Reference: Power drivers

The following page catalogues the fields in the “create machine” dialogue for each supported power driver. Note that most of the multiple-choice fields have drop-down menus to assist with your choice. In the next section we introduce configuring power drivers using the UI. In “CLI parameter expressions,” you will find how to configure them using the CLI.

UI parameter expressions

Intel AMT

Form field	Description	Required
Power password	Password to access unit	Optional
Power address	IP address of unit	Required

American Power Conversion (APC) PDU

Form field	Description	Required
IP for APC PDU	IP address of unit	Required
APU PDU node outlet number (1-16)	PDU node outlet number	Required
Power ON outlet delay (seconds)	outlet power ON delay	Optional, default=5

Digital Loggers, Inc. PDU

Form field	Description	Required
Outlet ID	outlet ID	Required
Power address	IP address of unit	Required
Power user	Username to login	Optional
Power password	Password to access unit	Optional

IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC)

Form field	Description	Required
IP for HMC	IP address of unit	Required
HMC username	Username to login	Optional
HMC password	Password to access unit	Optional
HMC Managed System server name	HMC managed server name	Required
HMC logical partition	HMC logical partition of unit	Required

LXD VMs

Form field	Description	Required
LXD address	IP address of unit	Required
Instance name	LXD container instance name	Required
LXD password	Password to access unit	Optional

IPMI

Some of the fields for this power type have fixed choices, indicated in the “Choices” column.

Form field	Description	Choices	Required
Power driver	Power driver	`LAN [IPMI 1.5]`	Required
		`LAN_2_0 [IPMI 2.0]`
Power boot type	Boot type	`Automatic`	Required
		`Legacy boot`
		`EFI boot`
IP address	IP address of unit		Required
Power user	Username to login		Optional
Power password	Password to access unit		Optional
Power MAC	MAC address of unit		Optional
K_g	K_g BMC key		Optional
Cipher suite	Cipher suite ID	- `17` (17 - HMAC-SHA256::HMAC_SHA256_128::AES-CBC-128)	Optional
		`3` (3 - HMAC-SHA1::HMAC-SHA1-96::AES-CBC-128)
		(blank) (freeipmi-tools default)
		`8` (8 - HMAC-MD5::HMAC-MD5-128::AES-CBC-128)
		`12` (12 - HMAC-MD5::MD5-128::AES-CBC-128)
Privilege level	IPMI privilege level	`User`	Optional
		`Operator`
		`Administrator`

Manual power configuration

Manual power configuration means exactly that – manually configured at the unit – hence there are no parameters to set in the “create machine” UI.

HP Moonshot - iLO4 (IPMI)

Form field	Description	Required
Power address	IP address of unit	Required
Power user	Username to login	Optional
Power password	Password to access unit	Optional
Power hardware address	Hardware address of unit	Required

HP Moonshot - iLO Chassis Manager

Form field	Description	Required
IP for MSCM CLI API	IP address of unit	Required
MSCM CLI API user	Username to login	Optional
MSCM CLI API password	Password to access unit	Optional
Node ID	cXnY	Required
- where	X = cartridge number
	Y = node number

Microsoft OCS - Chassis Manager

Form field	Description	Required
Power address	IP address of unit	Required
Power port	Port where unit is attached	Optional
Power user	Username to login	Optional
Power password	Password to access unit	Optional
Blade ID	Blade ID (usu. 1-24)	Required

OpenStack Nova

Form field	Description	Required
Host UUID	Host UUID	Required
Tenant name	Tenant name	Required
Username	Username to login	Required
Password	Password to access unit	Required
Auth URL	URL to access unit	Required

Proxmox

Form field	Description	Required
Power type	Proxmox	Required
Host name or IP	Power address for the Proxmox driver	Required
Username, including realm	Power user, along with realm (i.e., Username@Realm	Required
Password	Required if a token name and secret aren’t given	Provisional
API token name	Token name: must include Username without realm (i.e., Username!Token-name	Provisional
API token secret	Token secret	Provisional
Node ID	VM name or ID	Optional
Verify SSL connections…	Boolean, whether or not to verify SSL connections with the system’s root CA certificate	Required

OpenBMC Power Driver

Form field	Description	Required
OpenBMC address	IP address of unit	Required
OpenBMC user	Username to login	Required
OpenBMC password	Password to access unit	Required

Christmann RECS-Box Power Driver

Form field	Description	Required
Node ID	Node ID	Required
Power address	IP address of unit	Required
Power port	Port where unit is attached	Optional
Power user	Username to login	Optional
Power password	Password to access unit	Optional

Redfish

Form field	Description	Required
Redfish address	IP address of unit	Required
Redfish user	Username to login	Required
Redfish password	Password to access unit	Required
Node ID	Node ID	Optional

SeaMicro 15000

Some of the fields for this power type have fixed choices, indicated in the “Choices” column.

