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wti.remote.cpm_hostname_config module – Set Hostname (Site ID), Location, Asset Tag parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices.

Note

This module is part of the wti.remote collection (version 1.0.4).

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 wti.remote.

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

New in wti.remote 2.11.0

Synopsis

• Set Hostname (Site ID), Location, Asset Tag parameters parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
assettag string	This is the Asset Tag to be set for the WTI OOB and PDU device.
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.
hostname string	This is the Hostname (Site-ID) tag to be set for the WTI OOB and PDU device.
location string	This is the Location tag to be set for the WTI OOB and PDU device.
use_https boolean	Designates to use an https connection or http connection. Choices: false true ← (default)
use_proxy boolean	Flag to control if the lookup will observe HTTP proxy environment variables when present. Choices: false ← (default) true
validate_certs boolean	If false, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Use groups/cpm in module_defaults to set common options used between CPM modules.

Examples

# Set Hostname, Location and Site-ID variables of a WTI device
- name: Set known fixed hostname variables of a WTI device
  cpm_time_config:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    hostname: "myhostname"
    location: "Irvine"
    assettag: "irvine92395"

# Set the Hostname variable of a WTI device
- name: Set the Hostname of a WTI device
  cpm_time_config:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    hostname: "myhostname"

Return Values

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

Key	Description
data complex	The output JSON returned from the commands sent Returned: always
assettag integer	Current Asset Tag of the WTI device after module execution. Returned: success Sample: "irvine92395"
hostname string	Current Hostname (Site-ID) of the WTI device after module execution. Returned: success Sample: "myhostname"
location integer	Current Location of the WTI device after module execution. Returned: success Sample: "Irvine"
timestamp string	Current timestamp of the WTI device after module execution. Returned: success Sample: "2021-08-17T21:33:50+00:00"

Authors

• Western Telematic Inc. (@wtinetworkgear)

Collection links

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