bios.md

title	linkTitle	page_title	subcategory	description
redfish_bios data source	redfish_bios	redfish_bios Data Source - terraform-provider-redfish		This Terraform datasource is used to query existing Bios configuration. The information fetched from this block can be further used for resource block.

redfish_bios (Data Source)

This Terraform datasource is used to query existing Bios configuration. The information fetched from this block can be further used for resource block.

Example Usage

variables.tf

/*
Copyright (c) 2021-2024 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/


Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/

variable "rack1" {
  type = map(object({
    user         = string
    password     = string
    endpoint     = string
    ssl_insecure = bool
  }))
}

terraform.tfvars

/*
Copyright (c) 2023 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/


Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/

rack1 = {
  "my-server-1" = {
    user         = "admin"
    password     = "passw0rd"
    endpoint     = "https://my-server-1.myawesomecompany.org"
    ssl_insecure = true
  },
  "my-server-2" = {
    user         = "admin"
    password     = "passw0rd"
    endpoint     = "https://my-server-2.myawesomecompany.org"
    ssl_insecure = true
  },
}

provider.tf

/*
Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/


Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/

terraform {
  required_providers {
    redfish = {
      version = "1.3.0"
      source  = "registry.terraform.io/dell/redfish"
    }
  }
}

main.tf

/*
Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/


Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/

data "redfish_bios" "bios" {
  for_each = var.rack1

  redfish_server {
    user         = each.value.user
    password     = each.value.password
    endpoint     = each.value.endpoint
    ssl_insecure = each.value.ssl_insecure
  }
}

output "bios_attributes" {
  value     = data.redfish_bios.bios
  sensitive = true
}

After the successful execution of the above data block, we can see the output in the state file.

Schema

Optional

• redfish_server (Block List) List of server BMCs and their respective user credentials (see below for nested schema)

Read-Only

• attributes (Map of String) BIOS attributes.
• id (String) ID of the BIOS data-source
• odata_id (String) OData ID of the BIOS data-source

Nested Schema for redfish_server

Required:

• endpoint (String) Server BMC IP address or hostname

Optional:

• password (String, Sensitive) User password for login
• ssl_insecure (Boolean) This field indicates whether the SSL/TLS certificate must be verified or not
• user (String) User name for login