Form field	Description	Choices	Required
System ID	System ID		Required
Power address	IP address of unit		Required
Power user	Username to login		Optional
Power password	Password to access unit		Optional
Power control type	Password to access unit	IPMI	Required
		REST API v0.9
		REST API v2.0

Cisco UCS Manager

Form field	Description	Required
Server UUID	Server UUID	Required
URL for XML API	XML API URL	Required
API user	API user	Optional
API password	API password	Optional

virsh - libvirt KVM

Form field	Description	Required
Address	URL of VM	Required
Password	API password	Optional
Virsh VM ID	libvirt VM UUID	Required

VMware

Form field	Description	Required
VM Name	VM name (if UUID unknown)	Optional
VM UUID	VM UUID (if known)	Optional
VMware IP	IP address of VM	Required
VMware username	Username to access VM	Required
VMware password	Password to access VM	Required
VMware API port	VMware API port number	Optional
VMware API protocol	VMware API protocol	Optional

Facebook’s Wedge

Form field	Description	Required
IP address	IP address of unit	Required
Power user	Username to access unit	Optional
Power password	Password to access unit	Optional

Virsh power type (UI)

Consider a machine backed by VM. Below, a ‘Power type’ of Virsh has been selected, and the ‘Power address’ of qemu+ssh://ubuntu@192.168.1.2/system has been entered (replace values as appropriate). The value of ‘Power ID’ is the VM domain (guest) name, here node2.

Pro tip: The machine’s hostname – according to MAAS – is a randomly chosen string (here dear.ant). You should change this hostname to something descriptive, that helps you remember why this machine is in your MAAS network.

Webhook

It’s important to understand that the Webhook power driver is more generic than other drivers, so it has some flexibility that the underlying power driver may not support. For example, Webhook doesn’t require a username or password for the power driver, because not all power drivers work that way. Nevertheless, the power driver you’re connecting to Webhook may actually require a username and/or password. Understanding and implementing these fields correctly for the chosen back-end power driver is the user’s responsibility.

To that end, the “Required” column for this driver refers only to whether Webhook requires a value in each field. Just because a field is optional for Webhook itself does not mean that the underlying power driver will ultimately allow that field to be unspecified.

Form field	Description	Required (by Webhook)
Power type	Webhook (from drop-down list)	Required
URI to power on the node	URI to access power driver’s API for power on	Required
URI to power off the node	URI to access power driver’s API for power off	Required
URI to query the nodes power status	URI to access power driver’s API for power status	Required
Regex to confirm the node is on	Regex expression that will return a string if the power is on, and no string if the power is off	Required, defaults supplied
Regex to confirm the node is off	Regex expression that will return a string if the power is off, and no string if the power is on	Required, defaults supplied
Power user	Username to log into the power driver	Optional
Power password	Password to access unit	Optional
Power token	Power driver API token (used instead of user and password, if set)	Optional
Verify SSL connections…	Boolean, whether or not to verify SSL connections with the system’s root CA certificate	Required

CLI parameter expressions

Intel AMT

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=amt. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`amt`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

American Power Conversion (APC) PDU

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=apc. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`apc`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`node_outlet`	PDU node outlet number	Required
`power_on_delay`	outlet power ON delay	Optional, default=5

Digital Loggers, Inc. PDU

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=dli. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`dli`	Required
`outlet_id`	outlet ID	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`power_user`	Username to login	Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

Eaton PDU

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=eaton. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`eaton`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`node_outlet`	PDU node outlet number	Required
`power_on_delay`	outlet power ON delay	Optional, default=5

IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC)

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=hmc. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`hmc`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`server_name`	HMC managed server name	Required
`lpar`	HMC logical partition of unit	Required
`power_user`	Username to login	Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

LXD VMs

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=lxd. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`lxd`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`instance_name`	LXD container instance name	Required
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

IPMI

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=amt. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded. Power driver specific parameters should be prefixed with power_parameters_{key}.

Some of the fields for this power type have fixed choices, indicated in the “Choices” column.

