Mock IPMI with Virtualbox

This project mock ipmi power on/off/cycle in local Virtualbox/Vagrant environment.

Prerequisite

On your host, you need:

• Virtualbox
• Vagrant

How to use

Install ipmi-server-mock component:

$ curl -L https://github.com/harobed/ipmi_mock_with_virtualbox/releases/download/master/ipmi-mock-server_darwin-amd64 > ipmi-mock-server
$ chmod u+x ipmi-mock-server

Set IP / Vagrant server name relation in config file:

$ cat ipmi-config.txt
192.168.0.11 server1
192.168.0.12 server2

Start ipmi-server-mock:

$ CONFIG_FILE=ipmi-config.txt ./ipmi-mock-server
2018/06/05 10:09:47 Load ipmi-config.txt config file
2018/06/05 10:09:47 Listen on 0.0.0.0:41000

Execute ipmitool command in pxe_server:

$ vagrant up pxe_server
$ vagrant ssh pxe_server
$ curl -L https://github.com/harobed/ipmi_mock_with_virtualbox/releases/download/master/ipmitool_linux-amd64 > ipmitool
$ chmod u+x ./ipmitool
$ export IPMI_MOCK_CONFIG_ADDRESS=10.0.2.2:41000
$ ./ipmitool -H 192.168.0.11 power on

How to hack ipmi_mock?

See ipmi_mock/README.md.