ios_command - Run arbitrary commands on ios devices.

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
Return Values
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Synopsis

Sends arbitrary commands to an ios node and returns the results read from the device. The ios_command 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.

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
auth_pass	no	none		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 ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
authorize	no		yes no	Instructs the module to enter priviledged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to excecute all commands in non-priviledged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
commands	yes			List of commands to send to the remote ios device over the configured provider. The resulting output from the command is returned. If the waitfor argument is provided, the module is not returned until the condition is satisfied or the number of retires as expired.
host	yes			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.
interval	no	1		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.
password	no			Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of password is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port	no	22		Specifies the port to use when buiding the connection to the remote device. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22
provider	no			Convience method that allows all ios arguments to be passed as a dict object. All constraints (required, choices, etc) must be met either by individual arguments or values in this dict.
retries	no	10		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 waitfor conditions.
ssh_keyfile	no			Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of ssh_keyfile 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 ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
username	no			Configures the usename to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of username is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
waitfor	no			List of conditions to evaluate against the output of the command. The task will wait for a 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.

Examples

- ios_command:
    commands:
      - show version
  register: output

- ios_command:
    commands:
      - show version
    waitfor:
      - "result[0] contains IOS"

- ios_command:
    commands:
      - show version
      - show interfaces

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Common Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name	description	returned	type	sample
stdout_lines	The value of stdout split into a list	always	list	[['...', '...'], ['...'], ['...']]
stdout	the set of responses from the commands	always	list	['...', '...']
failed_conditions	the conditionals that failed		list	['...', '...']

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