community.general.idrac_redfish_info module – Gather PowerEdge server information through iDRAC using Redfish APIs

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 11.4.0).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.idrac_redfish_info.

Synopsis

  • Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote iDRAC controllers to get information back.

  • For use with Dell EMC iDRAC operations that require Redfish OEM extensions.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_token

string

added in community.general 2.3.0

Security token for authenticating to iDRAC.

baseuri

string / required

Base URI of iDRAC.

ca_path

path

added in community.general 10.6.0

PEM formatted file that contains a CA certificate to be used for validation.

Only used if validate_certs=true.

category

string / required

Category to execute on iDRAC.

ciphers

list / elements=string

added in community.general 10.6.0

TLS/SSL Ciphers to use for the request.

When a list is provided, all ciphers are joined in order with :.

See the OpenSSL Cipher List Format for more details.

The available ciphers is dependent on the Python and OpenSSL/LibreSSL versions.

command

list / elements=string / required

List of commands to execute on iDRAC.

GetManagerAttributes returns the list of dicts containing iDRAC, LifecycleController and System attributes.

password

string

Password for authenticating to iDRAC.

timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds for HTTP requests to iDRAC.

Default: 10

username

string

Username for authenticating to iDRAC.

validate_certs

boolean

added in community.general 10.6.0

If false, TLS/SSL certificates are not validated.

Set this to true to enable certificate checking. Should be used together with ca_path.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

added in community.general 3.3.0

This action does not modify state.

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: N/A

This action does not modify state.

Returns details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Get Manager attributes with a default of 20 seconds
  community.general.idrac_redfish_info:
    category: Manager
    command: GetManagerAttributes
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    timeout: 20
  register: result

# Examples to display the value of all or a single iDRAC attribute
- name: Store iDRAC attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    idrac_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'iDRACAttributes')
      | list | first }}"

- name: Display all iDRAC attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: idrac_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'Syslog.1.SysLogEnable' iDRAC attribute
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: idrac_attributes['Syslog.1.SysLogEnable']

# Examples to display the value of all or a single LifecycleController attribute
- name: Store LifecycleController attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    lc_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'LCAttributes')
      | list | first }}"

- name: Display LifecycleController attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: lc_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart' attribute
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: lc_attributes['LCAttributes.1.CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart']

# Examples to display the value of all or a single System attribute
- name: Store System attributes as a fact variable
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    system_attributes: "{{ result.redfish_facts.entries | selectattr('Id', 'defined') | selectattr('Id', 'equalto', 'SystemAttributes')
      | list | first }}"

- name: Display System attributes
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: system_attributes

- name: Display the value of 'PSRedPolicy'
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: system_attributes['ServerPwr.1.PSRedPolicy']

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

msg

dictionary

Different results depending on task.

Returned: always

Sample: "List of Manager attributes"

Authors

  • Jose Delarosa (@jose-delarosa)