community.general.lxca_cmms – Custom module for lxca cmms inventory utility

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.lxca_cmms.

Synopsis

  • This module returns/displays a inventory details of cmms

Requirements

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

  • pylxca

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_url
string / required
lxca https full web address
chassis
string
uuid of chassis, this is string with length greater than 16.
command_options
string
    Choices:
  • cmms ←
  • cmms_by_uuid
  • cmms_by_chassis_uuid
options to filter nodes information
login_password
string / required
The password for use in HTTP basic authentication.
login_user
string / required
The username for use in HTTP basic authentication.
uuid
string
uuid of device, this is string with length greater than 16.

Notes

Note

Examples

# get all cmms info
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_cmms:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"

# get specific cmms info by uuid
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_cmms:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    uuid: "3C737AA5E31640CE949B10C129A8B01F"
    command_options: cmms_by_uuid

# get specific cmms info by chassis uuid
- name: Get nodes data from LXCA
  community.general.lxca_cmms:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    chassis: "3C737AA5E31640CE949B10C129A8B01F"
    command_options: cmms_by_chassis_uuid

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
result
dictionary
success
cmms detail from lxca

Sample:
{'cmmList': [{'machineType': '', 'model': '', 'type': 'CMM', 'uuid': '118D2C88C8FD11E4947B6EAE8B4BDCDF'}, {'machineType': '', 'model': '', 'type': 'CMM', 'uuid': '223D2C88C8FD11E4947B6EAE8B4BDCDF'}]}


Authors

  • Naval Patel (@navalkp)
  • Prashant Bhosale (@prabhosa)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/lxca_cmms_module.html