ipmi2mqtt

Simple IPMI client to monitor server and forward values to MQTT broker.

MQTT explorer screenshot:

Available IPMI variables can vary per server.

App supports only one IPMI server at the time. Run multiple docker container instances if information need to be fetched from multiple IPMI servers.

Environament variables

See common environment variables from MQTT-Framework.

Variable	Default	Descrition
CFG_APP_NAME	ipmi2mqtt	Name of the app.
CFG_IPMI_HOST	127.0.0.1	IPMI server to connect.
CFG_IPMI_USER	None	Username for IPMI server.
CFG_IPMI_PASS	None	Password for IPMI server.
CFG_TIMEOUT	30	Timeout to IPMI server connection.
CFG_CACHE_TIME	300	Cache time in seconds for IPMI values. During cache time, values are only updeted to MQTT if value changed.

Example docker-compose.yaml

version: "3.5"

services:
  ipmi2mqtt:
    container_name: ipmi2mqtt
    image: paulianttila/ipmi2mqtt:2.0.0
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - CFG_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
      - CFG_MQTT_BROKER_URL=127.0.0.1
      - CFG_MQTT_BROKER_PORT=1883
      - CFG_IPMI_HOST=192.168.10.2
      - CFG_IPMI_USER=<username>
      - CFG_IPMI_PASS=<password>
      - CFG_CACHE_TIME=300
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:5000/healthy"]
      interval: 60s
      timeout: 3s
      start_period: 5s
      retries: 3