wti.remote.cpm_plugcontrol – Get and Set Plug actions on WTI OOB and PDU power devices

Note

This plugin is part of the wti.remote collection (version 1.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install wti.remote.

To use it in a playbook, specify: wti.remote.cpm_plugcontrol.

New in version 2.8: of wti.remote

Synopsis

• Get and Set Plug actions on WTI OOB and PDU devices

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cpm_action string / required	Choices: getplugcontrol setplugcontrol	This is the Action to send the module.
cpm_password string / required		This is the Password of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_url string / required		This is the URL of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_username string / required		This is the Username of the WTI device to send the module.
plug_id string / required		This is the plug number or the plug name that is to be manipulated For the plugget command, the plug_id 'all' will return the status of all the plugs the user has rights to access.
plug_state string	Choices: on off boot default	This is what action to take on the plug.
use_https boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Designates to use an https connection or http connection.
use_proxy boolean	Choices: no ← 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 Plug status for all ports
- name: Get the Plug status for ALL ports of a WTI device
  cpm_plugcontrol:
    cpm_action: "getplugcontrol"
    cpm_url: "rest.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "restpower"
    cpm_password: "restfulpowerpass12"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: true
    plug_id: "all"

# Get Plug status for port 2
- name: Get the Plug status for the given port of a WTI device
  cpm_plugcontrol:
    cpm_action: "getplugcontrol"
    cpm_url: "rest.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "restpower"
    cpm_password: "restfulpowerpass12"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    plug_id: "2"

# Reboot plug 5
- name: Reboot Plug 5 on a given WTI device
  cpm_plugcontrol:
    cpm_action: "setplugcontrol"
    cpm_url: "rest.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "restpower"
    cpm_password: "restfulpowerpass12"
    use_https: true
    plug_id: "5"
    plug_state: "boot"

Return Values

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

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

Authors

• Western Telematic Inc. (@wtinetworkgear)