Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules Version 3.0.0 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Modules for iDRAC
- How OpenManage Ansible Modules work with iDRAC
- Running your first iDRAC Playbook
- Updating Firmware
- Configuring PowerEdge Servers
- Deploying operating system
- Server Inventory
- Server administration tasks
- Storage controller
- Modules for OpenManage Enterprise (OME)
- Modules for Redfish APIs
- Deprecated modules
- Deprecated iDRAC modules
- Install firmware
- View Lifecycle Controller status
- Export or Import Server Configuration Profile
- Configure time zone and NTP on iDRAC
- Configure iDRAC network
- Configure BIOS
- Configure iDRAC users
- Configure RAID
- Configure syslog
- Boot to a network ISO image
- Reset iDRAC
- View Lifecycle controller job status
- Export LC logs
- Delete LC job
- Delete LC job queue
- Deprecated OpenManage Enterprise (OME) modules
- Deprecated iDRAC modules
- Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site
scp_file: "exported_scp_filename"
export_format: "JSON"
job_wait: False
Configuring iDRAC
Following are the modules responsible for configuring specific iDRAC attributes.
● Configure iDRAC users
● Configure iDRAC timezone
● Configure iDRAC eventing
● Configure iDRAC services
● Configure iDRAC network
Configure iDRAC users
Module: idrac_user
Synopsis
This module allows to perform the following:
● Add a new user account
● Edit a user account
● Enable or disable a user account
Check_mode support: Yes
Options
Table 7. idrac_user
Parameter/aliases Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_ip True NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_user True NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_password/
idrac_pwd
True NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port False 443 NA iDRAC port
state False NA Present, or Absent
● Select C(present) to create or modify
a user account.
● Select C(absent) to remove a user
account.
user_name False NA NA
Provide the user name of the account to
be created, deleted, or modified.
user_password False NA NA
Provide a password for the newly created
user. The password can be changed when
the user account is modified.
To ensure security, the password must
be at least eight characters long
and must contain lowercase and upper-
case characters, numbers, and special
characters.
new_user_name False NA NA
Provide a user name for the account to be
modified.
privilege False NA
● NoAccess
● Readonly
Following are the role based privileges:
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