Puppet ipmi Module

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Description
3. Usage
4. Limitations
   • Tested Platforms
5. Support

Overview

Manages the OpenIPMI package

Description

Installs the OpemIPMI package and enables the ipmi service. This loads the kernel drivers needed for communicating with the BMC from user space.

Usage

Basic

    include ipmi

Parameters

• service_ensure

String. Possible values: 'running', 'stopped'

Controls the state of the ipmi service.

Default: 'running'

• ipmievd_service_ensure

String. Possible values: 'running', 'stopped'

Controls the state of the ipmievd service.

Default: 'stopped'

    class { 'ipmi':
      service_ensure         => 'running', # default is 'running'
      ipmievd_service_ensure => 'running', # default is 'stopped'
    }

Limitations

At present, only support for $::osfamily == 'RedHat' has been implimented. Adding other Linux distrubtions should be trivial.

Tested on

• el5.x
• el6.x

Support

Please log tickets and issues at github