dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license module – Configure iDRAC licenses

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 8.7.0).

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.idrac_license.

New in dellemc.openmanage 8.7.0

Synopsis 

This module allows to import, export and delete licenses on iDRAC.

Requirements 

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

python >= 3.9.6

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.
delete boolean	Delete the license from the iDRAC. When delete is `true`, then license_id is required. delete is mutually exclusive with export and import. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
export boolean	Export the license from the iDRAC. When export is `true`, license_id and share_parameters is required. export is mutually exclusive with delete and import. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
idrac_ip string / required	iDRAC IP Address.
idrac_password aliases: idrac_pwd string / required	iDRAC user password. If the password is not provided, then the environment variable `IDRAC_PASSWORD` is used. Example: export IDRAC_PASSWORD=password
idrac_port integer	iDRAC port. Default: `443`
idrac_user string / required	iDRAC username. If the username is not provided, then the environment variable `IDRAC_USERNAME` is used. Example: export IDRAC_USERNAME=username
import boolean	Import the license from the iDRAC. When import is `true`, share_parameters is required. import is mutually exclusive with delete and export. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
license_id aliases: entitlement_id string	Entitlement ID of the license that is to be imported, exported or deleted. license_id is required when delete is `true` or export is `true`.
resource_id string	Id of the resource. If the value for resource ID is not provided, the module picks the first resource ID available from the list of system resources returned by the iDRAC.
share_parameters dictionary	Parameters that are required for the import and export operation of a license. share_parameters is required when export or import is `true`.
file_name string	License file name for import and export operation. file_name is required when import is `true`. For the import operation, when share_type is `local`, the supported extensions for file_name are ‘.txt’ and ‘.xml’. For other share types, the supported extension is ‘.xml’
ignore_certificate_warning string	Ignores the certificate warning while connecting to Share and is only applicable when share_type is `https`. `off` ignores the certificate warning. `on` does not ignore the certificate warning. Choices: `"off"` ← (default) `"on"`
ip_address string	IP address of the network share. ip_address is required when share_type is `nfs`, `cifs`, `http` or `https`.
password string	Password of the network share. password is required when share_type is `cifs`.
proxy_password string	The password of the proxy server. proxy_password is only applicable when share_type is `https` or `https` and when proxy_support is `parameters_proxy`.
proxy_port integer	The port of the proxy server. proxy_port is only applicable when share_type is `https` or `https` and when proxy_support is `parameters_proxy`. Default: `80`
proxy_server string	The IP address of the proxy server. proxy_server is required when proxy_support is `parameters_proxy`. proxy_server is only applicable when share_type is `https` or `https` and when proxy_support is `parameters_proxy`.
proxy_support string	Specifies if proxy is to be used or not. `off` does not use proxy settings. `default_proxy` uses the default proxy settings. `parameters_proxy` uses the specified proxy settings. proxy_server is required when proxy_support is `parameters_proxy`. proxy_support is only applicable when share_type is `https` or `https`. Choices: `"off"` ← (default) `"default_proxy"` `"parameters_proxy"`
proxy_type string	The proxy type of the proxy server. `http` to select HTTP proxy. `socks` to select SOCKS proxy. proxy_type is only applicable when share_type is `https` or `https` and when proxy_support is `parameters_proxy`. Choices: `"http"` ← (default) `"socks"`
proxy_username string	The username of the proxy server. proxy_username is only applicable when share_type is `https` or `https` and when proxy_support is `parameters_proxy`.
share_name string	Network share or local path of the license file.
share_type string	Share type of the network share. `local` uses local path for import and export operation. `nfs` uses NFS share for import and export operation. `cifs` uses CIFS share for import and export operation. `http` uses HTTP share for import and export operation. `https` uses HTTPS share for import and export operation. Choices: `"local"` ← (default) `"nfs"` `"cifs"` `"http"` `"https"`
username string	Username of the network share. username is required when share_type is `cifs`.
workgroup string	Workgroup of the network share. workgroup is applicable only when share_type is `cifs`.
timeout integer added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0	The socket level timeout in seconds. Default: `30`
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 Dell iDRAC.
This module supports only iDRAC9 and above.
This module supports IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
This module does not support check_mode.
When share_type is local for import and export operations, job_details are not displayed.

