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dellos6_command - Run commands on remote devices running Dell OS6

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

Sends arbitrary commands to a Dell OS6 node and returns the results read from the device. The dellos6_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. This module does not support running commands in configuration mode. Please use dellos6_config to configure Dell OS6 devices.

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 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 ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
commands
yes
List of commands to send to the remote dellos6 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 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
Password to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. 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 building the connection to the remote device.
provider
no
Convenience method that allows all dellos6 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 be tried before it is considered failed. The command is run on the target device every retry and evaluated against the wait_for conditions.
ssh_keyfile
no
Path to an ssh key used to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
no 10
Specifies idle timeout (in seconds) for the connection. Useful if the console freezes before continuing. For example when saving configurations.
username
no
User to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
wait_for
no
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.

Examples

# Note: examples below use the following provider dict to handle
#       transport and authentication to the node.
vars:
  cli:
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: admin
    password: admin
    transport: cli

tasks:
 - name: run show version on remote devices
   dellos6_command:
     commands: show version
     provider "{{ cli }}"

 - name: run show version and check to see if output contains Dell
   dellos6_command:
     commands: show version
     wait_for: result[0] contains Dell
     provider "{{ cli }}"

 - name: run multiple commands on remote nodes
   dellos6_command:
     commands:
      - show version
      - show interfaces
     provider "{{ cli }}"

 - name: run multiple commands and evaluate the output
   dellos6_command:
     commands:
      - show version
      - show interfaces
     wait_for:
      - result[0] contains Dell
      - result[1] contains Access
     provider "{{ cli }}"

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 list of conditionals that have failed failed list ['...', '...']
warnings The list of warnings (if any) generated by module based on arguments always list ['...', '...']

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© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/dellos6_command_module.html