ipmi_power – Power management for machine

Synopsis

• Use this module for power management

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6

• pyghmi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name - / required		Hostname or ip address of the BMC.
password - / required		Password to connect to the BMC.
port -	Default: 623	Remote RMCP port.
state - / required	Choices: on -- Request system turn on off -- Request system turn off without waiting for OS to shutdown shutdown -- Have system request OS proper shutdown reset -- Request system reset without waiting for OS boot -- If system is off, then 'on', else 'reset'	Whether to ensure that the machine in desired state.
timeout -	Default: 300	Maximum number of seconds before interrupt request.
user - / required		Username to use to connect to the BMC.

Examples

# Ensure machine is powered on.
- ipmi_power:
    name: test.testdomain.com
    user: admin
    password: password
    state: on

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
powerstate string	success	The current power state of the machine. Sample: True

Status

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

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

Authors

• Bulat Gaifullin (@bgaifullin) <gaifullinbf@gmail.com>

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