playbook-redfish02.yaml

---
- name: A playbook to demo automating against RedFish APIs using community.general collection
  hosts: redfish    # group name
  connection: local      # we need to run HTTP(s) to talk to the RedFish APIs
  gather_facts: true

  collections:
  - community.general      # to update / install, "ansible-galaxy collection install community.general"

  tasks:

    - name: Get CPU inventory
      community.general.redfish_info:
        category: Systems
        command: GetCpuInventory
        baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"      # baseurl of OOB controller
        username: "{{ username }}"    # un of OOB controller
        password: "{{ password }}"    # pw of OOB controller
      register: result

    - name: Display the _info we just collected
      debug:
        var: result.redfish_facts.cpu.entries

    - name: Write the info we just collected to a file
      copy:
        content: "{{ result.redfish_facts.cpu.entries }}"
        dest: outputfile.json

    - name: Restart system power gracefully
      community.general.redfish_command:
        category: Systems
        command: PowerGracefulRestart
        baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"