community.network.ironware_command module – Run arbitrary commands on Extreme IronWare devices
Note
This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.1.0).
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 community.network
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ironware_command
.
Note
The community.network collection has been deprecated and will be removed from Ansible 12. See the discussion thread for more information.
DEPRECATED
- Removed in:
version 6.0.0
- Why:
This collection and all content in it is unmaintained and deprecated.
- Alternative:
Unknown.
Synopsis
Sends arbitrary commands to a Extreme Ironware node and returns the results read from the device. This module includes a wait_for argument that will cause the module to wait for a specific condition before returning or timing out if the condition is not met.
Aliases: network.ironware.ironware_command
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.7 we recommend using For more information please see the IronWare Platform Options guide. <hr> 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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List of commands to send to the remote 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 retires as expired. |
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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. If the value is set to Choices:
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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
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
Examples
- name: Run a command
community.network.ironware_command:
commands:
- show version
- name: Run several commands
community.network.ironware_command:
commands:
- show interfaces brief wide
- show mpls vll
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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the conditionals that failed Returned: failed Sample: |
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the set of responses from the commands Returned: always Sample: |
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The value of stdout split into a list Returned: always Sample: |
Status
This module will be removed in version 6.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.