community.general.idrac_redfish_info – Gather PowerEdge server information through iDRAC using Redfish APIs

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.idrac_redfish_info.

Synopsis

• Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote iDRAC controllers to get information back.

• For use with Dell EMC iDRAC operations that require Redfish OEM extensions

• This module was called idrac_redfish_facts before Ansible 2.9, returning ansible_facts. Note that the community.general.idrac_redfish_info module no longer returns ansible_facts!

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
auth_token string added in 2.3.0 of community.general		Security token for authentication with OOB controller
baseuri string / required		Base URI of iDRAC controller
category string / required		Category to execute on iDRAC controller
command list / elements=string / required		List of commands to execute on iDRAC controller GetManagerAttributes returns the list of dicts containing iDRAC, LifecycleController and System attributes
password string		Password for authentication with iDRAC controller
timeout integer	Default: 10	Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller
username string		User for authentication with iDRAC controller

Examples

- name: Get Manager attributes with a default of 20 seconds
  community.general.idrac_redfish_info:
    category: Manager
    command: GetManagerAttributes
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    timeout: 20
  register: result

# Examples to display the value of all or a single iDRAC attribute
- name: Store iDRAC attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    idrac_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'iDRACAttributes') | list | first }}"

- name: Display all iDRAC attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: idrac_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'Syslog.1.SysLogEnable' iDRAC attribute
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: idrac_attributes['Syslog.1.SysLogEnable']

# Examples to display the value of all or a single LifecycleController attribute
- name: Store LifecycleController attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    lc_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'LCAttributes') | list | first }}"

- name: Display LifecycleController attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: lc_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart' attribute
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: lc_attributes['LCAttributes.1.CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart']

# Examples to display the value of all or a single System attribute
- name: Store System attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    system_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'SystemAttributes') | list | first }}"

- name: Display System attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: system_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'PSRedPolicy'
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: system_attributes['ServerPwr.1.PSRedPolicy']

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
msg dictionary	always	different results depending on task Sample: List of Manager attributes

Authors

• Jose Delarosa (@jose-delarosa)