wakeonlan – Send a magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packet¶
Parameters¶
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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