Form field	Description	Choices	Required
`power_driver`	Power driver	`LAN [IPMI 1.5]`	Required
		`LAN_2_0 [IPMI 2.0]`
`power_boot_type`	Boot type	`Automatic`	Required
		`Legacy boot`
		`EFI boot`
`power_address`	IP address of unit		Required
`power_user`	Username to login		Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit		Optional
`mac_address`	MAC address of unit		Optional
`k_g`	K_g BMC key		Optional
`cipher_suite_id`	Cipher suite ID	`17` (17 - HMAC-SHA256::HMAC_SHA256_128::AES-CBC-128)	Optional
		`3` (3 - HMAC-SHA1::HMAC-SHA1-96::AES-CBC-128)
		(blank) (freeipmi-tools default)
		`8` (8 - HMAC-MD5::HMAC-MD5-128::AES-CBC-128)
		`12` (12 - HMAC-MD5::MD5-128::AES-CBC-128)
`privilege_level`	IPMI privilege level	`User`	Optional
		`Operator`
		`Administrator`

Manual power configuration

Manual power configuration means exactly that – manually configured at the unit. The only MAAS CLI parameter is power_type=amt.

HP Moonshot - iLO4 (IPMI)

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=moonshot. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type	`moonshot`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`power_hwaddress`	Hardware address of unit	Required
`power_user`	Username to login	Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

HP Moonshot - iLO Chassis Manager

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=mscm. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type	`mscm`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`node_id`	cXnY	Required
- where	X = cartridge number
	Y = node number
`power_user`	Username to login	Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

Microsoft OCS - Chassis Manager

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=msftocs. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type	`msftocs`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`blade_id`	Blade ID (usu. 1-24)	Required
`power_port`	Port where unit is attached	Optional
`power_user`	Username to login	Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

OpenStack Nova

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=nova. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type	`nova`	Required
`nova_id`	Host UUID	Required
`os_tenantname`	Tenant name	Required
`os_username`	Username to login	Required
`os_password`	Password to access unit	Required
`os_authurl`	URL to access unit	Required

OpenBMC Power Driver

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=openbmc. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`openbmc`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`power_user`	Username to login	Required
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Required

Christmann RECS-Box Power Driver

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=recs_box. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type	`recs_box`	Required
`node_id`	Node ID	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`power_port`	Port where unit is attached	Optional
`power_user`	Username to login	Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

Redfish

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=redfish. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type	`redfish`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`power_user`	Username to login	Required
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Required
`node_id`	Node ID	Optional

SeaMicro 15000

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=sm15k. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Some of the fields for this power type have fixed choices, indicated in the “Choices” column.

Parameter	Description	Choices	Required
`power_type`	`sm15k`		Required
`system_id`	System ID		Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit		Required
`power_control`	Password to access unit	ipmi	Required
		restapi
		restapi2
`power_user`	Username to login		Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit		Optional

Cisco UCS Manager

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=ucsm. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`ucsm`	Required
`uuid`	Server UUID	Required
`power_address`	URL for XML API	Required
`power_user`	API user	Optional
`power_pass`	API password	Optional

virsh - libvirt KVM

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=virsh. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`virsh`	Required
`power_id`	libvirt VM UUID	Required
`power_address`	URL of VM	Required
`power_pass`	API password	Optional

VMware

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=vmware. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`vmware`	Required
`power_vm_name`	VM name (if UUID unknown)	Optional
`power_uuid`	VM UUID (if known)	Optional
`power_address`	IP address of VM	Required
`power_user`	Username to access VM	Required
`power_pass`	Password to access VM	Required
`power_port`	VMware API port number	Optional
`power_protocol`	VMware API protocol	Optional

Facebook’s Wedge

All parameters are entered as key=value, e.g., power_type=amt. The MAAS CLI will refuse the request with informative errors if required parameters are excluded.

Parameter	Description	Required
`power_type`	`wedge`	Required
`power_address`	IP address of unit	Required
`power_user`	Username to access unit	Optional
`power_pass`	Password to access unit	Optional

Virsh power type (CLI)

Consider a machine backed by a KVM, accessed via virsh. You can create a corresponding MAAS machine and set its power parameters with a command like this one:

maas admin machines create \
architecture=amd64 \
mac_addresses=52:54:00:15:36:f2 \
power_type=virsh \
power_parameters_power_id=f677a842-571c-4e65-adc9-11e2cf92d363 \
power_parameters_power_address=qemu+ssh://stormrider@192.168.123.1/system \
power_parameters_power_pass=xxxxxxxx

If successful, this will return:

Success.

