telnet¶

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¶

Executes a low-down and dirty telnet command, not going through the module subsystem.
This is mostly to be used for enabling ssh on devices that only have telnet enabled by default.

Parameters¶

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
command list / elements=str required		List of commands to be executed in the telnet session.
crlf bool		Sends a CRLF (Carrage Return) instead of just a LF (Line Feed).
host str	Default: remote_addr	The host/target on which to execute the command
login_prompt str	Default: login:	Login or username prompt to expect
password str		The password for login
password_prompt str	Default: Password:	Login or username prompt to expect
pause int	Default: 1	Seconds to pause between each command issued
port int	Default: 23	Remote port to use
prompts list / elements=str	Default: ['$']	List of prompts expected before sending next command
send_newline bool		Sends a newline character upon successful connection to start the terminal session.
timeout int	Default: 120	timeout for remote operations
user str	Default: remote_user	The user for login

Notes¶

Note

The C(environment) keyword does not work with this task

Examples¶

- name: send configuration commands to IOS
  ansible.netcommon.telnet:
    user: cisco
    password: cisco
    login_prompt: "Username: "
    prompts:
      - "[>#]"
    command:
      - terminal length 0
      - configure terminal
      - hostname ios01

- name: run show commands
  ansible.netcommon.telnet:
    user: cisco
    password: cisco
    login_prompt: "Username: "
    prompts:
      - "[>#]"
    command:
      - terminal length 0
      - show version

Return Values¶

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
output	list	output of each command is an element in this list	always

Authors¶

Ansible Core Team