Redfish cheat sheet

This document is intended to provide a set of Redfish client commands for OpenBMC usage. (Using CURL commands)

Query Root

$ export bmc=xx.xx.xx.xx
$ curl -b cjar -k https://${bmc}/redfish/v1

Establish Redfish connection session

  • Method 1

    $ export bmc=xx.xx.xx.xx
$ curl --insecure -X POST -D headers.txt https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/SessionService/Sessions -d    '{"UserName":"root", "Password":"0penBmc"}'

    A file, headers.txt, will be created. Find the "X-Auth-Token" in that file. Save it away in an env variable like so:

    export bmc_token=<token>

  • Method 2

    $ export bmc=xx.xx.xx.xx
$ export token=`curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://${bmc}/login -d '{"username" :  "root", "password" :  "0penBmc"}' | grep token | awk '{print $2;}' | tr -d '"'`
$ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/...

    Note: Method 2 is used in this document.

View Redfish Objects

$ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X GET https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Chassis
$ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X GET https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Managers
$ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X GET https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems

Host power

  • Host soft power off:
    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system/Actions/ComputerSystem.Reset -d '{"ResetType": "GracefulShutdown"}'
  • Host hard power off:
    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system/Actions/ComputerSystem.Reset -d '{"ResetType": "ForceOff"}'
  • Host power on:
    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system/Actions/ComputerSystem.Reset -d '{"ResetType": "On"}'
  • Reboot Host:
    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system/Actions/ComputerSystem.Reset -d '{"ResetType": "GracefulRestart"}'

Log entry

  • Display logging entries:
    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X GET https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system/LogServices/EventLog/Entries
  • Delete logging entries:
    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system/LogServices/EventLog/Actions/LogService.Reset

Firmware ApplyTime:

$ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X PATCH -d '{ "ApplyTime":"Immediate"}' https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/UpdateService

or

$ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X PATCH -d '{ "ApplyTime":"OnReset"}' https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/UpdateService

Firmware update

  • Firmware update: Note the <image file path> must be a tarball.

    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" -X POST -T <image file path> https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/UpdateService

  • TFTP Firmware update using TransferProtocol: Note: The <image file path> contains the address of the TFTP service: xx.xx.xx.xx/obmc-phosphor-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxx.static.mtd.tar

    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/UpdateService/Actions/UpdateService.SimpleUpdate -d '{"TransferProtocol":"TFTP","ImageURI":"<image file path>"}'

  • TFTP Firmware update with protocol in ImageURI:

    $ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/UpdateService/Actions/UpdateService.SimpleUpdate -d '{"ImageURI":"tftp://<image file path>"}'

Update "root" password

Change password to "0penBmc1":

$ curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X PATCH -d '{"Password": "0penBmc1"}' https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/AccountService/Accounts/root