dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog – Create, modify, or delete a firmware catalog on OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular

Note

This plugin is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 3.6.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.openmanage.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog.

New in version 2.0.0: of dellemc.openmanage

Synopsis

  • This module allows to create, modify, or delete a firmware catalog on OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7.5

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

catalog_description

string

Description for the catalog.

catalog_id

list / elements=integer

added in 3.4.0 of dellemc.openmanage

ID of the catalog.

This option is mutually exclusive with catalog_name.

Provide the list of firmware catalog IDs that are supported when state is absent.

catalog_name

list / elements=string

Name of the firmware catalog to be created.

This is option is mutually exclusive with catalog_id.

Provide the list of firmware catalog names that are supported when state is absent.

check_certificate

boolean

The certificate warnings are ignored when repository_type is HTTPS. If True. If not, certificate warnings are not ignored.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

file_name

string

Catalog file name associated with the source_path.

This option is ignored when repository_type is DELL_ONLINE.

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

job_wait

boolean

added in 3.4.0 of dellemc.openmanage

Provides the option to wait for job completion.

This option is applicable when state is present.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

job_wait_timeout

integer

added in 3.4.0 of dellemc.openmanage

The maximum wait time of job_wait in seconds. The job is tracked only for this duration.

This option is applicable when job_wait is True.

Default: 600

new_catalog_name

string

added in 3.4.0 of dellemc.openmanage

New name of the firmware catalog.

password

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password.

port

integer

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.

Default: 443

repository_domain

string

Domain name of the repository.

This option is ignored when repository_type is DELL_ONLINE.

repository_password

string

Password to access the repository.

This option is mandatory when repository_type is CIFS.

This option is ignored when repository_type is DELL_ONLINE.

NOTE The module always reports the changed status, when this is provided.

repository_type

string

Type of repository. The supported types are NFS, CIFS, HTTP, HTTPS,and DELL_ONLINE.

Choices:

  • NFS

  • CIFS

  • HTTP

  • HTTPS

  • DELL_ONLINE

repository_username

string

User name of the repository where the catalog is stored.

This option is mandatory when repository_type is CIFS.

This option is ignored when repository_type is DELL_ONLINE.

source

string

The IP address of the system where the firmware catalog is stored on the local network.

By default, this option is set to downloads.dell.com when repository_type is DELL_ONLINE.

source_path

string

Specify the complete path of the catalog file location without the file name.

This is option ignored when repository_type is DELL_ONLINE.

state

string

added in 3.4.0 of dellemc.openmanage

present creates or modifies a catalog.

absent deletes an existing catalog.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

username

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username.

Notes

Note

  • If repository_password is provided, then the module always reports the changed status.

  • Run this module from a system that has direct access to DellEMC OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Create a catalog from HTTPS repository
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    catalog_name: "catalog_name"
    catalog_description: "catalog_description"
    repository_type: "HTTPS"
    source: "downloads.dell.com"
    source_path: "catalog"
    file_name: "catalog.gz"
    check_certificate: True

- name: Create a catalog from HTTP repository
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    catalog_name: "catalog_name"
    catalog_description: "catalog_description"
    repository_type: "HTTP"
    source: "downloads.dell.com"
    source_path: "catalog"
    file_name: "catalog.gz"

- name: Create a catalog using CIFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    catalog_name: "catalog_name"
    catalog_description: "catalog_description"
    repository_type: "CIFS"
    source: "192.167.0.1"
    source_path: "cifs/R940"
    file_name: "catalog.gz"
    repository_username: "repository_username"
    repository_password: "repository_password"
    repository_domain: "repository_domain"

- name: Create a catalog using NFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    catalog_name: "catalog_name"
    catalog_description: "catalog_description"
    repository_type: "NFS"
    source: "192.166.0.2"
    source_path: "/nfs/R940"
    file_name: "catalog.xml"

- name: Create a catalog using repository from Dell.com
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    catalog_name: "catalog_name"
    catalog_description: "catalog_description"
    repository_type: "DELL_ONLINE"
    check_certificate: True

- name: Modify a catalog using a repository from CIFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    catalog_name: "catalog_name"
    catalog_description: "new catalog_description"
    repository_type: "CIFS"
    source: "192.167.0.2"
    source_path: "cifs/R941"
    file_name: "catalog1.gz"
    repository_username: "repository_username"
    repository_password: "repository_password"
    repository_domain: "repository_domain"

- name: Modify a catalog using a repository from Dell.com
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    catalog_id: 10
    new_catalog_name: "new_catalog_name"
    repository_type: "DELL_ONLINE"
    catalog_description: "catalog_description"

- name: Delete catalog using catalog name
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    state: absent
    catalog_name: ["catalog_name1", "catalog_name2"]

- name: Delete catalog using catalog id
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_firmware_catalog:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    state: absent
    catalog_id: [11, 34]

Return Values

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

Key

Description

associated_baselines

list / elements=dictionary

IDs of the baselines associated with catalog.

Returned: When state is absent

Sample: [{“BaselineId”: 24, “BaselineName”: “new”}, {“BaselineId”: 25, “BaselineName”: “c7”}, {“BaselineId”: 27, “BaselineName”: “c4”}]

catalog_id

integer

IDs of the deleted catalog.

Returned: When state is absent

Sample: 10123

catalog_status

dictionary

Details of the catalog operation.

Returned: When state is present

Sample: {“AssociatedBaselines”: [], “BaseLocation”: null, “BundlesCount”: 0, “Filename”: “catalog.gz”, “Id”: 0, “LastUpdated”: null, “ManifestIdentifier”: null, “ManifestVersion”: null, “NextUpdate”: null, “PredecessorIdentifier”: null, “ReleaseDate”: null, “ReleaseIdentifier”: null, “Repository”: {“CheckCertificate”: true, “Description”: “HTTPS Desc”, “DomainName”: null, “Id”: null, “Name”: “catalog4”, “Password”: null, “RepositoryType”: “HTTPS”, “Source”: “company.com”, “Username”: null}, “Schedule”: null, “SourcePath”: “catalog”, “Status”: null, “TaskId”: 10094}

error_info

dictionary

Details of the http error.

Returned: on http error

Sample: {“error”: {“@Message.ExtendedInfo”: [{“Message”: “Unable to create or update the catalog because a repository with the same name already exists.”, “Resolution”: “Enter a different name and retry the operation.”, “Severity”: “Critical”}], “code”: “Base.1.0.GeneralError”, “message”: “A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information.”}}

job_id

integer

Job ID of the catalog task.

Returned: When catalog job is in a running state

Sample: 10123

msg

string

Overall status of the firmware catalog operation.

Returned: always

Sample: “Successfully triggered the job to create a catalog with Task ID : 10094”

Authors

  • Sajna Shetty(@Sajna-Shetty)

  • Jagadeesh N V(@jagadeeshnv)