The OpenBMC project can be described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices that have a BMC; typically, but not limited to, things like servers, top of rack switches or RAID appliances. The OpenBMC stack uses technologies such as Yocto, OpenEmbedded, systemd, and D-Bus to allow easy customization for your server platform.
- Ubuntu 14.04
sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libsdl1.2-dev texinfo gawk chrpath diffstat
- Fedora 28
sudo dnf install -y git patch diffstat texinfo chrpath SDL-devel bitbake \
rpcgen perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum
sudo dnf groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"
git clone git@github.com:openbmc/openbmc.git
cd openbmc
Any build requires an environment variable known as TEMPLATECONF to be set
to a hardware target.
You can see all of the known targets with
find meta-* -name local.conf.sample. Choose the hardware target and
then move to the next step. Additional examples can be found in the
OpenBMC Cheatsheet
| Machine | TEMPLATECONF |
|---|---|
| Palmetto | meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf |
| Zaius | meta-ingrasys/meta-zaius/conf |
| Witherspoon | meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/conf |
| Romulus | meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf |
As an example target Palmetto
export TEMPLATECONF=meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf
. openbmc-env
bitbake obmc-phosphor-image
Additional details can be found in the docs repository.
Commits submitted by members of the OpenBMC GitHub community are compiled and
tested via our Jenkins server. Commits are run
through two levels of testing. At the repository level the makefile make check directive is run. At the system level, the commit is built into a
firmware image and run with an arm-softmmu QEMU model against a barrage of
CI tests.
Commits submitted by non-members do not automatically proceed through CI testing. After visual inspection of the commit, a CI run can be manually performed by the reviewer.
Automated testing against the QEMU model along with supported systems are performed. The OpenBMC project uses the Robot Framework for all automation. Our complete test repository can be found here.
Support of additional hardware and software packages is always welcome. Please follow the contributing guidelines when making a submission. It is expected that contributions contain test cases.
Issues are managed on GitHub. It is recommended you search through the issues before opening a new one.
Feature List
- Host management: Power, Cooling, LEDs, Inventory, Events, Watchdog
- Full IPMI 2.0 Compliance with DCMI
- Code Update Support for multiple BMC/BIOS images
- Web-based user interface
- REST interfaces
- D-Bus based interfaces
- SSH based SOL
- Remote KVM
- Hardware Simulation
- Automated Testing
Features In Progress
- OpenCompute Redfish Compliance
- User management
- Virtual media
- Verified Boot
Features Requested but need help
- OpenBMC performance monitoring
Dive deeper into OpenBMC by opening the docs repository.
- Mail: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/openbmc
- IRC: #openbmc on freenode.net
- Riot: #openbmc:matrix.org