community.general.ocapi_command module – Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 7.5.2).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.ocapi_command.

New in community.general 6.3.0

Synopsis

  • Builds OCAPI URIs locally and sends them to remote OOB controllers to perform an action.

  • Manages OOB controller such as Indicator LED, Reboot, Power Mode, Firmware Update.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

baseuri

string / required

Base URI of OOB controller.

category

string / required

Category to execute on OOB controller.

command

string / required

Command to execute on OOB controller.

job_name

string

For command=DeleteJob command, the name of the job to delete.

password

string / required

Password for authenticating to OOB controller.

proxy_slot_number

integer

For proxied inband requests, the slot number of the IOM. Only applies if baseuri is a proxy server.

timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller.

Default: 10

update_image_path

string

For command=FWUpload, the path on the local filesystem of the firmware update image.

username

string / required

Username for authenticating to OOB controller.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Set the power state to low
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Chassis
    command: PowerModeLow
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Set the power state to normal
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Chassis
    command: PowerModeNormal
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Set chassis indicator LED to on
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Chassis
    command: IndicatorLedOn
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    proxy_slot_number: 2
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Set chassis indicator LED to off
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Chassis
    command: IndicatorLedOff
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    proxy_slot_number: 2
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Reset Enclosure
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Systems
    command: PowerGracefulRestart
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    proxy_slot_number: 2
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Firmware Upload
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Update
    command: FWUpload
    baseuri: "iom1.wdc.com"
    proxy_slot_number: 2
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    update_image_path: "/path/to/firmware.tar.gz"
- name: Firmware Update
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Update
    command: FWUpdate
    baseuri: "iom1.wdc.com"
    proxy_slot_number: 2
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Firmware Activate
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Update
    command: FWActivate
    baseuri: "iom1.wdc.com"
    proxy_slot_number: 2
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Delete Job
  community.general.ocapi_command:
    category: Jobs
    command: DeleteJob
    job_name: FirmwareUpdate
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    proxy_slot_number: 2
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

jobUri

string

URI to use to monitor status of the operation. Returned for async commands such as Firmware Update, Firmware Activate.

Returned: when supported

Sample: "https://ioma.wdc.com/Storage/Devices/openflex-data24-usalp03020qb0003/Jobs/FirmwareUpdate/"

msg

string

Message with action result or error description.

Returned: always

Sample: "Action was successful"

operationStatusId

integer

OCAPI State ID (see OCAPI documentation for possible values).

Returned: when supported

Sample: 2

Authors

  • Mike Moerk (@mikemoerk)