cpm_status – Get status and parameters from WTI OOB and PDU devices

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

• Get various status and parameters from WTI OOB and PDU devices.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms - / required	Choices: temperature firmware status alarms		This is the Action to send the module.
cpm_password - / required			This is the Basic Authentication 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 Basic Authentication 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	Default: "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 temperature
  - name: run Get Device Temperature
  - debug:
        var: lookup('cpm_status',
                'temperature',
                validate_certs=true,
                use_https=true,
                cpm_url='rest.wti.com',
                cpm_username='rest',
                cpm_password='restfulpassword')

# Get firmware version
  - name: Get the firmware version of a given WTI device
  - debug:
        var: lookup('cpm_status',
                'firmware',
                validate_certs=false,
                use_https=true,
                cpm_url="192.168.0.158",
                cpm_username="super",
                cpm_password="super")

# Get status output
  - name: Get the status output from a given WTI device
  - debug:
        var: lookup('cpm_status',
                'status',
                validate_certs=true,
                use_https=true,
                cpm_url="rest.wti.com",
                cpm_username="rest",
                cpm_password="restfulpassword")

# Get Alarm output
  - name: Get the alarms status of a given WTI device
  - debug:
        var: lookup('cpm_status',
                'alarms',
                validate_certs=false,
                use_https=false,
                cpm_url="192.168.0.158",
                cpm_username="super",
                cpm_password="super")

Return Values

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

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

Status

• This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Western Telematic Inc. (@wtinetworkgear)

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Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.