dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_proxy module – Updates the proxy configuration on OpenManage Enterprise

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 5.5.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.1.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows to configure a network proxy on OpenManage Enterprise.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.8.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ca_path

path

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) file that contains a CA certificate to be used for the validation.

enable_authentication

boolean

Enable or disable proxy authentication.

If enable_authentication is true, proxy_username and proxy_password must be provided.

If enable_authentication is false, the proxy username and password are set to its default values.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

enable_proxy

boolean / required

Enables or disables the HTTP proxy configuration.

If enable proxy is false, then the HTTP proxy configuration is set to its default value.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

ip_address

string

Proxy server address.

This option is mandatory when enable_proxy is true.

password

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password.

port

integer

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.

Default: 443

proxy_password

string

Proxy server password.

This option is mandatory when enable_authentication is true.

proxy_port

integer

Proxy server’s port number.

This option is mandatory when enable_proxy is true.

proxy_username

string

Proxy server username.

This option is mandatory when enable_authentication is true.

timeout

integer

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

username

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username.

validate_certs

boolean

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

If False, the SSL certificates will not be validated.

Configure False only on personally controlled sites where self-signed certificates are used.

Prior to collection version 5.0.0, the validate_certs is False by default.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

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

  • This module does not support check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Update proxy configuration and enable authentication
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_proxy:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    enable_proxy: true
    ip_address: "192.168.0.2"
    proxy_port: 444
    enable_authentication: true
    proxy_username: "proxy_username"
    proxy_password: "proxy_password"

- name: Reset proxy authentication
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_proxy:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    enable_proxy: true
    ip_address: "192.168.0.2"
    proxy_port: 444
    enable_authentication: false

- name: Reset proxy configuration
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_proxy:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    enable_proxy: false

Return Values

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

Key

Description

error_info

dictionary

Details of the HTTP error.

Returned: on HTTP error

Sample: {"error": {"@Message.ExtendedInfo": [{"Message": "Unable to complete the request because the input value for  PortNumber  is missing or an invalid value is entered.", "MessageArgs": ["PortNumber"], "MessageId": "CGEN6002", "RelatedProperties": [], "Resolution": "Enter a valid value and retry the operation.", "Severity": "Critical"}], "code": "Base.1.0.GeneralError", "message": "A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information."}}

msg

string

Overall status of the network proxy configuration change.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully updated network proxy configuration."

proxy_configuration

dictionary

Updated application network proxy configuration.

Returned: success

Sample: {"EnableAuthentication": true, "EnableProxy": true, "IpAddress": "192.168.0.2", "Password": null, "PortNumber": 444, "Username": "root"}

Authors

  • Sajna Shetty(@Sajna-Shetty)