community / community.general / 1.3.11 / module / idrac_firmware Firmware update from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS). Authors: Rajeev Arakkal (@rajeevarakkal)community.general.idrac_firmware (1.3.11) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==1.3.11
collections: - name: community.general version: 1.3.11
Update the Firmware by connecting to a network share (either CIFS or NFS) that contains a catalog of available updates.
Network share should contain a valid repository of Update Packages (DUPs) and a catalog file describing the DUPs.
All applicable updates contained in the repository are applied to the system.
This feature is available only with iDRAC Enterprise License.
--- - name: Update firmware from repository on a Network Share community.general.idrac_firmware: idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1" idrac_user: "user_name" idrac_password: "user_password" share_name: "192.168.0.0:/share" share_user: "share_user_name" share_password: "share_user_pwd" share_mnt: "/mnt/share" reboot: True job_wait: True catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"
reboot: default: false description: Whether to reboots after applying the updates or not. type: bool idrac_ip: description: iDRAC IP Address. required: true type: str job_wait: default: true description: Whether to wait for job completion or not. type: bool share_mnt: description: Local mount path of the network share with read-write permission for ansible user. This option is mandatory for Network Share. required: true type: str idrac_port: default: 443 description: iDRAC port. type: int idrac_user: description: iDRAC username. required: true type: str share_name: description: CIFS or NFS Network share. required: true type: str share_user: description: Network share user in the format 'user@domain' or 'domain\\user' if user is part of a domain else 'user'. This option is mandatory for CIFS Network Share. type: str idrac_password: aliases: - idrac_pwd description: iDRAC user password. required: true type: str share_password: aliases: - share_pwd description: Network share user password. This option is mandatory for CIFS Network Share. type: str catalog_file_name: default: Catalog.xml description: Catalog file name relative to the I(share_name). required: false type: str
msg: description: Over all firmware update status. returned: always sample: Successfully updated the firmware. type: str update_status: description: Firmware Update job and progress details from the iDRAC. returned: success sample: InstanceID: JID_XXXXXXXXXXXX JobStartTime: NA JobState: Completed Message: Job completed successfully. MessageId: REDXXX Name: Repository Update Status: Success type: dict