imc_rest: Increase default timeout, add elapsed time (#26743)

The IMC interface can be quite slow depending on the XML fragments used.
So we increase the default timeout to 60 seconds, and return the elapsed
time so it is easier to determine what timeout value makes sense from
earlier runs.

We also renamed **imc_xml** to **imc_rest**, now that we still can.

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ files:
   $modules/packaging/os/zypper_repository.py: matze robinro
   $modules/remote_management/foreman/: ehelms
   $modules/remote_management/hpilo/: dagwieers haad
-  $modules/remote_management/imc/imc_xml.py: dagwieers
+  $modules/remote_management/imc/: dagwieers
   $modules/remote_management/ipmi/: cloudnull
   $modules/remote_management/stacki/stacki_host.py: bbyhuy bsanders
   $modules/remote_management/wakeonlan.py: dagwieers

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
   * purefa_pg
   * purefa_volume
 - imc
-  * imc_xml
+  * imc_rest
 - rundeck
   * rundeck_acl_policy
   * rundeck_project

lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/imc/imc_rest.py

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
 
 DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 ---
-module: imc_xml
+module: imc_rest
-short_description: Manage Cisco IMC hardware through its XML API
+short_description: Manage Cisco IMC hardware through its REST API
 description:
-- Provides direct access to the Cisco IMC XML API.
+- Provides direct access to the Cisco IMC REST API.
 - Perform any configuration changes and actions that the Cisco IMC supports.
-- More information about the IMC XML API is available from
+- More information about the IMC REST API is available from
   U(http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/api/3_0/b_Cisco_IMC_api_301.html)
 author:
 - Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ options:
   path:
     description:
     - Name of the absolute path of the filename that includes the body
-      of the http request being sent to the Cisco IMC XML API.
+      of the http request being sent to the Cisco IMC REST API.
     - Parameter C(path) is mutual exclusive with parameter C(content).
     aliases: [ src ]
   content:
     description:
     - When used instead of C(path), sets the content of the API requests directly.
     - This may be convenient to template simple requests, for anything complex use the M(template) module.
-    - You can add multiple IMC XML documents and they will be processed sequentially,
+    - You can collate multiple IMC XML fragments and they will be processed sequentially in a single stream,
       the Cisco IMC output is subsequently merged.
-    - Parameter C(path) is mutual exclusive with parameter C(content).
+    - Parameter C(content) is mutual exclusive with parameter C(path).
   protocol:
     description:
     - Connection protocol to use.
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ options:
   timeout:
     description:
     - The socket level timeout in seconds.
-    default: 30
+    - This is the time that every single connection (every fragment) can spend.
+      If this C(timeout) is reached, the module will fail with a
+      C(Connection failure) indicating that C(The read operation timed out).
+    default: 60
   validate_certs:
     description:
     - If C(no), SSL certificates will not be validated.
@@ -70,18 +73,20 @@ options:
     type: bool
     default: 'yes'
 notes:
-- The XML snippets don't need an authentication cookie, this is injected by the module automatically.
+- The XML fragments don't need an authentication cookie, this is injected by the module automatically.
 - The Cisco IMC XML output is being translated to JSON using the Cobra convention.
 - Any configConfMo change requested has a return status of 'modified', even if there was no actual change
   from the previous configuration. As a result, this module will always report a change on subsequent runs.
   In case this behaviour is fixed in a future update to Cisco IMC, this module will automatically adapt.
-- More information about the IMC XML API is available from
+- If you get a C(Connection failure) related to C(The read operation timed out) increase the C(timeout)
+  parameter. Some XML fragments can take longer than the default timeout.
+- More information about the IMC REST API is available from
   U(http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/api/3_0/b_Cisco_IMC_api_301.html)
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = r'''
 - name: Power down server
-  imc_xml:
+  imc_rest:
     hostname: '{{ imc_hostname }}'
     username: '{{ imc_username }}'
     password: '{{ imc_password }}'
@@ -92,12 +97,13 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
       </inConfig></configConfMo>
   delegate_to: localhost
 
