community.general.redfish_command – Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote OOB controllers to perform an action.
• Manages OOB controller ex. reboot, log management.
• Manages OOB controller users ex. add, remove, update.
• Manages system power ex. on, off, graceful and forced reboot.

Parameters

Examples

- name: Restart system power gracefully
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: PowerGracefulRestart
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Turn system power off
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: PowerForceOff
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2

- name: Restart system power forcefully
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: PowerForceRestart
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2

- name: Shutdown system power gracefully
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: PowerGracefulShutdown
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2

- name: Turn system power on
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: PowerOn
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2

- name: Reboot system power
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: PowerReboot
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2

- name: Set one-time boot device to {{ bootdevice }}
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: SetOneTimeBoot
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2
    bootdevice: "{{ bootdevice }}"
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Set one-time boot device to UefiTarget of "/0x31/0x33/0x01/0x01"
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: SetOneTimeBoot
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2
    bootdevice: "UefiTarget"
    uefi_target: "/0x31/0x33/0x01/0x01"
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Set one-time boot device to BootNext target of "Boot0001"
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: SetOneTimeBoot
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2
    bootdevice: "UefiBootNext"
    boot_next: "Boot0001"
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Set persistent boot device override
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: EnableContinuousBootOverride
    resource_id: 437XR1138R2
    bootdevice: "{{ bootdevice }}"
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Set one-time boot to BiosSetup
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: SetOneTimeBoot
    bootnext: BiosSetup
    boot_override_mode: Legacy
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Disable persistent boot device override
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Systems
    command: DisableBootOverride

- name: Add user
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: AddUser
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    new_username: "{{ new_username }}"
    new_password: "{{ new_password }}"
    roleid: "{{ roleid }}"

- name: Add user using new option aliases
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: AddUser
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"
    account_password: "{{ account_password }}"
    account_roleid: "{{ account_roleid }}"

- name: Delete user
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: DeleteUser
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"

- name: Disable user
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: DisableUser
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"

- name: Enable user
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: EnableUser
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"

- name: Add and enable user
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: AddUser,EnableUser
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    new_username: "{{ new_username }}"
    new_password: "{{ new_password }}"
    roleid: "{{ roleid }}"

- name: Update user password
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: UpdateUserPassword
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"
    account_password: "{{ account_password }}"

- name: Update user role
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: UpdateUserRole
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"
    roleid: "{{ roleid }}"

- name: Update user name
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: UpdateUserName
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"
    account_updatename: "{{ account_updatename }}"

- name: Update user name
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: UpdateUserName
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_username: "{{ account_username }}"
    update_username: "{{ update_username }}"

- name: Update AccountService properties
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Accounts
    command: UpdateAccountServiceProperties
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    account_properties:
      AccountLockoutThreshold: 5
      AccountLockoutDuration: 600

- name: Clear Manager Logs with a timeout of 20 seconds
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: ClearLogs
    resource_id: BMC
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    timeout: 20

- name: Create session
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Sessions
    command: CreateSession
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
  register: result

- name: Set chassis indicator LED to blink using security token for auth
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Chassis
    command: IndicatorLedBlink
    resource_id: 1U
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    auth_token: "{{ result.session.token }}"

- name: Delete session using security token created by CreateSesssion above
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Sessions
    command: DeleteSession
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    auth_token: "{{ result.session.token }}"
    session_uri: "{{ result.session.uri }}"

- name: Clear Sessions
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Sessions
    command: ClearSessions
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Simple update
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Update
    command: SimpleUpdate
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    update_image_uri: https://example.com/myupdate.img

- name: Simple update with additional options
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Update
    command: SimpleUpdate
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    update_image_uri: //example.com/myupdate.img
    update_protocol: FTP
    update_targets:
      - /redfish/v1/UpdateService/FirmwareInventory/BMC
    update_creds:
      username: operator
      password: supersecretpwd

- name: Insert Virtual Media
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaInsert
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    virtual_media:
      image_url: 'http://example.com/images/SomeLinux-current.iso'
      media_types:
        - CD
        - DVD
    resource_id: BMC

- name: Eject Virtual Media
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: VirtualMediaEject
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    virtual_media:
      image_url: 'http://example.com/images/SomeLinux-current.iso'
    resource_id: BMC

- name: Restart manager power gracefully
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: GracefulRestart
    resource_id: BMC
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

- name: Restart manager power gracefully
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: PowerGracefulRestart
    resource_id: BMC

- name: Turn manager power off
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: PowerForceOff
    resource_id: BMC

- name: Restart manager power forcefully
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: PowerForceRestart
    resource_id: BMC

- name: Shutdown manager power gracefully
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: PowerGracefulShutdown
    resource_id: BMC

- name: Turn manager power on
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: PowerOn
    resource_id: BMC

- name: Reboot manager power
  community.general.redfish_command:
    category: Manager
    command: PowerReboot
    resource_id: BMC

Return Values

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

Authors

• Jose Delarosa (@jose-delarosa)