dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile module – Create, modify, delete, assign, unassign and migrate a profile on OpenManage Enterprise

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.ome_profile.

New in dellemc.openmanage 3.1.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows to create, modify, delete, assign, unassign, and migrate a profile on OpenManage Enterprise.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.8.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

attributes

dictionary

Attributes for modify and assign.

Attributes

list / elements=dictionary

List of attributes to be modified, when command is modify.

List of attributes to be overridden when command is assign.

Use the Id If the attribute Id is available. If not, use the comma separated I (DisplayName). For more details about using the DisplayName, see the example provided.

Options

dictionary

Provides the different shut down options.

This is applicable when command is assign.

Schedule

dictionary

Schedule for profile deployment.

This is applicable when command is assign.

boot_to_network_iso

dictionary

Details of the Share iso.

Applicable when command is create, assign, and modify.

boot_to_network

boolean / required

Enable or disable a network share.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

iso_path

string

Specify the full ISO path including the share name.

iso_timeout

integer

Set the number of hours that the network ISO file will remain mapped to the target device(s).

Choices:

  • 1

  • 2

  • 4 ← (default)

  • 8

  • 16

share_ip

string

IP address of the network share.

share_password

string

User password when share_type is CIFS.

share_type

string

Type of network share.

Choices:

  • "NFS"

  • "CIFS"

share_user

string

User name when share_type is CIFS.

workgroup

string

User workgroup when share_type is CIFS.

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.

command

string

create creates new profiles.

modify modifies an existing profile. Only name, description, boot_to_network_iso, and attributes can be modified.

delete deletes an existing profile.

assign Deploys an existing profile on a target device and returns a task ID.

unassign unassigns a profile from a specified target and returns a task ID.

migrate migrates an existing profile and returns a task ID.

Choices:

  • "create" ← (default)

  • "modify"

  • "delete"

  • "assign"

  • "unassign"

  • "migrate"

description

string

Description of the profile.

device_id

integer

ID of the target device.

This is applicable when command is assign and migrate.

This option is mutually exclusive with device_service_tag.

device_service_tag

string

Identifier of the target device.

This is typically 7 to 8 characters in length.

Applicable when command is assign, and migrate.

This option is mutually exclusive with device_id.

If the device does not exist when command is assign then the profile is auto-deployed.

filters

dictionary

Filters the profiles based on selected criteria.

This is applicable when command is delete or unassign.

This supports suboption ProfileIds which takes a list of profile IDs.

This also supports OData filter expressions with the suboption Filters.

See OpenManage Enterprise REST API guide for the filtering options available.

WARNING When this option is used in case of unassign, task ID is not returned for any of the profiles affected.

force

boolean

Provides the option to force the migration of a profile even if the source device cannot be contacted.

This option is applicable when command is migrate.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

name

string

Name of the profile.

This is applicable for modify, delete, assign, unassign, and migrate operations.

This option is mutually exclusive with name_prefix and number_of_profiles.

name_prefix

string

The name provided when creating a profile is used a prefix followed by the number assigned to it by OpenManage Enterprise.

This is applicable only for a create operation.

This option is mutually exclusive with name.

Default: "Profile"

new_name

string

New name of the profile.

Applicable when command is modify.

number_of_profiles

integer

Provide the number of profiles to be created.

This is applicable when name_prefix is used with create.

This option is mutually exclusive with name.

Openmanage Enterprise can create a maximum of 100 profiles.

Default: 1

password

string / required

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

template_id

integer

ID of the template.

This is applicable when command is create.

This option is mutually exclusive with template_name.

template_name

string

Name of the template for creating the profile(s).

This is applicable when command is create.

This option is mutually exclusive with template_id.

timeout

integer

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

username

string / required

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)

Notes

Note

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

  • This module supports check_mode.

  • assign operation on a already assigned profile will not redeploy.

Examples

---
- name: Create two profiles from a template
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    template_name: "template 1"
    name_prefix: "omam_profile"
    number_of_profiles: 2

- name: Create profile with NFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: create
    template_name: "template 1"
    name_prefix: "omam_profile"
    number_of_profiles: 1
    boot_to_network_iso:
      boot_to_network: true
      share_type: NFS
      share_ip: "192.168.0.1"
      iso_path: "path/to/my_iso.iso"
      iso_timeout: 8

- name: Create profile with CIFS share
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: create
    template_name: "template 1"
    name_prefix: "omam_profile"
    number_of_profiles: 1
    boot_to_network_iso:
      boot_to_network: true
      share_type: CIFS
      share_ip: "192.168.0.2"
      share_user: "username"
      share_password: "password"
      workgroup: "workgroup"
      iso_path: "\\path\\to\\my_iso.iso"
      iso_timeout: 8

- name: Modify profile name with NFS share and attributes
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: modify
    name: "Profile 00001"
    new_name: "modified profile"
    description: "new description"
    boot_to_network_iso:
      boot_to_network: true
      share_type: NFS
      share_ip: "192.168.0.3"
      iso_path: "path/to/my_iso.iso"
      iso_timeout: 8
    attributes:
      Attributes:
        - Id: 4506
          Value: "server attr 1"
          IsIgnored: false
        - Id: 4507
          Value: "server attr 2"
          IsIgnored: false
        # Enter the comma separated string as appearing in the Detailed view on GUI
        # System -> Server Topology -> ServerTopology 1 Aisle Name
        - DisplayName: 'System, Server Topology, ServerTopology 1 Aisle Name'
          Value: Aisle 5
          IsIgnored: false

- name: Delete a profile using profile name
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: "delete"
    name: "Profile 00001"

- name: Delete profiles using filters
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: "delete"
    filters:
      SelectAll: true
      Filters: =contains(ProfileName,'Profile 00002')

- name: Delete profiles using profile list filter
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: "delete"
    filters:
      ProfileIds:
        - 17123
        - 16124

- name: Assign a profile to target along with network share
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: assign
    name: "Profile 00001"
    device_id: 12456
    boot_to_network_iso:
      boot_to_network: true
      share_type: NFS
      share_ip: "192.168.0.1"
      iso_path: "path/to/my_iso.iso"
      iso_timeout: 8
    attributes:
      Attributes:
        - Id: 4506
          Value: "server attr 1"
          IsIgnored: true
      Options:
        ShutdownType: 0
        TimeToWaitBeforeShutdown: 300
        EndHostPowerState: 1
        StrictCheckingVlan: true
      Schedule:
        RunNow: true
        RunLater: false

- name: Unassign a profile using profile name
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: "unassign"
    name: "Profile 00003"

- name: Unassign profiles using filters
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: "unassign"
    filters:
      SelectAll: true
      Filters: =contains(ProfileName,'Profile 00003')

- name: Unassign profiles using profile list filter
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: "unassign"
    filters:
      ProfileIds:
        - 17123
        - 16123

- name: Migrate a profile
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_profile:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    command: "migrate"
    name: "Profile 00001"
    device_id: 12456

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."}}

job_id

integer

Task ID created when command is assign, migrate or unassign.

assign and unassign operations do not trigger a task if a profile is auto-deployed.

Returned: when command is assign, migrate or unassign

Sample: 14123

msg

string

Overall status of the profile operation.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully created 2 profile(s)."

profile_ids

list / elements=string

IDs of the profiles created.

Returned: when command is create

Sample: [1234, 5678]

Authors

  • Jagadeesh N V (@jagadeeshnv)