Examples 

---
- name: Export a license from iDRAC to local
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    license_id: "LICENSE_123"
    export: true
    share_parameters:
      share_type: "local"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      file_name: "license_file"

- name: Export a license from iDRAC to NFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    license_id: "LICENSE_123"
    export: true
    share_parameters:
      share_type: "nfs"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      file_name: "license_file"
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"

- name: Export a license from iDRAC to CIFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    license_id: "LICENSE_123"
    export: true
    share_parameters:
      share_type: "cifs"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      file_name: "license_file"
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"
      workgroup: "workgroup"

- name: Export a license from iDRAC to HTTP share via proxy
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    license_id: "LICENSE_123"
    export: true
    share_parameters:
      share_type: "http"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      file_name: "license_file"
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"
      proxy_support: "parameters_proxy"
      proxy_type: socks
      proxy_server: "192.168.0.2"
      proxy_port: 1080
      proxy_username: "proxy_username"
      proxy_password: "proxy_password"

- name: Export a license from iDRAC to HTTPS share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    license_id: "LICENSE_123"
    export: true
    share_parameters:
      share_type: "https"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      file_name: "license_file"
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"
      ignore_certificate_warning: "on"

- name: Import a license to iDRAC from local
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    import: true
    share_parameters:
      file_name: "license_file_name.xml"
      share_type: local
      share_name: "/path/to/share"

- name: Import a license to iDRAC from NFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    import: true
    share_parameters:
      file_name: "license_file_name.xml"
      share_type: nfs
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"

- name: Import a license to iDRAC from CIFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    import: true
    share_parameters:
      file_name: "license_file_name.xml"
      share_type: cifs
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"

- name: Import a license to iDRAC from HTTP share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    import: true
    share_parameters:
      file_name: "license_file_name.xml"
      share_type: http
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"

- name: Import a license to iDRAC from HTTPS share via proxy
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    import: true
    share_parameters:
      file_name: "license_file_name.xml"
      share_type: https
      ip_address: "192.168.0.1"
      share_name: "/path/to/share"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"
      proxy_support: "parameters_proxy"
      proxy_server: "192.168.0.2"
      proxy_port: 808
      proxy_username: "proxy_username"
      proxy_password: "proxy_password"

- name: Delete a License from iDRAC
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    license_id: "LICENCE_123"
    delete: true

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": "The authentication credentials included with this request are missing or invalid.", "MessageArgs": [], "MessageId": "Base.1.8.AccessDenied", "RelatedProperties": [], "Resolution": "Attempt to ensure that the URI is correct and that the service has the appropriate credentials.", "Severity": "Critical"}], "code": "Base.1.8.GeneralError", "message": "A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information."}}`
job_details dictionary	Returns the output for status of the job. Returned: For import and export operations Sample: `{"ActualRunningStartTime": "2024-01-09T05:16:19", "ActualRunningStopTime": "2024-01-09T05:16:19", "CompletionTime": "2024-01-09T05:16:19", "Description": "Job Instance", "EndTime": null, "Id": "JID_XXXXXXXXX", "JobState": "Completed", "JobType": "LicenseExport", "Message": "The command was successful.", "MessageArgs": [], "MessageId": "LIC900", "Name": "Export: License", "PercentComplete": 100, "StartTime": "2024-01-09T05:16:19", "TargetSettingsURI": null}`
msg string	Status of the license operation. Returned: always Sample: `"Successfully exported the license."`

Authors

Rajshekar P(@rajshekarp87)

dellemc.openmanage.idrac_license module – Configure iDRAC licenses

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

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