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Dell DRAC KVM Launcher

Fed up of logging into the DRAC web interface just to launch a KVM session? This simple Go program should help ease the pain.

$ drac-kvm --help
Usage of drac-kvm
  -h, --host="some.hostname.com": The DRAC host (or IP)
  -j, --javaws="/usr/bin/javaws": The path to javaws binary
  -p, --password=false: Prompt for password (optional, will use 'calvin' if not present)
  -u, --username="": The DRAC username
  -v, --version=-1: iDRAC version (6 or 7) (supermicro ikvm as 1)

# Example using default dell credentials (root/calvin)
$ drac-kvm -h 10.25.1.100
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iDRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.25.1.100

# Example using custom credentials
$ drac-kvm -h 10.25.1.100 -u bob -p
Password: **********
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.25.1.100

This has been tested on the following Dell servers:

  • 11th Generation (eg: Dell R710 / iDRAC6)

  • 12th Generation (eg: Dell R720 / iDRAC7)

This has also been tested against a Supermicro based system:

  • X9DR7-LN4F motherboard with ATEN based iKVIM (3.19 fimrware)

It requires that you have java installed on your machine (specifically the javaws binary).

Installing (via Go)

If you already have Go configured on your system then you can just run the following to quickly install it:

$ go get github.com/paulmaddox/drac-kvm

Installing (pre built binaries)

If you don't have Go installed already on your system, then included in this repository are some prebuilt binaries:

Configuration file

You can create a configuration file

$ cat ~/.drackvmrc
# Override the hardcoded defaults for username and password.
# Useful if your environment has consistent usernames and
# passwords for the KVMs.
[defaults]
username = foo
password = bar

[192.168.0.42]
username = foo
password = bar

[web-1]
host = 10.33.0.1
username = root
password = password4root

[web-2]
host = 10.33.0.2
username = root

# Use IP, username and password from drackvmrc for this ip
$ drac-kvm -h 192.168.0.42
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 192.168.0.42

# Same for host alias web-1
$ drac-kvm -h web-1
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.33.0.1

# Specify -p option in order to do not use defaut password
$ drac-kvm -h web-2 -p
Password: **********
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.33.0.2

Credits

@jamesdotcuff's helpful blog post:

http://blog.jcuff.net/2013/10/fun-with-idrac.html