Puppet ipmi Module

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Description
3. Usage
   • Example
   • Classes
4. Limitations
   • Tested Platforms
5. Versioning
6. Support
7. See Also

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

Example

    include ipmi

Classes

ipmi

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

service_ensure

String defaults to: running

Possible values: running, stopped

Controls the state of the ipmi service.

ipmievd_service_ensure

String defaults to: stopped

Possible values: running', stopped`

Controls the state of the ipmievd service.

Limitations

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

Tested Platforms

• el5.x
• el6.x
• el7.x

Versioning

This module is versioned according to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 specification.

Support

Please log tickets and issues at github

See Also

• OpenIPMI