community.general.xcc_redfish_command – Manages Lenovo Out-Of-Band controllers 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.xcc_redfish_command.

New in version 2.4.0: of community.general

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Synopsis ¶

Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote OOB controllers to perform an action or get information back or update a configuration attribute.
Manages virtual media.
Supports getting information back via GET method.
Supports updating a configuration attribute via PATCH method.
Supports performing an action via POST method.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
auth_token string			Security token for authentication with OOB controller
baseuri string / required			Base URI of OOB controller.
category string / required			Category to execute on OOB controller.
command list / elements=string / required			List of commands to execute on OOB controller.
password string			Password for authentication with OOB controller.
request_body dictionary			The request body to patch or post.
resource_id string			The ID of the System, Manager or Chassis to modify.
resource_uri string			The resource uri to get or patch or post.
timeout integer		Default: 10	Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller.
username string			Username for authentication with OOB controller.
virtual_media dictionary			The options for VirtualMedia commands.
	image_url string		The URL of the image to insert or eject.
	inserted boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Indicates if the image is treated as inserted on command completion.
	media_types list / elements=string		The list of media types appropriate for the image.
	password string		The password for accessing the image URL.
	transfer_method string		The transfer method to use with the image.
	transfer_protocol_type string		The network protocol to use with the image.
	username string		The username for accessing the image URL.
	write_protected boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Indicates if the media is treated as write-protected.

Examples ¶

- name: Insert Virtual Media
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaInsert
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    virtual_media:
      image_url: "http://example.com/images/SomeLinux-current.iso"
      media_types:
        - CD
        - DVD
    resource_id: "1"

- name: Eject Virtual Media
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaEject
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    virtual_media:
      image_url: "http://example.com/images/SomeLinux-current.iso"
    resource_id: "1"

- name: Eject all Virtual Media
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaEject
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_id: "1"

- name: Get ComputeSystem Oem property SystemStatus via GetResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: GetResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1"
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.data.Oem.Lenovo.SystemStatus }}"

- name: Get Oem DNS setting via GetResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: GetResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Managers/1/NetworkProtocol/Oem/Lenovo/DNS"
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.data }}"

- name: Get Lenovo FoD key collection resource via GetCollectionResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: GetCollectionResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Managers/1/Oem/Lenovo/FoD/Keys"
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.data_list }}"

- name: Update ComputeSystem property AssetTag via PatchResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PatchResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1"
    request_body:
      AssetTag: "new_asset_tag"

- name: Perform BootToBIOSSetup action via PostResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PostResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1/Actions/Oem/LenovoComputerSystem.BootToBIOSSetup"
    request_body: {}

- name: Perform SecureBoot.ResetKeys action via PostResource command
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PostResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Systems/1/SecureBoot/Actions/SecureBoot.ResetKeys"
    request_body:
      ResetKeysType: DeleteAllKeys

- name: Create session
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Sessions
    command: CreateSession
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
  register: result

- name: Update Manager DateTimeLocalOffset property using security token for auth
  community.general.xcc_redfish_command:
    category: Raw
    command: PatchResource
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    auth_token: "{{ result.session.token }}"
    resource_uri: "/redfish/v1/Managers/1"
    request_body:
      DateTimeLocalOffset: "+08:00"

- name: Delete session using security token created by CreateSesssion above
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Sessions
    command: DeleteSession
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    auth_token: "{{ result.session.token }}"
    session_uri: "{{ result.session.uri }}"

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	when failure or action/update success	A message related to the performed action(s). Sample: Action was successful
redfish_facts dictionary	when command == GetResource or command == GetCollectionResource	Resource content. Sample: { "redfish_facts": { "data": { "@odata.etag": ""3179bf00d69f25a8b3c"", "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Managers/1/NetworkProtocol/Oem/Lenovo/DNS", "@odata.type": "#LenovoDNS.v1_0_0.LenovoDNS", "DDNS": [ { "DDNSEnable": true, "DomainName": "", "DomainNameSource": "DHCP" } ], "DNSEnable": true, "Description": "This resource is used to represent a DNS resource for a Redfish implementation.", "IPv4Address1": "10.103.62.178", "IPv4Address2": "0.0.0.0", "IPv4Address3": "0.0.0.0", "IPv6Address1": "::", "IPv6Address2": "::", "IPv6Address3": "::", "Id": "LenovoDNS", "PreferredAddresstype": "IPv4" }, "ret": true } }

Authors¶

Yuyan Pan (@panyy3)

community.general.xcc_redfish_command – Manages Lenovo Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs¶

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