dellemc.openmanage.ome_inventory inventory – Group inventory plugin on OpenManage Enterprise.

Note

This inventory plugin is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 8.5.0).

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.openmanage. You need further requirements to be able to use this inventory plugin, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.ome_inventory.

New in dellemc.openmanage 7.1.0

Synopsis

  • This plugin allows to retrieve inventory hosts from groups on OpenManage Enterprise.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this inventory.

  • python >= 3.9.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ca_path

path

The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) file that contains a CA certificate to be used for the validation.

group_vars

dictionary

To include group variables in the inventory source.

host_vars

dictionary

To include host related variables in the inventory source.

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable OME_HOSTNAME will be used instead.

Configuration:

ome_group_name

string

Group name.

password

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable OME_PASSWORD will be used instead.

Configuration:

port

integer

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable OME_PORT will be used instead.

Default: 443

timeout

integer

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

username

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable OME_USERNAME will be used instead.

Configuration:

validate_certs

boolean

If false, the SSL certificates will not be validated.

Configure false only on personally controlled sites where self-signed certificates are used.

Prior to collection version 5.0.0, the validate_certs is false by default.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • Run this plugin on a system that has direct access to Dell OpenManage Enterprise.

Authors

  • Felix Stephen (@felixs88)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.