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HPE iLOrest installation procedure

Requirements

Read the following requirements before installing iLOrest on an operating system:

  • iLOrest is supported when deployed for local/in-band management on the following servers :

    • HPE Gen9 or greater servers with an x86 or ARM64 architecture and a supported Operating System.

  • Supported Operating Systems for local/in-band management:

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2022, Microsoft Windows Server 2025
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

  • For remote/out-of-band management, iLOrest can be installed on any computer, including servers and personal computers, and running Microsoft Windows, MacOS or Linux.

  • HPE Gen9 or later servers with or without an OS installed can be managed by iLOrest from remote.

  • The following iLO firmware versions can be managed locally or from remote:

    • HPE iLO 7: 1.11 or later.
    • HPE iLO 6: 1.05 or later.
    • HPE iLO 5: 1.20 or later.

  • On a Linux systems, the /tmp folder must be configured with execute permission. If the /tmp folder does not allow code execution, HPE iLOrest will not start. It is possible to work around this requirement by exporting an environment variable pointing to another location. $ export TMPDIR=/some/other/location. You can assign a new location to any of the following environment variables: TMPDIR, TEMP, TMP.

Installing iLOrest on Linux and Windows

Perform the following steps to install the tool in a Microsoft Windows or Linux OS:

  • Download the latest HPE iLOrest package from Github Releases or install the PyPI package as instructed in the next paragraph.

  • For local management (in-band), deploy the package on the managed server's OS. For remote management (out-of-band), install the package on a laptop or server that has network access to the managed server network.

Tip

Follow these instructions to install iLOrest in Gen12/iLO 7 operating systems for in-band management.

  • Linux only: Most Linux operating systems have /tmp mounted with noexec by default. Before running HPE iLOrest, the file systems table must be configured so that /tmp is mounted with exec. Use mount -o remount,exec /tmp to remount /tmp in exec mode.

Installing the iLOrest ESXi package

New installation

To install for the first time iLOrest on supported ESXi versions, download the component bundle from vibsdepot. iLOrest component bundles are located in folders similar to monthYear/esxi-XYZ-bundles and packaged in a .zip file like ilorest-component_ABC.<ilo.rest.ver.sion>-*.zip.

Perform the following steps to install the component bundle:

  1. Copy the component bundle from the vibsdepot to the ESX server. Place the file in a location accessible via the ESX console shell. In this example, we use /tmp as the target location.

    The following command copies an iLOrest component bundle from a local system to an ESX server located with 10.10.10.10:

    scp ilorest-component_800.6.0.0.44-1OEM.802.0.0.22380479_24626604.zip root@10.10.10.10:/tmp

  2. Log into the ESX server as a privileged user and issue the following command with the full path to the file:

    esxcli software component apply -d {Component_File}

    With the above component name, this would be:

    esxcli software component apply -d /tmp/ilorest-component_800.6.0.0.44-1OEM.802.0.0.22380479_24626604.zip

Note

  • Depending on the certificate used to sign the component bundle, you may need to change the host acceptance level. To do this, use the following command:

    esxcli software acceptance set --level=<level>.

  • Also, depending on the type of component bundle being installed, you may have to put ESX into maintenance mode. This can be done through the VI Client, or by adding the --maintenance-mode option to the above esxcli command.

Upgrade installation

You can use the same command as for an initial installation to upgrade iLOrest on ESXi:

esxcli software component apply -d /full/path/to/ilorest-component

Uninstalling the iLOrest ESXi package

Use the following command to completely uninstall the package:

esxcli software component remove -n ilorest-component

Installing the iLOrest PyPI package

The iLOrest PyPI package is an official PyPI project. You can use this package in operating systems like MacOS or Ubuntu that don't have dedicated packages in the GitHub release location.

