Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.9 or later
• requests — installed automatically
• ipmitool system binary — only needed for IPMI commands
• racadm system binary — only needed for Dell RACADM commands

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Install bmctools

From PyPI

pip install bmctools

From Source

git clone https://github.com/jessebutryn/bmctools.git
cd bmctools
pip install -e .

In a Virtual Environment

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install bmctools

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Optional System Dependencies

ipmitool

Required only for bmctools ipmi commands or the IpmiTool Python class.

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install ipmitool

RHEL / Fedora

sudo dnf install ipmitool

macOS

brew install ipmitool

racadm

Required only for bmctools racadm commands. Download from Dell’s support site.

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Docker

A pre-built Dockerfile is included that bundles bmctools with ipmitool and racadm:

cd bmctools
docker build -t bmctools .
docker run --rm bmctools bmctools --help

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Verify Installation

bmctools --version