drac-kvm

Dell DRAC KVM Launcher

Fed up of logging into the DRAC web interface just to launch a KVM session? This simple Go program should help ease the pain.

$ drac-kvm --help
Usage of drac-kvm
  -h, --host="some.hostname.com": The DRAC host (or IP)
  -j, --javaws="/usr/bin/javaws": The path to javaws binary
  -p, --password=false: Prompt for password (optional, will use 'calvin' if not present)
  -u, --username="root": The DRAC username

# Example using default dell credentials (root/calvin)
$ drac-kvm -h 10.25.1.100
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iDRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.25.1.100

# Example using custom credentials
$ drac-kvm -h 10.25.1.100 -u bob -p
Password: **********
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.25.1.100

This has been tested on the following Dell servers:

• 11th Generation (eg: Dell R710 / iDRAC6)

• 12th Generation (eg: Dell R720 / iDRAC7)

It requires that you have java installed on your machine (specifically the javaws binary).

Installing (via Go)

If you already have Go configured on your system then you can just run the following to quickly install it:

$ go install github.com/paulmaddox/drac-kvm

Installing (pre built binaries)

If you don't have Go installed already on your system, then included in this repository are some prebuilt binaries:

• Linux 64bit

• Mac OSX 64bit

Configuration file

You can create a configuration file

$ cat ~/.drackvmrc
[192.168.0.42]
username = foo
password = bar

[web-1]
host = 10.33.0.1
username = root
password = password4root

[web-2]
host = 10.33.0.2
username = root

# Use IP, username and password from drackvmrc for this ip
$ drac-kvm -h 192.168.0.42
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 192.168.0.42

# Same for host alias web-1
$ drac-kvm -h web-1
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.33.0.1

# Specify -p option in order to do not use defaut password
$ drac-kvm -h web-2 -p
Password: **********
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Detecting iRAC version...
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Found iDRAC version 7
2014/06/26 16:01:11 Launching DRAC KVM session to 10.33.0.2

Credits

@jamesdotcuff's helpful blog post:

http://blog.jcuff.net/2013/10/fun-with-idrac.html