community.network.slxos_command module – Run commands on remote devices running Extreme Networks SLX-OS
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.slxos_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 an SLX 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 community.network.slxos_config to configure SLX-OS devices.
Aliases: network.slxos.slxos_command
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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List of commands to send to the remote SLX-OS 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. |
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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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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 SLX-OS 17s.1.02
If a command sent to the device requires answering a prompt, it is possible to pass a dict containing command, answer and prompt. See examples.
Examples
tasks:
- name: Run show version on remote devices
community.network.slxos_command:
commands: show version
- name: Run show version and check to see if output contains SLX
community.network.slxos_command:
commands: show version
wait_for: result[0] contains SLX
- name: Run multiple commands on remote nodes
community.network.slxos_command:
commands:
- show version
- show interfaces
- name: Run multiple commands and evaluate the output
community.network.slxos_command:
commands:
- show version
- show interface status
wait_for:
- result[0] contains SLX
- result[1] contains Eth
- name: Run command that requires answering a prompt
community.network.slxos_command:
commands:
- command: 'clear sessions'
prompt: 'This operation will logout all the user sessions. Do you want to continue (yes/no)?:'
answer: y
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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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: |
Status
This module will be removed in version 6.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.