OpenBMC documentation

This repository contains documentation for OpenBMC as a whole. There may be component-specific documentation in the repository for each component.

OpenBMC Usage

These documents describe how to use OpenBMC, including using the programmatic interfaces to an OpenBMC system.

• rest-api.md: Introduction to using the OpenBMC REST API

• console.md: Using the host console

• host-management.md: Performing host management tasks with OpenBMC

• code-update.md: Updating OpenBMC and host platform firmware

OpenBMC Development

These documents contain details on developing OpenBMC code itself

• cheatsheet.md: Quick reference for some common development tasks

• contributing.md: Guidelines for contributing to OpenBMC

• dbus-interfaces.md: Reference for APIs exposed to dbus

• kernel-development.md: Reference for common kernel development tasks

OpenBMC Goals

The OpenBMC project's aim is to create a highly extensible framework for BMC software and implement for data-center computer systems.

We have a few high-level objectives:

• The OpenBMC framework must be extensible, easy to learn, and usable in a variety of programming languages.

• Provide a REST API for external management, and allow for "pluggable" interfaces for other types of management interactions.

• Provide a remote host console, accessible over the network

• Persist network configuration settable from REST interface and host

• Provide a robust solution for RTC management, exposed to the host.

• Compatible with host firmware implementations for basic IPMI communication between host and BMC

• Provide a flexible and hierarchical inventory tracking component

• Maintain a sensor database and track thresholds