zhmc_password_rule_list – List Password Rules

Synopsis

  • List Password Rules on the HMC.

Requirements

  • The HMC userid must have object-access permission to the target password rules, or task permission to the ‘Manage Password Rules’ task.

Parameters

hmc_host

The hostname or IP address of the HMC.

required: True
type: str
hmc_auth

The authentication credentials for the HMC.

required: True
type: dict
userid

The userid (username) for authenticating with the HMC. This is mutually exclusive with providing session_id.

required: False
type: str
password

The password for authenticating with the HMC. This is mutually exclusive with providing session_id.

required: False
type: str
session_id

HMC session ID to be used. This is mutually exclusive with providing userid and password and can be created as described in :ref:`zhmc_session_module`.

required: False
type: str
ca_certs

Path name of certificate file or certificate directory to be used for verifying the HMC certificate. If null (default), the path name in the ‘REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE’ environment variable or the path name in the ‘CURL_CA_BUNDLE’ environment variable is used, or if neither of these variables is set, the certificates in the Mozilla CA Certificate List provided by the ‘certifi’ Python package are used for verifying the HMC certificate.

required: False
type: str
verify

If True (default), verify the HMC certificate as specified in the ca_certs parameter. If False, ignore what is specified in the ca_certs parameter and do not verify the HMC certificate.

required: False
type: bool
default: True
full_properties

If True, all properties of each password rule will be returned. Default: False.

Note: Setting this to True causes a loop of ‘Get Password Rule Properties’ operations to be executed.

required: False
type: bool
log_file

File path of a log file to which the logic flow of this module as well as interactions with the HMC are logged. If null, logging will be propagated to the Python root logger.

required: False
type: str

Examples

---
# Note: The following examples assume that some variables named 'my_*' are set.

- name: List Password Rules
  zhmc_password_rule_list:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
  register: pwrule_list

Return Values

changed

Indicates if any change has been made by the module. This will always be false.

returned: always
type: bool
msg

An error message that describes the failure.

returned: failure
type: str
password_rules

The list of Password Rules, with a subset of their properties.

returned: success
type: list
elements: dict
sample:
[
    {
        "name": "Basic"
    },
    {
        "name": "Standard"
    }
]
name

Password rule name

type: str
{additional_property}

Additional properties requested via full_properties. The property names will have underscores instead of hyphens.