Machine-readable output follows this announcement. The JSON generated by this command is shown in the detail block.

MAAS command JSON response

``` { "storage": 0.0, "tag_names": [], "special_filesystems": [], "memory": 0, "boot_disk": null, "virtualblockdevice_set": [], "hardware_info": { "system_vendor": "Unknown", "system_product": "Unknown", "system_family": "Unknown", "system_version": "Unknown", "system_sku": "Unknown", "system_serial": "Unknown", "cpu_model": "Unknown", "mainboard_vendor": "Unknown", "mainboard_product": "Unknown", "mainboard_serial": "Unknown", "mainboard_version": "Unknown", "mainboard_firmware_vendor": "Unknown", "mainboard_firmware_date": "Unknown", "mainboard_firmware_version": "Unknown", "chassis_vendor": "Unknown", "chassis_type": "Unknown", "chassis_serial": "Unknown", "chassis_version": "Unknown" }, "address_ttl": null, "memory_test_status": -1, "other_test_status_name": "Unknown", "osystem": ", "status_message": "Commissioning", "netboot": true, "physicalblockdevice_set": [], "node_type": 0, "cpu_test_status": -1, "memory_test_status_name": "Unknown", "bcaches": [], "storage_test_status": 0, "system_id": "bhxws3", "status": 1, "commissioning_status": 0, "power_type": "virsh", "locked": false, "numanode_set": [ { "index": 0, "memory": 0, "cores": [] } ], "bios_boot_method": null, "fqdn": "ace-swan.maas", "node_type_name": "Machine", "hostname": "ace-swan", "volume_groups": [], "testing_status": 0, "network_test_status": -1, "other_test_status": -1, "interface_test_status": -1, "hwe_kernel": null, "blockdevice_set": [], "testing_status_name": "Pending", "power_state": "unknown", "min_hwe_kernel": ", "owner": "admin", "distro_series": ", "storage_test_status_name": "Pending", "cpu_speed": 0, "swap_size": null, "cpu_test_status_name": "Unknown", "hardware_uuid": null, "architecture": "amd64/generic", "pool": { "name": "default", "description": "Default pool", "id": 0, "resource_uri": "/MAAS/api/2.0/resourcepool/0/" }, "cache_sets": [], "pod": null, "iscsiblockdevice_set": [], "disable_ipv4": false, "status_action": ", "boot_interface": { "name": "eth0", "id": 10, "product": null, "system_id": "bhxws3", "effective_mtu": 1500, "children": [], "link_connected": true, "enabled": true, "interface_speed": 0, "numa_node": 0, "firmware_version": null, "parents": [], "discovered": null, "params": ", "links": [], "sriov_max_vf": 0, "tags": [], "type": "physical", "vlan": null, "vendor": null, "link_speed": 0, "mac_address": "52:54:00:15:36:f2", "resource_uri": "/MAAS/api/2.0/nodes/bhxws3/interfaces/10/" }, "cpu_count": 0, "domain": { "authoritative": true, "ttl": null, "resource_record_count": 0, "name": "maas", "is_default": true, "id": 0, "resource_uri": "/MAAS/api/2.0/domains/0/" }, "current_testing_result_id": 7, "default_gateways": { "ipv4": { "gateway_ip": null, "link_id": null }, "ipv6": { "gateway_ip": null, "link_id": null } }, "interface_set": [ { "name": "eth0", "id": 10, "product": null, "system_id": "bhxws3", "effective_mtu": 1500, "children": [], "link_connected": true, "enabled": true, "interface_speed": 0, "numa_node": 0, "firmware_version": null, "parents": [], "discovered": null, "params": ", "links": [], "sriov_max_vf": 0, "tags": [], "type": "physical", "vlan": null, "vendor": null, "link_speed": 0, "mac_address": "52:54:00:15:36:f2", "resource_uri": "/MAAS/api/2.0/nodes/bhxws3/interfaces/10/" } ], "status_name": "Commissioning", "commissioning_status_name": "Pending", "owner_data": {}, "ip_addresses": [], "raids": [], "network_test_status_name": "Unknown", "description": ", "current_commissioning_result_id": 6, "interface_test_status_name": "Unknown", "current_installation_result_id": null, "zone": { "name": "default", "description": ", "id": 1, "resource_uri": "/MAAS/api/2.0/zones/default/" }, "resource_uri": "/MAAS/api/2.0/machines/bhxws3/" } ```

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