community.general.hponcfg – Configure HP iLO interface using hponcfg

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

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.hponcfg.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples

Synopsis

This modules configures the HP iLO interface using hponcfg.

Requirements

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

hponcfg tool

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
executable string	Default: "hponcfg"	Path to the hponcfg executable (`hponcfg` which uses $PATH).
minfw string		The minimum firmware level needed.
path string / required		The XML file as accepted by hponcfg. aliases: src
verbose boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Run hponcfg in verbose mode (-v).

Notes

Note

You need a working hponcfg on the target system.

Examples

- name: Example hponcfg configuration XML
  ansible.builtin.copy:
    content: |
      <ribcl VERSION="2.0">
        <login USER_LOGIN="user" PASSWORD="password">
          <rib_info MODE="WRITE">
            <mod_global_settings>
              <session_timeout value="0"/>
              <ssh_status value="Y"/>
              <ssh_port value="22"/>
              <serial_cli_status value="3"/>
              <serial_cli_speed value="5"/>
            </mod_global_settings>
          </rib_info>
        </login>
      </ribcl>
    dest: /tmp/enable-ssh.xml

- name: Configure HP iLO using enable-ssh.xml
  community.general.hponcfg:
    src: /tmp/enable-ssh.xml

- name: Configure HP iLO on VMware ESXi hypervisor
  community.general.hponcfg:
    src: /tmp/enable-ssh.xml
    executable: /opt/hp/tools/hponcfg

Authors

Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/hponcfg_module.html