HP Agentless Management Service

Hello guys,
I have recently purchased a DL360 G9.
I have installed Proxmox 8.0-2 and following the following steps it worked perfectly.

Bash: 
apt-get update
wget -O- https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/hpePublicKey2048_key1.pub | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg] http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp bookworm/current non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list

apt-get update && apt-get install ssa ssacli ssaducli storcli hponcfg

wget https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/debian/pool/non-free/hp-ams_2.8.3-3056.1ubuntu16_amd64.deb
dpkg -i hp-ams_2.8.3-3056.1ubuntu16_amd64.deb
rm hp-ams_2.8.3-3056.1ubuntu16_amd64.deb

apt-get install pciutils wmtemp lm-sensors

Agentless Management Service is OK

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Now my question is, how to access the ssa web interface if we do not have a desktop like Proxmox?

I have installed the Debian 12 distribution with Gnome desktop and I connected perfectly locally but I don't know how I could access it remotely from another computer and without the system not having a desktop.

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I don't know if I have explained myself well, if you have any questions, we will discuss them.
 
I just installed Proxmox 8 on a new HP ML30 Gen10+ server. Here my steps to have AMS and ilorest working:

Proxmox 8 is Debian 12 bookworm based, sibling to Ubuntu 22.04 jammy.
HPE repos main page: https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/

Import the HPE repo signing key
Code: 
wget -O- https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/hpePublicKey2048_key1.pub | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg

Add the mcp repo
Code: 
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg] http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp bookworm/current non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list

Add the ilorest repo... notes:
  • There is no Debian bookworm here yet, so lets use Ubuntu jammy
  • There is an ilorest version 3.6 package in the regular Debian repo. This is an older version which does not work correctly -> apt remove ilorest first if it is installed.
Code: 
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg] http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/ilorest jammy/current non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list

Check config
Code: 
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list
# should list both the mcp and ilorest repo
apt update
# should hit both new repos

Install the amsd service -> afterwards, AMS should be green in the iLO system information page.
Code: 
apt update
apt install amsd
systemctl status amsd
# should show enabled and running

Install the the ilorest tool for easy use of the Redfish REST API
https://servermanagementportal.ext.hpe.com/docs/redfishclients/ilorest-userguide/
Code: 
apt install ilorest
ilorest --version
  RESTful Interface Tool 4.2.0.0
ilorest serverinfo -system
  iLOrest : RESTful Interface Tool version 4.2.0.0
  Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  -----
  System:
  ------------------------------------------------
  Model: HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen10 Plus
  Bios Version: U61 v1.80 (07/20/2023)
  Serial Number: ---
  Embedded NIC Count: 2
  eno1 MAC: ---
  eno2 MAC: ---

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread, it helped me a lot :)
 
just a feedback from my experience, if you are on a hpe gen8 dl360p with an HP H220 HBA card in IT/JBOD mode that is usually installed for having direct access to drives with zfs, you need this package version of hp-ams to make it work with ilo, or you will have false positive errors about "Storage Enclosure Device Failure"

hp-ams_2.6.0-2378.51_amd64.deb

if you use any above or below version you will have errors with H220
 
HPE Gen9 / Gen10 with ILO5 are supported for Debian versions Buster (10), Bullseye (11), and Bookworm (12). These will install the newer amsd package.

HPE Gen8 with ILO4 was only supported on Debian Stretch (9). Here you would install the older hp-ams and hp-health packages.

When you have the current Proxmox 6 version running on older HPE Gen8 hardware, you would have to configure the Stretch repository and install the hp-ams + hp-health packages from there.

hp-health seems to have a dependency on the libc6-i686 package, which is unavailable on recent Debian versions. Install libc6-i386 instead and use equivs to generate a libc6-i686 dummy package.
 
itsu said:
I just installed Proxmox 8 on a new HP ML30 Gen10+ server. Here my steps to have AMS and ilorest working:

Proxmox 8 is Debian 12 bookworm based, sibling to Ubuntu 22.04 jammy.
HPE repos main page: https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/

Import the HPE repo signing key
Code: 
wget -O- https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/hpePublicKey2048_key1.pub | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg

Add the mcp repo
Code: 
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg] http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp bookworm/current non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list

Add the ilorest repo... notes:
  • There is no Debian bookworm here yet, so lets use Ubuntu jammy
  • There is an ilorest version 3.6 package in the regular Debian repo. This is an older version which does not work correctly -> apt remove ilorest first if it is installed.
Code: 
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg] http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/ilorest jammy/current non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list

Check config
Code: 
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list
# should list both the mcp and ilorest repo
apt update
# should hit both new repos

Install the amsd service -> afterwards, AMS should be green in the iLO system information page.
Code: 
apt update
apt install amsd
systemctl status amsd
# should show enabled and running

