iDRAC Skill

Monitor and manage Dell PowerEdge servers via iDRAC Redfish API.

First-Time Setup

Create a config file at ~/.config/idrac-skill/config:

mkdir -p ~/.config/idrac-skill
cat > ~/.config/idrac-skill/config <<'EOF'
# iDRAC connection settings
IDRAC_IP="<your-idrac-ip>"

# Credential source: "1password" | "file" | "env"
CREDS_SOURCE="file"

# For CREDS_SOURCE="1password":
#   OP_ITEM="<1password-item-name>"
#
# For CREDS_SOURCE="file":
#   Create ~/.idrac-credentials with contents: username:password
#   chmod 600 ~/.idrac-credentials
#
# For CREDS_SOURCE="env":
#   Export IDRAC_USER and IDRAC_PASS
EOF

Authentication

The helper script supports three credential sources:

Helper Script

Location: scripts/idrac.sh (relative to this skill directory)

idrac.sh test            # Test connectivity and authentication
idrac.sh status          # System summary (model, power, CPU, memory)
idrac.sh health          # Health checks (temps, fans, power)
idrac.sh power           # Current power state
idrac.sh inventory       # Full hardware inventory
idrac.sh logs            # Recent system event log entries (last 10)
idrac.sh thermal         # Detailed temperature and fan status
idrac.sh storage         # RAID/disk status
idrac.sh reset-types     # Available power reset types

Workflow

1. Load config from ~/.config/idrac-skill/config
2. Hydrate credentials (JIT pattern) if needed
3. Determine operation type:
• Read-only (status, health, logs, inventory) → Execute directly
• Destructive (power off, restart, BIOS changes) → Confirm with user first
4. Query Redfish API via curl + Basic Auth (or session token for batch ops)
5. Parse JSON with jq
6. Surface findings to user in natural language
7. Never expose credentials in responses

Endpoint Reference

For raw Redfish API endpoints (system info, thermal, storage, network, logs, power ops, BIOS, firmware, session auth, Dell OEM attributes):

→ See references/endpoints.md

Security Notes

• Never log or display credentials — use --silent and pipe to jq
• Credential file must be mode 600 (chmod 600 ~/.idrac-credentials)
• TLS verification disabled (-k) — iDRAC uses self-signed certs (acceptable for private networks)
• Power operations are destructive — confirm with user before executing shutdown/restart

Compatibility

Works with Dell iDRAC 8 (Redfish 1.0–1.4) and iDRAC 9 (Redfish 1.6+). Covers PowerEdge 13th gen (R630/R730) through current gen. See endpoints reference for version-specific notes.

Note: iDRAC 8 API responses can take 5–10s per call. The test command makes 4 sequential calls (~30–40s total). Set exec timeouts accordingly. iDRAC 9 is significantly faster.