Terraform Provider for Dell - Redfish Release Notes 1.6.0
Contents
This release note contains supplemental information about Terraform Provider for Redfish.
- Revision History
- Product Description
- New Features & Enhancements
- Known issues
- Limitations
- Distribution
- Documentation
Revision History
The table in this section lists the revision history of this document.
| Revision | Date | History |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | September 2023 | Terraform Provider 1.0.0 for Redfish |
| 02 | December 2023 | Terraform Provider 1.1.0 for Redfish |
| 03 | March 2024 | Terraform Provider 1.2.0 for Redfish |
| 04 | May 2024 | Terraform Provider 1.3.0 for Redfish |
| 05 | July 2024 | Terraform Provider 1.4.0 for Redfish |
| 06 | October 2024 | Terraform Provider 1.5.0 for Redfish |
| 07 | April 2025 | Current release of Terraform Provider 1.6.0 for Redfish |
Product Description
The Terraform Provider for Dell Technologies (Dell) RedFish allows data center and IT administrators to use Hashicorp Terraform to automate and orchestrate the provisioning and management of PowerEdge servers.
New Features & Enhancements
- Qualified with iDRAC 17G Server(iDRAC10)
List of Resources and supported operations in Terraform Provider for Redfish
System Configuration and Management
- Bios - Read, Update
- Boot Order - Create, Read, Update
- Boot Source Override - Read, Update
- System Attributes - Read, Update
Authentication and Security
- Certificate - Create, Read, Delete
- Directory Service Auth Provider - Read, Update
- Directory Service Auth Provider Certificate - Read, Update
- User Account - Create, Read, Update, Delete
- User Account Password - Create, Read, Update, Delete
Firmware and Updates
- Simple Update - Read, Update
- iDRAC Firmware Update - Update
Dell iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller (LC) Management
- iDRAC Attributes - Read, Update
- Lifecycle Controller Attributes - Read, Update
- Server Configuration Profile Export - Read, Update
- Server Configuration Profile Import - Read, Update
Power and Reset Management:
- Power - Read, Update
- Manager reset - Create, Read
Networking
- Server NIC - Read, Update
Storage Management
- Storage Controller - Read, Update
- Storage Volume - Create, Read, Update, Delete
Virtual Media
- Virtual Media - Create, Read, Update, Delete
List of Data Sources and supported operations in Terraform Provider for Redfish
System Configuration and Management
- Bios - Read
- System Boot - Read
Authentication and Security
Firmware and Inventory
- Firmware Inventory - Read
Dell iDRAC Management
- iDRAC Attributes - Read
Networking
- Server NIC - Read
Storage Management
- Storage - Read
- Storage Controller - Read
Virtual Media
- Virtual Media - Read
Known Issues
| S.No. | Issue | Description | Workaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Output is not displayed on console in datasource | Due to the presence of sensitive attribute (password) in the schema, the sensitive = true is added in output section of the data block due to which output is not displayed on console. |
Output can be checked in terraform state file. |
| 2. | The server details section in resources cannot be updated in a single scoop | In the current version, Terraform consistently relies on the state file for information during read refresh operations. This behavior is observed even if there have been changes to endpoint details, usernames, or passwords for a given rack. Users should be aware that, although updates can be made in the .tf file, Terraform will default to using the previously recorded details in the state file during any read refresh, whether it was initiated automatically or as a prerequisite to a planning operation. | Whenever server connection configuration requires update , user has to manually change the the server block values (user, password, endpoint and ssl_insecure flag) in corresponding state file directly. |
| 3. | Storage volume resource attribute “optimum_io_size_bytes” value is updated from the server in case it is not provided in the terraform config | “optimum_io_size_bytes” attribute of storage volume resource is optional and if it is not provided in the config (OR) if the value is given as null then during the subsequent run of ’terraform apply’ the system will show ‘update-in-place’ for “optimum_io_size_bytes” attribute as there is some default value set by the server. | User should update the config with the value shown in plan i.e with the value present in terraform state |
| 4. | controller_ids and controller_names are not accepting same controller details | controller_ids and controller_names are not accepting same controller details | No workaround as of now |
| 5. | SSO configuration is not supported by 17G | SSO configuration is not supported by 17G | |
| 6. | Schema configuration is not required for 17G as it support only standard schema | Schema configuration not required for 17G as it support only standard schema | No workaround as of now |
| 7. | ServiceAddresses can not be Configured using AccountService API, it can be configured only using iDRAC attributes OEM API for 17 Gen Active Directory | ServiceAddresses can not be Configured using AccountService API, it can be configured only using iDRAC attributes OEM API for 17 Gen Active Directory and LDAP | No workaround as of now |
| 8. | 17G Storage controller read-only properties should be greyed out in the UI and a PATCH call involving any of them should throw an error saying that these are read-only properties | 17G Storage controller read-only properties should be greyed out in the UI and a PATCH call involving any of them should throw an error saying that these are read-only properties | No workaround as of now |
Limitations
- Virtual Media attribute “write_protected” can only be configured as “true”.
Distribution
The software package is available for download from the Official Terraform Registry as well as from the Terraform Provider for Redfish GitHub page.