dellemc.openmanage.ome_alert_policies_info module – Retrieves information of one or more OME alert policies.

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 9.9.0).

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.ome_alert_policies_info.

New in dellemc.openmanage 8.2.0

Synopsis

  • This module retrieves the information of alert policies for OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise Modular.

  • A list of information about a specific OME alert policy using the policy name.

  • A list of all the OME alert policies with their information when the policy name is not provided.

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.

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

password

string

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password.

If the password is not provided, then the environment variable OME_PASSWORD is used.

Example: export OME_PASSWORD=password

policy_name

string

Name of the policy.

port

integer

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.

Default: 443

timeout

integer

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

username

string

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username.

If the username is not provided, then the environment variable OME_USERNAME is used.

Example: export OME_USERNAME=username

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)

x_auth_token

string

added in dellemc.openmanage 9.3.0

Authentication token.

If the x_auth_token is not provided, then the environment variable OME_X_AUTH_TOKEN is used.

Example: export OME_X_AUTH_TOKEN=x_auth_token

Notes

Note

  • Run this module from a system that has direct access to Dell OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular.

  • This module supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Retrieve information about all OME alert policies.
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_alert_policies_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"

- name: Retrieve information about a specific OME alert policy using the policy name.
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_alert_policies_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    policy_name: "Mobile Push Notification - Critical Alerts"

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 the alert policies info fetch operation.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully retrieved all the OME alert policies information."

policies

list / elements=string

Retrieve information about all the OME alert policies.

Returned: success

Sample: [{"DefaultPolicy": true, "Description": "This policy is applicable to critical alerts. Associated actions will be taken when a critical alert is received.", "Enabled": true, "Id": 10006, "Name": "Mobile Push Notification - Critical Alerts", "Owner": null, "PolicyData": {"Actions": [{"Id": 5, "Name": "Mobile", "ParameterDetails": [], "TemplateId": 112}], "AllTargets": false, "Catalogs": [], "DeviceTypes": [], "Devices": [], "Groups": [], "MessageIds": [], "Schedule": {"CronString": null, "EndTime": null, "Interval": false, "StartTime": null}, "Severities": [16], "UndiscoveredTargets": []}, "State": true, "Visible": true}]

Authors

  • Abhishek Sinha(@ABHISHEK-SINHA10)