Terraform Provider for Dell - Redfish Release Notes 1.4.0
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 | Current release of Terraform Provider 1.4.0 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
- Added NIC Server Resource and DataSource
- Added
system_idparameter to choose between different systems for Resources (Bios, Boot Order, Boot Source Override, System Power, Simple Update, Storage Volume, iDRAC Firmware Update, Virtual Media) and datasources (Storage Volume, Bios) - Authentication mechanism changed to Session-based from Basic.
Resources
- Bios - Read, Update
- Dell iDRAC Attributes - Read, Update
- System Power - Read, Update
- Simple Update - Read, Update
- Storage Volume - Create, Read, Update, Delete
- User Account - Create, Read, Update, Delete
- Virtual Media - Create, Read, Update, Delete
- Boot Order - Create, Read, Update
- Boot Source Override - Read, Update
- Manager Reset - Create, Read
- Certificate - Create, Read, Delete
- Lifecycle Controller Attributes - Read, Update
- System Attributes - Read, Update
- iDRAC Firmware Update - Update
- Server Configuration Profile - Read, Update
- User Password Update - Read, Update
- Server NIC
Data Sources
- Bios - Read
- Dell iDRAC Attributes - Read
- Firmware Inventory - Read
- Storage Volume - Read
- System Boot - Read
- Virtual Media - Read
Known Issues
| Issue | Description | Workaround |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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.