Call an OpenMediaVault RPC method. This is the main tool.

Anything the web interface can do is available here. Some heavier methods run in the background and return {"filename": "..."} -- pass that value to omv_wait_for_task to collect the output.

Examples: omv_call("System", "getInformation") omv_call("FileSystemMgmt", "enumerateMountedFilesystems", {"includeRoot": True}) omv_call("ShareMgmt", "enumerateSharedFolders")

Show how this server connects and whether that works.

Useful as a first smoke test and when troubleshooting connectivity.

List every method of an RPC service.

Call this before omv_call so you use the exact method name instead of guessing it.

List every available OpenMediaVault RPC service.

This is the starting point: every action in the web interface belongs to one of these services (for example System, FileSystemMgmt, ShareMgmt, UserMgmt, Smart, Services). Installed plugins add their own services here.

Note that some service names are lowercase (for example "kernel" and "omvextras") and omv-rpc is case sensitive, so use the name exactly as returned.

Run an arbitrary shell command on the NAS.

Intended for everything outside the RPC layer: reading logs (journalctl), package status, docker commands, disk details and so on.

Prefer omv_call for anything OMV manages itself, so that OMV's own configuration database stays in sync with the system.

Collect the output of a background task started by omv_call.

When omv_call returns something like {"filename": "..."}, the job is running asynchronously on the NAS. This tool polls until it finishes.