wakeonlan – Send a magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packet
New in version 2.2.
Synopsis
- The
wakeonlanmodule sends magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packets.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| broadcast - | Default: "255.255.255.255" | Network broadcast address to use for broadcasting magic Wake-on-LAN packet. |
| mac - / required | MAC address to send Wake-on-LAN broadcast packet for. | |
| port - | Default: 7 | UDP port to use for magic Wake-on-LAN packet. |
Notes
Note
- This module sends a magic packet, without knowing whether it worked
- Only works if the target system was properly configured for Wake-on-LAN (in the BIOS and/or the OS)
- Some BIOSes have a different (configurable) Wake-on-LAN boot order (i.e. PXE first).
See Also
See also
- win_wakeonlan – Send a magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packet
- The official documentation on the win_wakeonlan module.
Examples
- name: Send a magic Wake-on-LAN packet to 00:00:5E:00:53:66
wakeonlan:
mac: '00:00:5E:00:53:66'
broadcast: 192.0.2.23
delegate_to: localhost
- wakeonlan:
mac: 00:00:5E:00:53:66
port: 9
delegate_to: localhost
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
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