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vyos_command - Run one or more commands on VyOS devices

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

The command module allows running one or more commands on remote devices running VyOS. This module can also be introspected to validate key parameters before returning successfully. If the conditional statements are not met in the wait period, the task fails.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
commands
yes
The ordered set of commands to execute on the remote device running VyOS. The output from the command execution is returned to the playbook. If the wait_for argument is provided, the module is not returned until the condition is satisfied or the number of retries has been exceeded.
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 conditional, the interval indicates how to long to wait before trying the command again.
match
no all
  • any
  • all
The match argument is used in conjunction with the wait_for argument to specify the match policy. Valid values are all or any. If the value is set to all then all conditionals in the wait_for must be satisfied. If the value is set to any then only one of the values must be satisfied.
password
no
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 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 vyos 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 conditionals.
ssh_keyfile
no
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 ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
no 10
Specifies idle timeout for the connection, in seconds. Useful if the console freezes before continuing. For example when saving configurations.
username
no
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 ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
wait_for
no
Specifies what to evaluate from the output of the command and what conditionals to apply. This argument will cause the task to wait for a particular conditional to be true before moving forward. If the conditional is not true by the configured retries, the task fails. See examples.
aliases: waitfor

Examples

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

- vyos_command:
    commands:
      - show interfaces ethernet {{ item }}
    provider: "{{ cli }}"
  with_items:
    - eth0
    - eth1

- vyos_command:
    commands:
      - show version
      - show hardware cpu
    wait_for:
      - "result[0] contains 'VyOS 1.1.7'"
    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 conditionals that failed failed list ['...', '...']
warnings The list of warnings (if any) generated by module based on arguments always list ['...', '...']

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/vyos_command_module.html