Ansible Role: Lenovo LXCA Inventory

Ansible Role to collect get inventory data of managed elements from Lenovo xClarity Administratr.

Requirements

• Ansible version 2.4.2 or later (Ansible installation documentation)

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

  pip install pylxca

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with description:

Supported Tags

Supported tags are listed below, along with description:

Dependencies

Connectivity with Lenovo xClarity Administrator.

Example Playbook

To execute an Ansible playbook, use the following command:

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

-vvv is an optional verbos command that helps identify what is happening during playbook execution.

- 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