imc_rest – Manage Cisco IMC hardware through its REST API¶
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis¶
- Provides direct access to the Cisco IMC REST API.
- Perform any configuration changes and actions that the Cisco IMC supports.
- More information about the IMC REST API is available from http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/api/3_0/b_Cisco_IMC_api_301.html
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- lxml
- xmljson >= 0.1.8
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- The XML fragments don’t need an authentication cookie, this is injected by the module automatically.
- The Cisco IMC XML output is being translated to JSON using the Cobra convention.
- Any configConfMo change requested has a return status of ‘modified’, even if there was no actual change from the previous configuration. As a result, this module will always report a change on subsequent runs. In case this behaviour is fixed in a future update to Cisco IMC, this module will automatically adapt.
- If you get a
Connection failure
related toThe read operation timed out
increase thetimeout
parameter. Some XML fragments can take longer than the default timeout. - More information about the IMC REST API is available from http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/api/3_0/b_Cisco_IMC_api_301.html
Examples¶
- name: Power down server
imc_rest:
hostname: '{{ imc_hostname }}'
username: '{{ imc_username }}'
password: '{{ imc_password }}'
validate_certs: no
content: |
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<computeRackUnit dn="sys/rack-unit-1" adminPower="down"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Configure IMC using multiple XML fragments
imc_rest:
hostname: '{{ imc_hostname }}'
username: '{{ imc_username }}'
password: '{{ imc_password }}'
validate_certs: no
timeout: 120
content: |
<!-- Configure Serial-on-LAN -->
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<solIf dn="sys/rack-unit-1/sol-if" adminState="enable" speed=="115200" comport="com0"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
<!-- Configure Console Redirection -->
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<biosVfConsoleRedirection dn="sys/rack-unit-1/bios/bios-settings/Console-redirection"
vpBaudRate="115200"
vpConsoleRedirection="com-0"
vpFlowControl="none"
vpTerminalType="vt100"
vpPuttyKeyPad="LINUX"
vpRedirectionAfterPOST="Always Enable"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Enable PXE boot and power-cycle server
imc_rest:
hostname: '{{ imc_hostname }}'
username: '{{ imc_username }}'
password: '{{ imc_password }}'
validate_certs: no
content: |
<!-- Configure PXE boot -->
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<lsbootLan dn="sys/rack-unit-1/boot-policy/lan-read-only" access="read-only" order="1" prot="pxe" type="lan"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
<!-- Power cycle server -->
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<computeRackUnit dn="sys/rack-unit-1" adminPower="cycle-immediate"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Reconfigure IMC to boot from storage
imc_rest:
hostname: '{{ imc_host }}'
username: '{{ imc_username }}'
password: '{{ imc_password }}'
validate_certs: no
content: |
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<lsbootStorage dn="sys/rack-unit-1/boot-policy/storage-read-write" access="read-write" order="1" type="storage"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Add customer description to server
imc_rest:
hostname: '{{ imc_host }}'
username: '{{ imc_username }}'
password: '{{ imc_password }}'
validate_certs: no
content: |
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<computeRackUnit dn="sys/rack-unit-1" usrLbl="Customer Lab - POD{{ pod_id }} - {{ inventory_hostname_short }}"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Disable HTTP and increase session timeout to max value 10800 secs
imc_rest:
hostname: '{{ imc_host }}'
username: '{{ imc_username }}'
password: '{{ imc_password }}'
validate_certs: no
timeout: 120
content: |
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<commHttp dn="sys/svc-ext/http-svc" adminState="disabled"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
<configConfMo><inConfig>
<commHttps dn="sys/svc-ext/https-svc" adminState="enabled" sessionTimeout="10800"/>
</inConfig></configConfMo>
delegate_to: localhost
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
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