---
name: "ironic-inspector"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-ironic-inspector"
version: "12.4.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ironic-inspector"
---

# ironic-inspector(8)

hardware introspection daemon for OpenStack Ironic.

## NAME

ironic-inspector - hardware introspection daemon for OpenStack Ironic.

## SYNOPSIS

ironic-inspector CONFFILE

## DESCRIPTION

This command starts ironic-inspector service, which starts and finishes hardware discovery and maintains firewall rules for nodes accessing PXE boot service (usually dnsmasq).

## OPTIONS

The ironic-inspector does not take any options. However, you should supply path to the configuration file.

## SEE ALSO

README page located at https://docs.openstack.org/ironic-inspector/latest/ provides some information about how to configure and use the service.

## BUGS

No known bugs.

## AUTHOR

Dmitry Tantsur (divius.inside@gmail.com)