LIBIPMIDETECT(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, listen: libipmidetect is a whole library of functions whose entire job is telling you whether a node is detected or undetected — like a vibe check but for IPMI 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <ipmidetect.h>

ipmidetect_t ipmidetect_handle_create(void);

int ipmidetect_handle_destroy(ipmidetect_t handle);

int ipmidetect_load_data(ipmidetect_t handle, const char *hostname, int
port, int timeout_len);

int ipmidetect_errnum(ipmidetect_t handle);

char *ipmidetect_strerror(int errnum);

char *ipmidetect_errormsg(ipmidetect_t handle);

void ipmidetect_perror(ipmidetect_t handle, const char *msg);

int ipmidetect_get_detected_nodes_string(ipmidetect_t handle, char *buf,
int buflen);

int ipmidetect_get_undetected_nodes_string(ipmidetect_t handle, char
*buf, int buflen);

int ipmidetect_is_node_detected(ipmidetect_t handle, const char *node);

int ipmidetect_is_node_undetected(ipmidetect_t handle, const char
*node);

no cap, that's the whole roster 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Libipmidetect is the high level API for figuring out which nodes in a cluster do — or do not — support IPMI 💅

ngl its main character purpose is kinda specific and kinda iconic: it's mostly for detecting when nodes get pulled out of a cluster for servicing, so IPMI applications don't sit there wasting time on unnecessary timeouts 😭 literally saving everyone from the awkward waiting.

the plot twist? this library talks to the ipmidetectd(8) daemon 🫶 that's the bestie it gossips with.

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🎀 FILES 🎀

• /usr/include/ipmidetect.h
• /etc/freeipmi//ipmidetect.conf

(yeah, that double slash is exactly what it says — copying it verbatim, periodt 💅)

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😤 REPORTING BUGS 😤

found a bug? do NOT suffer in silence, bestie. report it to:

• <freeipmi-users@gnu.org>
• <freeipmi-devel@gnu.org>

they wanna hear from you fr fr 💌

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. Copyright (C) 2007 The Regents of the University of California.

This library 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. 💜

like yes, it's legally iconic.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• ipmidetect(8)
• ipmidetect.conf(5)
• ipmidetectd(8)

also, the web is right here: http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/ 🌈

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mkay that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and detect those nodes 💖✨

this was LIBIPMIDETECT version 1.6.20, dated 2026-10-05 🎀 signing off, mwah 💋