lxca_nodes – Custom module for lxca nodes inventory utility

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

This module returns/displays a inventory details of nodes

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 -		uuid of chassis, this is string with length greater than 16.
command_options -	Choices: nodes ← nodes_by_uuid nodes_by_chassis_uuid nodes_status_managed nodes_status_unmanaged	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 -		uuid of device, this is string with length greater than 16.

Notes

Note

Additional detail about pylxca can be found at https://github.com/lenovo/pylxca
Playbooks using these modules can be found at https://github.com/lenovo/ansible.lenovo-lxca
Check mode is not supported.

Examples

# get all nodes info
- name: get nodes data from LXCA
  lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    command_options: nodes

# get specific nodes info by uuid
- name: get nodes data from LXCA
  lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    uuid: "3C737AA5E31640CE949B10C129A8B01F"
    command_options: nodes_by_uuid

# get specific nodes info by chassis uuid
- name: get nodes data from LXCA
  lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    chassis: "3C737AA5E31640CE949B10C129A8B01F"
    command_options: nodes_by_chassis_uuid

# get managed nodes
- name: get nodes data from LXCA
  lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    command_options: nodes_status_managed

# get unmanaged nodes
- name: get nodes data from LXCA
  lxca_nodes:
    login_user: USERID
    login_password: Password
    auth_url: "https://10.243.15.168"
    command_options: nodes_status_unmanaged

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
result dictionary	always	nodes detail from lxca Sample: {'nodeList': [{'machineType': '6241', 'model': 'AC1', 'type': 'Rack-TowerServer', 'uuid': '118D2C88C8FD11E4947B6EAE8B4BDCDF'}, {'machineType': '8871', 'model': 'AC1', 'type': 'Rack-TowerServer', 'uuid': '223D2C88C8FD11E4947B6EAE8B4BDCDF'}]}

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

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

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/lxca_nodes_module.html