cli_command

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.netcommon collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon

Added in version 1.0.0.

Synopsis

• Sends a command to a network device and returns the result read from the device.

Parameters

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
answer list / elements=str		The answer to reply with if I(prompt) is matched. The value can be a single answer or a list of answer for multiple prompts. In case the command execution results in multiple prompts the sequence of the prompt and excepted answer should be in same order.
check_all bool		By default if any one of the prompts mentioned in C(prompt) option is matched it won't check for other prompts. This boolean flag, that when set to I(True) will check for all the prompts mentioned in C(prompt) option in the given order. If the option is set to I(True) all the prompts should be received from remote host if not it will result in timeout.
command str required		The command to send to the remote network device. The resulting output from the command is returned, unless I(sendonly) is set.
newline bool	Default: True	The boolean value, that when set to false will send I(answer) to the device without a trailing newline.
prompt list / elements=str		A single regex pattern or a sequence of patterns to evaluate the expected prompt from I(command).
sendonly bool		The boolean value, that when set to true will send I(command) to the device but not wait for a result.

Notes

Note

• This module is supported on C(ansible_network_os) network platforms. See the :ref:Network Platform Options <platform_options> for details.

Examples

- name: run show version on remote devices
  ansible.netcommon.cli_command:
    command: show version

- name: run command with json formatted output
  ansible.netcommon.cli_command:
    command: show version | json

- name: run command expecting user confirmation
  ansible.netcommon.cli_command:
    command: commit replace
    prompt: This commit will replace or remove the entire running configuration
    answer: "yes"

- name: run command expecting user confirmation
  ansible.netcommon.cli_command:
    command: show interface summary
    prompt: Press any key to continue
    answer: y
    newline: false

- name: run config mode command and handle prompt/answer
  ansible.netcommon.cli_command:
    command: "{{ item }}"
    prompt:
      - Exit with uncommitted changes
    answer: y
  loop:
    - configure
    - set system syslog file test any any
    - exit

- name: multiple prompt, multiple answer (mandatory check for all prompts)
  ansible.netcommon.cli_command:
    command: copy sftp sftp://user@host//user/test.img
    check_all: true
    prompt:
      - Confirm download operation
      - Password
      - Do you want to change that to the standby image
    answer:
      - y
      - <password>
      - y

Return Values

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
json	dict	A dictionary representing a JSON-formatted response	when the device response is valid JSON
stdout	str	The response from the command	when sendonly is false

Authors

• Nathaniel Case (@qalthos)