dellemc.openmanage.idrac_user_info module – Retrieve details of all users or a specific user on iDRAC.

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_user_info.

New in dellemc.openmanage 7.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module retrieves the list and basic details of all users or details of a specific user on iDRAC

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.

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

timeout

integer

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

user_id

integer

Sequential user id numbers that supports from 1 to 16.

user_id is mutually exclusive with username

username

string

Username of the account that is created in iDRAC local users.

username is mutually exclusive with user_id

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 on a system that has direct access to Dell iDRAC.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Retrieve basic details of all user accounts.
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_user_info:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: idrac_user
    idrac_password: idrac_password
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"

- name: Retrieve user details using user_id
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_user_info:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: idrac_user
    idrac_password: idrac_password
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    user_id: 1

- name: Retrieve user details using username
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_user_info:
    idrac_ip: 198.162.0.1
    idrac_user: idrac_user
    idrac_password: idrac_password
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    username: user_name

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 process the request because an error occurred.", "MessageArgs": [], "MessageId": "GEN1234", "RelatedProperties": [], "Resolution": "Retry the operation. If the issue persists, contact your system administrator.", "Severity": "Critical"}], "code": "Base.1.0.GeneralError", "message": "A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information."}}

msg

string

Status of user information retrieval.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully retrieved the user information."

user_info

list / elements=string

Information about the user.

Returned: success

Sample: [{"Description": "User Account", "Enabled": false, "Id": "1", "Locked": false, "Name": "User Account", "Password": null, "RoleId": "None", "UserName": ""}]

Authors

  • Husniya Hameed(@husniya_hameed)