community.general.ilo_redfish_config module – Sets or updates configuration attributes on HPE iLO with Redfish OEM extensions

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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.ilo_redfish_config.

New in community.general 4.2.0

Synopsis

  • Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to iLO to set or update a configuration attribute.

  • For use with HPE iLO operations that require Redfish OEM extensions.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

attribute_name

string / required

Name of the attribute to be configured.

attribute_value

string

Value of the attribute to be configured.

auth_token

string

Security token for authenticating to iLO.

baseuri

string / required

Base URI of iLO.

category

string / required

Command category to execute on iLO.

Choices:

  • "Manager"

command

list / elements=string / required

List of commands to execute on iLO.

password

string

Password for authenticating to iLO.

timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds for HTTP requests to iLO.

Default: 10

username

string

Username for authenticating to iLO.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

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

diff_mode

Support: none

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

Examples

- name: Disable WINS Registration
  community.general.ilo_redfish_config:
    category: Manager
    command: SetWINSReg
    baseuri: 15.X.X.X
    username: Admin
    password: Testpass123
    attribute_name: WINSRegistration

- name: Set Time Zone
  community.general.ilo_redfish_config:
    category: Manager
    command: SetTimeZone
    baseuri: 15.X.X.X
    username: Admin
    password: Testpass123
    attribute_name: TimeZone
    attribute_value: Chennai

- name: Set NTP Servers
  community.general.ilo_redfish_config:
    category: Manager
    command: SetNTPServers
    baseuri: 15.X.X.X
    username: Admin
    password: Testpass123
    attribute_name: StaticNTPServers
    attribute_value: X.X.X.X

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

string

Message with action result or error description

Returned: always

Sample: "Action was successful"

Authors

  • Bhavya B (@bhavya06)