cpm_serial_port_info – Get Serial port parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

• Get Serial port parameters from WTI OOB and PDU devices

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cpm_password - / required		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 - / required		This is the Username of the WTI device to send the module.
port list / required	Default: ["*"]	This is the serial port number that is getting retrieved. It can include a single port number, multiple port numbers separated by commas, a list of port numbers, or an '*' character for all ports.
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 Serial Port Parameters for port 2 of a WTI device
  cpm_serial_port_info:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    port: 2

- name: Get the Serial Port Parameters for ports 2 and 4 of a WTI device
  cpm_serial_port_info:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    port: 2,4

- name: Get the Serial Port Parameters for all ports of a WTI device
  cpm_serial_port_info:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    port: "*"

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
	serialports list	success	List of data for each serial port Sample: [{'baud': 4, 'break': 1, 'cmd': 1, 'connstatus': 'Free', 'echo': 1, 'handshake': 2, 'logoff': '^X', 'mode': 1, 'parity': 3, 'port': 2, 'portname': 'switch', 'seq': 2, 'stopbits': 1, 'tout': 0}, {'baud': 3, 'break': 1, 'cmd': 1, 'connstatus': 'Free', 'echo': 1, 'handshake': 2, 'logoff': '^X', 'mode': 1, 'parity': 1, 'port': 4, 'portname': 'router', 'seq': 2, 'stopbits': 1, 'tout': 1}]

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Western Telematic Inc. (@wtinetworkgear)

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