Ansible Role: Lenovo LXCA Inventory

This Ansible Role collects inventory data from managed devices using Lenovo xClarity Administrator.

Requirements

• Ansible version 2.4.2 or newer (Ansible installation guide)

• Python Client for Lenovo xClarity Administrator (LXCA Python Client v2.5.0)

  You can install it with:

  pip install pylxca
  

Role Variables

Here are the available variables with their descriptions:

Supported Tags

Here are the tags you can use with their descriptions:

Dependencies

You need to be connected to the Lenovo xClarity Administrator.

Example Playbook

To run an Ansible playbook, use this command:

ansible-playbook -e "lxca_user=<username> lxca_password=<password> lxca_url=https://<lxca-ip>" inventory.yml -vvvv

The -vvvv option is for verbose output, which helps you see what’s happening during the playbook run.

Here’s an example task in the playbook to get node data from LXCA:

    - name: Get nodes data from LXCA
      hosts: localhost
      connection: local
      tasks:
        - name: Get nodes
          pylxca_module:
          login_user: "{{ lxca_user }}"
          login_password: "{{ lxca_password }}"
          auth_url: "{{ lxca_url }}"
          command_options: nodes
          register: rslt
          tags:
            - nodes