Redfish cheat sheet

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

Query Redfish Service Root

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

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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.

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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

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View sessions

curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/SessionService/Sessions

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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"}'

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BMC reboot

curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Managers/bmc/Actions/Manager.Reset -d '{"ResetType": "GracefulRestart"}'

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BMC factory reset

Proceed with caution:

curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X POST https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Managers/bmc/Actions/Manager.ResetToDefaults -d '{"ResetToDefaultsType": "ResetAll"}'

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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

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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

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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>"}'

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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

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BIOS firmware boot control

Enter into BIOS setup on boot

curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X PATCH https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system -d '{"Boot":{"BootSourceOverrideEnabled": "Continuous","BootSourceOverrideTarget": "BiosSetup"}}'

Fully boot

curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X PATCH https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system -d '{"Boot":{"BootSourceOverrideEnabled": "Disabled","BootSourceOverrideTarget": "None"}}'

Change Legacy/EFI selector (valid only if host is based on the x86 CPU)

curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -X PATCH https://${bmc}/redfish/v1/Systems/system -d '{"Boot":{"BootSourceOverrideEnabled": "Once","BootSourceOverrideTarget": "None","BootSourceOverrideMode": "UEFI"}}'