-- name: Configure IMC using multiple XML documents
+- name: Configure IMC using multiple XML fragments
-  imc_xml:
+  imc_rest:
     hostname: '{{ imc_hostname }}'
     username: '{{ imc_username }}'
     password: '{{ imc_password }}'
     validate_certs: no
+    timeout: 120
     content: |
       <!-- Configure Serial-on-LAN -->
       <configConfMo><inConfig>
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
   delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: Enable PXE boot and power-cycle server
-  imc_xml:
+  imc_rest:
     hostname: '{{ imc_hostname }}'
     username: '{{ imc_username }}'
     password: '{{ imc_password }}'
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
   delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: Reconfigure IMC to boot from storage
-  imc_xml:
+  imc_rest:
     hostname: '{{ imc_host }}'
     username: '{{ imc_username }}'
     password: '{{ imc_password }}'
@@ -145,6 +151,35 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
         <lsbootStorage dn="sys/rack-unit-1/boot-policy/storage-read-write" access="read-write" order="1" type="storage"/>
       </inConfig></configConfMo>
   delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Add customer description to server
+  imc_rest:
+    hostname: '{{ imc_host }}'
+    username: '{{ imc_username }}'
+    password: '{{ imc_password }}'
+    validate_certs: no
+    content: |
+        <configConfMo><inConfig>
+          <computeRackUnit dn="sys/rack-unit-1" usrLbl="Customer Lab - POD{{ pod_id }} - {{ inventory_hostname_short }}"/>
+        </inConfig></configConfMo>
+    delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Disable HTTP and increase session timeout to max value 10800 secs
+  imc_rest:
+    hostname: '{{ imc_host }}'
+    username: '{{ imc_username }}'
+    password: '{{ imc_password }}'
+    validate_certs: no
+    timeout: 120
+    content: |
+        <configConfMo><inConfig>
+          <commHttp dn="sys/svc-ext/http-svc" adminState="disabled"/>
+        </inConfig></configConfMo>
+
+        <configConfMo><inConfig>
+          <commHttps dn="sys/svc-ext/https-svc" adminState="enabled" sessionTimeout="10800"/>
+        </inConfig></configConfMo>
+    delegate_to: localhost
 '''
 
 RETURN = r'''
@@ -163,10 +198,15 @@ aaLogin:
         "response": "yes"
     }
 configConfMo:
-  description: Cisco IMC XML output for any configConfMo XML snipets, translated to JSON using Cobra convention
+  description: Cisco IMC XML output for any configConfMo XML fragments, translated to JSON using Cobra convention
   returned: success
   type: dict
   sample: |
+elapsed:
+  description: Elapsed time in seconds
+  returned: always
+  type: int
+  sample: 31
 response:
   description: HTTP response message, including content length
   returned: always
@@ -219,6 +259,7 @@ output:
 '''
 
 import atexit
+import datetime
 import itertools
 import os
 
@@ -285,7 +326,7 @@ def main():
             content=dict(type='str'),
             path=dict(type='path', aliases=['config_file', 'src']),
             protocol=dict(type='str', default='https', choices=['http', 'https']),
-            timeout=dict(type='int', default=30),
+            timeout=dict(type='int', default=60),
             validate_certs=dict(type='bool', default=True),
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True,
@@ -315,11 +356,14 @@ def main():
         else:
             module.fail_json(msg='Cannot find/access path:\n%s' % path)
 
+    start = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+
     # Perform login first
     url = '%s://%s/nuova' % (protocol, hostname)
     data = '<aaaLogin inName="%s" inPassword="%s"/>' % (username, password)
     resp, auth = fetch_url(module, url, data=data, method='POST', timeout=timeout)
     if resp is None or auth['status'] != 200:
+        result['elapsed'] = (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - start).seconds
         module.fail_json(msg='Task failed with error %(status)s: %(msg)s' % auth, **result)
     result.update(imc_response(module, resp.read()))
 
@@ -353,6 +397,7 @@ def main():
         # Perform actual request
         resp, info = fetch_url(module, url, data=data, method='POST', timeout=timeout)
         if resp is None or info['status'] != 200:
+            result['elapsed'] = (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - start).seconds
             module.fail_json(msg='Task failed with error %(status)s: %(msg)s' % info, **result)
 
         # Merge results with previous results
@@ -368,6 +413,7 @@ def main():
         result['changed'] = ('modified' in results)
 
     # Report success
+    result['elapsed'] = (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - start).seconds
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':