that is to be manipulated For the plugget command, the plug_id 'all' will return the status of all the plugs the user has rights to access.
plug_state
-
    Choices:
  • on
  • off
  • boot
  • default
This is what action to take on the plug.
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.

Examples

# Get Plug status for all ports
- name: Get the Plug status for ALL ports of a WTI device
  cpm_plugcontrol:
    cpm_action: "getplugcontrol"
    cpm_url: "rest.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "restpower"
    cpm_password: "restfulpowerpass12"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: true
    plug_id: "all"

# Get Plug status for port 2
- name: Get the Plug status for the given port of a WTI device
  cpm_plugcontrol:
    cpm_action: "getplugcontrol"
    cpm_url: "rest.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "restpower"
    cpm_password: "restfulpowerpass12"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    plug_id: "2"

# Reboot plug 5
- name: Reboot Plug 5 on a given WTI device
  cpm_plugcontrol:
    cpm_action: "setplugcontrol"
    cpm_url: "rest.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "restpower"
    cpm_password: "restfulpowerpass12"
    use_https: true
    plug_id: "5"
    plug_state: "boot"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
string
 always
The output JSON returned from the commands sent


Status

Authors

  • Western Telematic Inc. (@wtinetworkgear)

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