Install the the ilorest tool for easy use of the Redfish REST API
https://servermanagementportal.ext.hpe.com/docs/redfishclients/ilorest-userguide/
Code: 
apt install ilorest
ilorest --version
  RESTful Interface Tool 4.2.0.0
ilorest serverinfo -system
  iLOrest : RESTful Interface Tool version 4.2.0.0
  Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  -----
  System:
  ------------------------------------------------
  Model: HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen10 Plus
  Bios Version: U61 v1.80 (07/20/2023)
  Serial Number: ---
  Embedded NIC Count: 2
  eno1 MAC: ---
  eno2 MAC: ---

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread, it helped me a lot :)
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Just saying. Works as a charm on a HPE ML350 Gen10 P06781-425 with 16Gb en Proxmox 8.1.4
Thanks for the extensive and up-to-date write up. I would never, ever, have figured this out on my own.
Very impressed with proxmux and the good forum, will get a subscription for sure

ML30 completely patched with:
Service Pack for ProLiant 2023.09.00.00 Gen10 and Gen10Plus + Patchbundle 3 en 4
Intelligent Provisioning Recovery Media for Gen10 and Gen10 Plus 3.88
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edwin2024 said:
oeps, cheered to sone. Despite green markers the network still show's no AMS installed
All other sub categories (Processors, memory, device inventory, storage) work ok, only network does not. Despite the fact that the network is up and running.
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And resolved itself misteriously. Best guess the re logged in on ilo solved it.
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agnon said:
ora observe cómo el indicador de su servicio de administración sin agente se vuelve
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agnon said:
I just tested on my gen8's and I had forgot that amsd is for gen10 only. One need to install hp-ams instead. I tested it now and it works nicely.

So the steps would then be to do something like this:

You could probably just download the deb and install but if there are dependencies do follow through. There's a bunch of other "nice to have" tools installable from HPEs repo.

Install gnupg (most probably already installed)
Code: 
apt-get update && apt-get install gnupg

Install the key. Regarding the deprecated bits you mentioned. It's not the keys that are deprecated it's the tool apt-key itself. You should start getting used to a different way now since that tool won't be around in the next Debian. Dunno in what Ubuntu version it will be gone permanently.

Install the needed key using gpg:
Code: 
wget -O- https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/hpePublicKey2048_key1.pub | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg
The --dearmor bit is used since these keys are using ascii armor. You can check that with file command. If the output has something with "(old)" in it it's ascii armored. It's good practice to suffix the archive keyrings with "archive-keyring".

Now create an apt source file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
Code: 
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hpePublicKey2048-archive-keyring.gpg] http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp bullseye/current non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpe.list
Note the "signed-by" part that now points to the public key we just downloaded. Note that this is Proxmox 7 which is bullseye. If on 6 it's buster i think? Correct me if i'm wrong. But anyways, modify to your needs.

Now install what you need, I always grab these, skip if not needed But at least do an apt-get update.:)
Code: 
apt-get update && apt-get install ssa ssacli ssaducli storcli

And here's Agentless Management Service for gen9 and below
Code: 
cd
wget https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/debian/pool/non-free/hp-ams_2.6.2-2551.13_amd64.deb
dpkg -i hp-ams_2.6.2-2551.13_amd64.deb
Remove deb when it's installed if you don't want to keep it :)
Rich (BB code): 
rm hp-ams_2.6.2-2551.13_amd64.deb

Gen10 and above
Code: 
apt-get install amsd

Now watch as your Agentless Management Service indicator goes green :)

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Hurray...


Cheers
Marcus
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thanks, it works step by step on a server:


iLO 4
ProLiant MicroServer Gen8

PROXMOX 8.1.4
 

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This is what i did for HP DL380 Gen10 using Proxmox (Debian12 - bookworm)

nano /etc/apt/sources.list
# HP Agentless Management Service for iLO - added manually by SF
deb http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp bookworm/current non-free

curl -sS https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/hpPublicKey2048.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/hpPublicKey2048.gpg
curl -sS https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/hpPublicKey2048_key1.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/hpPublicKey2048_key1.gpg
curl -sS https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/hpePublicKey2048_key1.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/hpePublicKey2048_key1.gpg

apt update
apt install ssa ssacli ssaducli storcli amsd

Now in iLO I see that AMS is in an OK state and I see more info than before in System Information > Network and a few other places



And for DL380 Gen8, above plus
check https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/pool/non-free/ to see what latest version of hp-ams is available and change below to match

mkdir temp
cd temp
wget https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/debian/pool/non-free/hp-ams_2.6.2-2551.13_amd64.deb
dpkg -i hp-ams_2.6.2-2551.13_amd64.deb
 
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