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IPMI

This is a wrapper to conveniently use ipmi.

Config​

Config is expected to be at /opt/ipmi-conf.json within the container. You could inherit from this image or overload it using Kubernetes config maps.

Usage​

We recommend setting aliases for ipmi and ipmitool to be executed within the container

alias ipmitool='podman run -it --privileged -v /dev/:/dev/ --rm a_registry/ipmitool'
alias ipmi='podman run -it --privileged -v /dev/:/dev/ --entrypoint=/bin/ipmi --rm a_registry/ipmitool'
Usage: ipmi"
  -h, --help      Display usage instructions"
  -r, --restart   Cycle server with given name"
  -x, --reset     Reset server with given name"
  -s, --sol       Start SOl for server with given name"
  -p, --power     Query power state for server with given name"
  -d, --down      Stop server with given name"
  -u, --up        Start server with given name"

ipmitool is also available within the container and can be used accordingly.

Examples​

  1. built-in ipmi command
# hard reboot server
ipmi -x example
# power up server
ipmi -u example
  1. standard ipmitool command
# set bootdevice to pxe
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 1.2.3.4 -U admin -P adminpassword chassis bootdev pxe

# graceful power cycle
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 1.2.3.4 -U admin -P adminpassword chassis power cycle