Requirements

  • Python3 is required prior to the installation.
  • ARM based servers: Verify in the Changelog section if/when the iLOrest PyPI package is supported on this architecture.
  • Absence of the DMTF's Python Redfish Library. This restriction is needed because DMTF's Python Redfish library cannot co-exist with the HPE Python iLOrest library, part of this PyPI package.

Installation methods

The following two methods install the following Python packages: ilorest and python-ilorest-library.

  1. Installation from remote:
    pip install ilorest
  2. Local installation. Refer the to the offline installation: pargraph for more detail:
    1. Download the package(s) from the PyPI site
    2. Deploy
      pip install ilorest-x.x.x.x.tar.gz
      or
      pip install ilorest-x.x.x.x.whl
Tip

Create an iLOrest application account in iLO 7 based servers in order to fully benefit of easy in-band management.

Uninstalling the iLOrest PyPI package

Use the following command to completely uninstall the package:

pip uninstall ilorest python-ilorest-library

Tip

For more details on using iLOrest as a PyPI package, refer to the blog iLOrest as a PyPI Package.

Installing or upgrading to iLOrest 5.2.x / 6.x.x on Debian-based Systems

The .deb package for iLOrest was last released as a standalone version (v4.9.0) in March 2024. However, significant enhancements and bug fixes have been introduced in versions 5.2.x and 6.0.x, which are currently distributed via PyPI (Python Package Index).

Perform the following steps to install or upgrade iLOrest as PyPI package using pip3.

Steps to Install or Upgrade iLOrest using PyPI

  • Uninstall any existing .deb version:
    sudo dpkg -r ilorest

  • Ensure pip3 is installed:
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install python3-pip

  • (Optional) Set HTTP/HTTPS Proxy: If the system is behind a proxy, set the environment variables before proceeding:
    export http_proxy=http://<HTTP_PROXY_URL>:<PORT>
    export https_proxy=http://<HTTPS_PROXY_URL>:<PORT>

  • Install the latest iLOrest from PyPI:
    sudo pip3 install ilorest

Installing iLOrest PyPI offline

For environments without internet access (Air-Gapped environments), iLOrest PyPI can be installed offline using pre-downloaded .whl (wheel) and .tar.gz source distribution files from PyPI.

iLOrest PyPI offline installation steps

  • On a system with internet access:

    • Create a clean directory:
      mkdir ilorest_offline
      cd ilorest_offline

    • Download iLOrest and its dependencies using pip:
      pip3 download ilorest

      The above command downloads ilorest-\<version\>.whl or .tar.gz as well as required dependencies (e.g., requests, jsonpath_rw, six, etc.)

    • Transfer the entire ilorest_offline directory to the target offline system using USB, scp or other secure methods.

  • On the target offline system:

    • Ensure Python 3.6 or later is installed: python --version

    • Ensure pip3 is installed:
      sudo apt install python3-pip

    • Change into the transferred directory:
      cd /path/to/ilorest_offline

    • Install iLOrest and dependencies:
      sudo pip3 install --no-index --find-links=. ilorest

      with:

      --no-index disables PyPI access.
      --find-links=. tells pip to look for dependencies in the current directory.

NOTES

  • If proxy settings were used on the online system, they are not required for offline installation.

  • You may use a Python virtual environment to install iLOrest in an isolated Python environment: sudo python -m venv ilorestVenv source ilorestVenv/bin/activate

Starting the RESTful Interface Tool

Microsoft Windows

  1. Click the Start menu.
  2. Click Hewlett Packard Enterprise > RESTful Interface Tool.
  3. Right-click the RESTful Interface Tool prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.

Linux

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Run the following command to start interactive mode: /usr/sbin/ilorest

MAC

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Run the following command as an administrator to start interactive mode: /Applications/ilorest

VMware ESXi

  1. Open a terminal window and install ilorest component.
  2. Run the following command as an administrator to start interactive mode: /opt/ilorest/bin/ilorest.sh for ESXi 8.0 and /opt/tools/ilorest for ESXi 7.0
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