hp_sum_push Cookbook

This cookbook will perform the HP SUM firmware update from a given SPP baseline. The cookbook utilises hpsum's centralized model to push the firmware and software to non-Chef client devices (~40 max).

The use model is to access the HP SUM software and the baseline over NFS. The cookbook will mount the NFS mount points provided by the attributes settings.

If the HP SUM NFS mount is "read-write", the HP SUM executables will run locally over the network. If the mount is "read-only", a copy of HP SUM will be stored on the local server, under a directory defined, and will then execute HP SUM from the local store. The local store of HP SUM software can then be re-used on subsequent runs.

Requirements

NFS available filesystem of HP SUM software.

NFS avaliable filesystem of Firmware baseline.

NFS filesystems exported as use model requirements i.e. read-write or read-only

Attributes configured as required.

Update the hpsum.in.erb file with the desired HP SUM options.

Create data bags (for each hub Chef client) containing the node, user and password for each managed device. For example, the Chef client is "chefdomain", the managed device is called "puppetclient2":

{ "id": "16.83.62.253", "user": "root", "password": "xxxxxxxx" }

Attributes

hp_sum_push::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
['hpsum']['nfs']['locallocation']	String	Local server mount point for the HP SUM software	"mountpoint"
['hpsum']['nfs']['remotelocation']	String	Remote NFS server and exported filesystem for HP SUM software	"server:exported filesystem"
['hpsum']['nfs']['type']	String	HP SUM NFS mount type	"rw", "ro", or "local"
['hpsum']['local']['clean']	String	Clean local store repository before and after run	"nil" or "true"
['hpsum']['local']['directory']	String	Local store repository for copying HP SUM to server	"Directory"
['hpsum']['baseline']['localfs']	String	Local server mount point for firmware baseline	"mountpoint"
['hpsum']['baseline']['remotefs']	String	Remoe NFS server and exported filesystem for Firmware baseline	"server:exported filesystem"

Usage

hp_sum_push::default

Call hp_sum_push from wrapper cookbook which is then added to the server's run_list:

Contributing

(optional) If this is a public cookbook, detail the process for contributing. If this is a private cookbook, remove this section.

e.g.

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Robin Hart