community.general.hponcfg module – Configure HP iLO interface using hponcfg
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.4).
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 community.general
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.hponcfg
.
Synopsis
This modules configures the HP iLO interface using hponcfg.
Aliases: remote_management.hpilo.hponcfg
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
hponcfg tool
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
---|---|
Path to the hponcfg executable ( Default: |
|
The minimum firmware level needed. |
|
The XML file as accepted by hponcfg. |
|
Run hponcfg in verbose mode (-v). Choices:
|
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
---|---|---|
Support: none |
Can run in |
|
Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Notes
Note
You need a working hponcfg on the target system.
Examples
- name: Example hponcfg configuration XML
ansible.builtin.copy:
content: |
<ribcl VERSION="2.0">
<login USER_LOGIN="user" PASSWORD="password">
<rib_info MODE="WRITE">
<mod_global_settings>
<session_timeout value="0"/>
<ssh_status value="Y"/>
<ssh_port value="22"/>
<serial_cli_status value="3"/>
<serial_cli_speed value="5"/>
</mod_global_settings>
</rib_info>
</login>
</ribcl>
dest: /tmp/enable-ssh.xml
- name: Configure HP iLO using enable-ssh.xml
community.general.hponcfg:
src: /tmp/enable-ssh.xml
- name: Configure HP iLO on VMware ESXi hypervisor
community.general.hponcfg:
src: /tmp/enable-ssh.xml
executable: /opt/hp/tools/hponcfg