redfish-esxi-os-installer

Support vendor

• HPE Redfish API implementation on HPE servers with iLO RESTful API technical white paper
• Dell Support for Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules
• Lenovo Lenovo XClarity Controller Redfish REST API

Usage

install requirements tools

• curl
• make
• rsync
• genisoimage
• yq
• govc
• HTTP server, such as nginx
• NFS server

Config HTTP server

1. Copy VMware-VMvisor-Installer-xxx.iso ISO file to the HTTP server static file directory.

/usr/share/nginx/html/iso/
├── VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-14320388.x86_64.iso
├── VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0U2a-17867351.x86_64.iso
└── VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0U3d-19482537.x86_64.iso

Config NFS server (option)

Config NFS /etc/exports shared directories for Jenkins Job

/usr/share/nginx/html	*(rw,anonuid=0,anongid=0,all_squash,sync)

filed config.yaml file

$ cp config-example.yaml config.yaml
$ vim config.yaml

config.yaml example

hosts:
- ipmi:
    vendor: lenovo                  # vendor name [dell, lenovo, hpe]
    address: 10.172.70.186          # IPMI address
    username: username              # IPMI username
    password: password              # IPMI password
  esxi:
    esxi_disk: ThinkSystem M.2      # ESXi os disk model or WWN ID
    password: password              # ESXi root user password
    address: 10.172.69.86           # ESXi Management Network IP address
    gateway: 10.172.64.1            # ESXi Management Network gateway
    netmask: 255.255.240.0          # ESXi Management Network netmask
    hostname: esxi-69-86            # ESXi hostname (option)
    mgtnic: vmnic4                  # ESXi vSwitch0's nic device, can be set to vmnic name or mac address

- ipmi:
    vendor: dell
    address: 10.172.18.191
    username: username
    password: password
  esxi:
    esxi_disk: DELLBOSS VD
    password: password
    address: 10.172.18.95
    gateway: 10.172.16.1
    netmask: 255.255.240.0
    mgtnic: B9:96:91:A7:3F:D6

generate ansible inventory file

Make sure has installed yq command, and just run make inventory command. After that, it will generate an ansible inventory file inventory.ini.

[hpe]
10.172.18.191 username=username password=password esxi_address=10.172.18.95 esxi_password=password

[dell]
10.172.18.192 username=username password=password esxi_address=10.172.18.96 esxi_password=password

[lenovo]
10.172.18.193 username=username password=password esxi_address=10.172.18.97 esxi_password=password

[all:children]
hpe
dell
lenovo

Precheck redfish login

make pre-check

build ESXi ISO

make build-iso

mount-iso

reboot

post-check

Jenkins Job

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