Change IPMI Passwords for all Nutanix Hosts via Script

Here’s a simple script to help change all IPMI passwords for all Nutanix Hosts in a Cluster. Just make sure you update the Current Password and New Password in the script, then run from the Controller VM (CVM). #!/bin/bash # Changing the IPMI password on all hosts within a Nutanix Cluster # # Note: Do not use the following special characters in the IPMI password: & ; ’ \ ” | * ? ~ < > ^ ( ) [ ] { } $ \n \r # #define Current Password SMCOLD=ADMIN #define New Password SMCNEW=NewPassword #generate list of IPMI IPs smcip(){ ncli host list | grep -w “IPMI Address” | awk {‘print $4’}; } #generate list of Host IDs hostid(){ ncli host list | grep -w “ID” | awk {‘print $3’}; } #use IPMI tool to change password #the Close Session command failed output is expected after change completes for i in smcip; do ipmitool -H $i -U ADMIN -P $SMCOLD user set password 2 $SMCNEW; done #update zeus config with new password for h in hostid; do ncli host edit id=$h ipmi-password=$SMCNEW; done`