Redfish:Accessing Redfish enabled systems using Python - Revision history

Jon: /* Script code */

2016-01-11T14:19:59Z

Script code

Jon: /* Python Requests package */

2016-01-11T14:19:36Z

Python Requests package

Jon: /* Installation of Chrome Browser */

2016-01-11T14:17:50Z

Installation of Chrome Browser

Jon: /* Fixing Python / SSL Warnings */

2016-01-11T14:16:03Z

Fixing Python / SSL Warnings

Jon: /* Disabling Python / SSL Warnings */

2016-01-11T14:12:44Z

Disabling Python / SSL Warnings

Jon: /* Fixing Python / SSL Warnings */

2016-01-11T14:11:38Z

Fixing Python / SSL Warnings

Jon: /* Script code */

2016-01-11T14:07:56Z

Script code

Jon: /* Fixing Python / SSL Warnings */

2016-01-11T14:07:03Z

Fixing Python / SSL Warnings

Jon: /* Fixing Python Errors */

2016-01-11T14:05:46Z

Fixing Python Errors

Jon at 13:15, 11 January 2016

2016-01-11T13:15:52Z

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 * This is our example script
 <syntaxhighlight>
 import requests

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 * '''NB:''' If <code>wget</code> command does not work, use <code>wget --no-check-certificate</code> command
-== Python Requests package ==
+== Python 'requests' package ==
 <syntaxhighlight>
 [root@localhost bin]# ./pip2.7 install requests

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 == Installation of Chrome Browser ==
-* Not actually vital but useful for when you have to do individual manual test, launching RESTful API commands, etc
+* Not actually vital (or even necessary for the following) but is useful for when you have to do individual manual test, launching RESTful API commands, etc
 * '''Installation must be done as root'''
 <syntaxhighlight>

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 == Fixing Python / SSL Warnings ==
-* Certain Python platforms (specifically, versions of Python earlier than 2.7.9) have restrictions in their ssl module that limit the configuration that <code>urllib3</code> can apply. In particular, this can cause HTTPS requests that would succeed on more featureful platforms to fail, and can cause certain security features to be unavailable. You may see errors like the following:
+* Certain Python platforms (specifically, versions of Python earlier than 2.7.9) have restrictions in their ssl module that limit the configuration that <code>urllib3</code> can apply. In particular, this can cause HTTPS requests that would succeed on more featureful platforms to fail, and can cause certain security features to be unavailable.
 <syntaxhighlight>
 /opt/python2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:791: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html
    InsecureRequestWarning)
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 * The general advice seems to be "upgrade to a more modern version of Python" which isn't always possible.
 * If upgrading to a more modern version of Python is not an option, the warnings can be disabled.
 === Disabling Python / SSL Warnings ===
 * According to [[https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html | https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html]], such warnings can be disabled by having the following in your Python code:

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 * If upgrading to a more modern version of Python is not an option, the warnings can be disabled.
 === Disabling Python / SSL Warnings ===
-* According to [[https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html]], such warnings can be disabled by having the following in your Python code:
+* According to [[https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html | https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html]], such warnings can be disabled by having the following in your Python code:
 <syntaxhighlight>
 import urllib3

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 == Sample Script ==
 === Script code ===
-* This is Supermicro's example script
+* This is our example script
 <syntaxhighlight>
 # File: redfish_sample_cmd.py
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 import json
 import sys
 if (len(sys.argv) != 2):

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 </syntaxhighlight>
-== Fixing Python Errors ==
+== Fixing Python / SSL Warnings ==
 <syntaxhighlight>
-[root@localhost ~]# yum install libffi.x86_64 libffi-devel.x86_64
+[jon@localhost Desktop]$ vi redfish_sample_cmd.py
-[root@localhost ~]# pip install cryptography
+[jon@localhost Desktop]$ python2.7 redfish_sample_cmd.py 10.0.0.181
-[root@localhost ~]# pip install pyopenssl ndg-httpsclient pyasn1
+/opt/python2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:791: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html
-[root@localhost ~]# pip install urllib3 --upgrade
+ Response:
-Collecting urllib3
+ <Response [201]>
 </syntaxhighlight>

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    "Manufacturer": "Supermicro"
+}
 </syntaxhighlight>