hpilo_boot – Boot system using specific media through HP iLO interface¶
Synopsis¶
- This module boots a system through its HP iLO interface. The boot media can be one of: cdrom, floppy, hdd, network or usb.
- This module requires the hpilo python module.
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- To use a USB key image you need to specify floppy as boot media.
- This module ought to be run from a system that can access the HP iLO interface directly, either by using local_actionor usingdelegate_to.
Examples¶
- name: Task to boot a system using an ISO from an HP iLO interface only if the system is an HP server
  hpilo_boot:
    host: YOUR_ILO_ADDRESS
    login: YOUR_ILO_LOGIN
    password: YOUR_ILO_PASSWORD
    media: cdrom
    image: http://some-web-server/iso/boot.iso
  when: cmdb_hwmodel.startswith('HP ')
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Power off a server
  hpilo_boot:
    host: YOUR_ILO_HOST
    login: YOUR_ILO_LOGIN
    password: YOUR_ILO_PASSWORD
    state: poweroff
  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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