cisco.ios.ios_command module – Module to run commands on remote devices.
Note
This module is part of the cisco.ios collection (version 3.3.2).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package.
It is not included in ansible-core.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ios.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_command.
New in cisco.ios 1.0.0
Synopsis
Sends arbitrary commands to an ios node and returns the results read from the device. This module includes an argument that will cause the module to wait for a specific condition before returning or timing out if the condition is not met.
This module does not support running commands in configuration mode. Please use ios_config to configure IOS devices.
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Parameters
Parameter |
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List of commands to send to the remote ios device over the configured provider. The resulting output from the command is returned. If the wait_for argument is provided, the module is not returned until the condition is satisfied or the number of retries has expired. If a command sent to the device requires answering a prompt, it is possible to pass a dict containing command, answer and prompt. Common answers are ‘y’ or “\r” (carriage return, must be double quotes). See examples. |
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Configures the interval in seconds to wait between retries of the command. If the command does not pass the specified conditions, the interval indicates how long to wait before trying the command again. Default: |
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The match argument is used in conjunction with the wait_for argument to specify the match policy. Valid values are Choices:
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Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html. A dict object containing connection details. |
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Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Choices:
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Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport. |
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Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. |
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Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. |
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Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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Specifies the number of retries a command should by tried before it is considered failed. The command is run on the target device every retry and evaluated against the wait_for conditions. Default: |
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List of conditions to evaluate against the output of the command. The task will wait for each condition to be true before moving forward. If the conditional is not true within the configured number of retries, the task fails. See examples. |
Notes
Note
Tested against IOS 15.6
This module works with connection
network_cli. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.htmlFor more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.
Examples
- name: run show version on remote devices
cisco.ios.ios_command:
commands: show version
- name: run show version and check to see if output contains IOS
cisco.ios.ios_command:
commands: show version
wait_for: result[0] contains IOS
- name: run multiple commands on remote nodes
cisco.ios.ios_command:
commands:
- show version
- show interfaces
- name: run multiple commands and evaluate the output
cisco.ios.ios_command:
commands:
- show version
- show interfaces
wait_for:
- result[0] contains IOS
- result[1] contains Loopback0
- name: run commands that require answering a prompt
cisco.ios.ios_command:
commands:
- command: 'clear counters GigabitEthernet0/1'
prompt: 'Clear "show interface" counters on this interface \[confirm\]'
answer: 'y'
- command: 'clear counters GigabitEthernet0/2'
prompt: '[confirm]'
answer: "\r"
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
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The list of conditionals that have failed Returned: failed Sample: |
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The set of responses from the commands Returned: always apart from low level errors (such as action plugin) Sample: |
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The value of stdout split into a list Returned: always apart from low level errors (such as action plugin) Sample: |