Puppet module to manage IPMI
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README.md

ipmi

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description
  3. Setup
  4. Usage
  5. Reference
  6. Limitations
  7. Development
  8. License

Overview

The ipmi module provide a simple way to install IPMI service on a machine. You also can configure user and device.

Module Description

The module install all needed packages and load the modules to be able to manage the BMC with a Debian family system.

Setup

What IPMI affects

  • Package for IPMI
  • Kernel modules at boot time

Beginning with IPMI

To begin using ipmi with default parameters, declare the main class with:

include ipmi

for upgrading, you may wish to include an additional section here: Upgrading (For an example, see http://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/firewall).

Usage

Put the classes, types, and resources for customizing, configuring, and doing the fancy stuff with your module here.

Reference

Classes

  • ipmi: Main class, load all subclasses to install and configure IPMI.

Defined types

  • ipmi::ressource::channel: Manage IPMI's channel configuration (only lan right now).
ipmi::ressource::channel { '1':
  ipaddr  => '192.168.100.1',
  netmask => '255.255.255.0',
}
  • ipmi::ressource::user: Manage IPMI's user (can't create a new one):
ipmi::ressource::user { 'admin':
  password => 'my_new_password',
}

Parameters

ipmi

  • pkg_ensure: What to set the packages to. Can be 'present', 'absent' or 'version'. Defaults to 'present'.
  • pkg_name: The list of packages. Can be an array [ 'ipmitool', 'openipmi' ].
  • modules_list: The modules list to load at boot time.
  • modules_file_path: The configuration file will contain the modules list. Defaults to '/etc/modules-load.d/ipmi.conf'.
  • modules_file_content: Template file to use to generate the previous configuration file. Defaults to 'ipmi/ipmi_modules.conf.erb'.
  • needed_module_name: The module it's necessary to load one time to be able to use ipmi devices.

Limitations

This module will work only on Debian 7.x versions and maybe on Debian 8.x (to test).

Development

Free to send contributions, fork it, ...

License

WTFPL (http://wtfpl.org/)