dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_webserver module – Updates the Web server configuration on OpenManage Enterprise

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 9.7.0).

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.ome_application_network_webserver.

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.1.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows to configure a network web server on OpenManage Enterprise.

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

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)

webserver_port

integer

Port number used by OpenManage Enterprise to establish a secure server connection.

WARNING A change in port number results in a loss of connectivity in the current session for more than a minute.

webserver_timeout

integer

The duration in minutes after which a web user interface session is automatically disconnected.

If a change is made to the session timeout, it will only take effect after the next log in.

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.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Update web server port and session time out
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_webserver:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    webserver_port: 9443
    webserver_timeout: 20

- name: Update session time out
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_webserver:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    webserver_timeout: 30

- name: Update web server port
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_application_network_webserver:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    webserver_port: 8443

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 complete the request because the input value for  PortNumber  is missing or an invalid value is entered.", "MessageArgs": ["PortNumber"], "MessageId": "CGEN6002", "RelatedProperties": [], "Resolution": "Enter a valid value and retry the operation.", "Severity": "Critical"}], "code": "Base.1.0.GeneralError", "message": "A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information."}}

msg

string

Overall status of the network web server configuration change.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully updated network web server configuration."

webserver_configuration

dictionary

Updated application network web server configuration.

Returned: success

Sample: {"EnableWebServer": true, "PortNumber": 443, "TimeOut": 20}

Authors

  • Jagadeesh N V(@jagadeeshnv)