community.general.ocapi_info module – Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.6.9).

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.ocapi_info.

New in community.general 6.3.0

Synopsis

  • Builds OCAPI URIs locally and sends them to remote OOB controllers to get information back.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

baseuri

string / required

Base URI of OOB controller.

category

string / required

Category to execute on OOB controller.

command

string / required

Command to execute on OOB controller.

job_name

string

Name of job for fetching status.

password

string / required

Password for authenticating to OOB controller.

proxy_slot_number

integer

For proxied inband requests, the slot number of the IOM. Only applies if baseuri is a proxy server.

timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller.

Default: 10

username

string / required

Username for authenticating to OOB controller.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

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.

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

Examples

- name: Get job status
  community.general.ocapi_info:
    category: Status
    command: JobStatus
    baseuri: "http://iom1.wdc.com"
    jobName: FirmwareUpdate
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

details

list / elements=string

Details of the relevant operation. Applies to command=JobStatus.

Returned: when supported

msg

string

Message with action result or error description.

Returned: always

Sample: "Action was successful"

operationHealth

string

Health of the operation. Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: "OK"

operationHealthId

string

Integer value for health of the operation (corresponds to operationHealth). Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: "OK"

operationStatus

string

Status of the relevant operation. Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: "Activate needed"

operationStatusId

integer

Integer value of status (corresponds to operationStatus). Applies to command=JobStatus. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: 65540

percentComplete

integer

Percent complete of the relevant operation. Applies to command=JobStatus.

Returned: when supported

Sample: 99

status

dictionary

Dictionary containing status information. See OCAPI documentation for details.

Returned: when supported

Sample: {"Details": ["None"], "Health": [{"ID": 5, "Name": "OK"}], "State": {"ID": 16, "Name": "In service"}}

Authors

  • Mike Moerk (@mikemoerk)