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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2015-2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Company LP
+#
+# This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+try:
+    import shade
+    HAS_SHADE = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_SHADE = False
+
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: os_ironic_inspect
+short_description: Explicitly triggers baremetal node introspection in ironic.
+extends_documentation_fragment: openstack
+author: "Julia Kreger (@juliakreger)"
+version_added: "2.1"
+description:
+    - Requests Ironic to set a node into inspect state in order to collect metadata regarding the node.
+      This command may be out of band or in-band depending on the ironic driver configuration.
+      This is only possible on nodes in 'manageable' and 'available' state.
+options:
+    mac:
+      description:
+        - unique mac address that is used to attempt to identify the host.
+      required: false
+      default: None
+    uuid:
+      description:
+        - globally unique identifier (UUID) to identify the host.
+      required: false
+      default: None
+    name:
+      description:
+        - unique name identifier to identify the host in Ironic.
+      required: false
+      default: None
+    ironic_url:
+      description:
+        - If noauth mode is utilized, this is required to be set to the endpoint URL for the Ironic API.
+          Use with "auth" and "auth_type" settings set to None.
+      required: false
+      default: None
+    timeout:
+      description:
+        - A timeout in seconds to tell the role to wait for the node to complete introspection if wait is set to True.
+      required: false
+      default: 1200
+
+requirements: ["shade"]
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+ansible_facts:
+    description: Dictionary of new facts representing discovered properties of the node..
+    returned: changed
+    type: dictionary
+    contains:
+        memory_mb:
+            description: Amount of node memory as updated in the node properties
+            type: string
+            sample: "1024"
+        cpu_arch:
+            description: Detected CPU architecture type
+            type: string
+            sample: "x86_64"
+        local_gb:
+            description: Total size of local disk storage as updaed in node properties.
+            type: string
+            sample: "10"
+        cpus:
+            description: Count of cpu cores defined in the updated node properties.
+            type: string
+            sample: "1"
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Invoke node inspection
+- os_ironic_inspect:
+    name: "testnode1"
+'''
+
+
+def _choose_id_value(module):
+    if module.params['uuid']:
+        return module.params['uuid']
+    if module.params['name']:
+        return module.params['name']
+    return None
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = openstack_full_argument_spec(
+        auth_type=dict(required=False),
+        uuid=dict(required=False),
+        name=dict(required=False),
+        mac=dict(required=False),
+        ironic_url=dict(required=False),
+        timeout=dict(default=1200, type='int', required=False),
+    )
+    module_kwargs = openstack_module_kwargs()
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec, **module_kwargs)
+
+    if not HAS_SHADE:
+        module.fail_json(msg='shade is required for this module')
+    if StrictVersion(shade.__version__) < StrictVersion('1.0.0'):
+        module.fail_json(msg="To utilize this module, the installed version of"
+                             "the shade library MUST be >=1.0.0")
+
+    if (module.params['auth_type'] in [None, 'None'] and
+            module.params['ironic_url'] is None):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Authentication appears to be disabled, "
+                             "Please define an ironic_url parameter")
+
+    if (module.params['ironic_url'] and
+            module.params['auth_type'] in [None, 'None']):
+        module.params['auth'] = dict(
+            endpoint=module.params['ironic_url']
+        )
+
+    try:
+        cloud = shade.operator_cloud(**module.params)
+
+        if module.params['name'] or module.params['uuid']:
+            server = cloud.get_machine(_choose_id_value(module))
+        elif module.params['mac']:
+            server = cloud.get_machine_by_mac(module.params['mac'])
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg="The worlds did not align, "
+                                 "the host was not found as "
+                                 "no name, uuid, or mac was "
+                                 "defined.")
+        if server:
+            cloud.inspect_machine(server['uuid'], module.params['wait'])
+            # TODO(TheJulia): diff properties, ?and ports? and determine
+            # if a change occured.  In theory, the node is always changed
+            # if introspection is able to update the record.
+            module.exit_json(changed=True,
+                             ansible_facts=server['properties'])
+
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg="node not found.")
+
+    except shade.OpenStackCloudException as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
+
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.openstack import *
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()