ipmi_remote.yml

# Configuration file for ipmi_exporter

# This is an example config for scraping remote hosts via IPMI.
# Information required to access remote IPMI interfaces can be supplied in the
# 'modules' section. A scrape can request the usage of a given config by
# setting the `module` URL parameter.

modules:
        default:
                # These settings are used if no module is specified, the
                # specified module doesn't exist, or of course if
                # module=default is specified.
                user: "default_user"
                pass: "example_pw"
                # The below settings correspond to driver-type, privilege-level, and
                # session-timeout respectively, see `man 5 freeipmi.conf` (and e.g.
                # `man 8 ipmi-sensors` for a list of driver types).
                driver: "LAN_2_0"
                privilege: "user"
                # The session timeout is in milliseconds. Note that a scrape can take up
                # to (session-timeout * #-of-collectors) milliseconds, so set the scrape
                # timeout in Prometheus accordingly.
                # Must be larger than the retransmission timeout, which defaults to 1000.
                timeout: 10000
                # Available collectors are bmc, ipmi, chassis, dcmi, sel, and sm-lan-mode
                # If _not_ specified, bmc, ipmi, chassis, and dcmi are used
                collectors:
                - bmc
                - ipmi
                - chassis
                # Got any sensors you don't care about? Add them here.
                exclude_sensor_ids:
                - 2
                - 29
                - 32
                - 50
                - 52
                - 55
        dcmi:
                # Use these settings when scraped with module=dcmi.
                user: "admin_user"
                pass: "another_pw"
                privilege: "admin"
                driver: "LAN_2_0"
                collectors:
                - dcmi
        thatspecialhost:
                # Use these settings when scraped with module=thatspecialhost.
                user: "some_user"
                pass: "secret_pw"
                privilege: "admin"
                driver: "LAN"
                collectors:
                - ipmi
                - sel
                # Need any special workaround flags set? Add them here.
                # Workaround flags might be needed to address issues with specific vendor implementations
                # e.g. https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/freeipmi-faq.html#Why-is-the-output-from-FreeIPMI-different-than-another-software_003f
                # For a full list of flags, refer to:
                # https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/manpages/man8/ipmi-sensors.8.html#lbAL
                workaround_flags:
                - discretereading
                # If you require additional command line arguments (e.g. --bridge-sensors for ipmimonitoring),
                # you can specify them per collector - BE CAREFUL, you can easily break the exporter with this!
                custom_args:
                        ipmi:
                        - "--bridge-sensors"
        advanced:
                # Use these settings when scraped with module=advanced.
                user: "some_user"
                pass: "secret_pw"
                privilege: "admin"
                driver: "LAN"
                collectors:
                - ipmi
                - sel
                # USING ANY OF THE BELOW VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY! YOU MAY GET BITTEN BY SHARKS!
                # You can override the command to be executed for a collector. Paired with
                # custom_args, this can be used to e.g. execute the IPMI tools with sudo:
                collector_cmd:
                        ipmi: sudo
                        sel: sudo
                custom_args:
                        ipmi:
                        - "ipmimonitoring"
                        sel:
                        - "ipmi-sel"