community.network.slxos_command – Run commands on remote devices running Extreme Networks SLX-OS
Note
This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 1.3.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.slxos_command.
Synopsis
- Sends arbitrary commands to an SLX node and returns the results read from the device. This 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 community.network.slxos_config to configure SLX-OS devices.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
|   commands    string / required    |    List of commands to send to the remote SLX-OS 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 has expired.   |  |
|   interval    string    |   Default: 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.   |  
|   match    string    |   
  |    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. |  
|   retries    string    |   Default: 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 wait_for conditions.   |  
|   wait_for    string    |    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.   |  
Notes
Note
- Tested against SLX-OS 17s.1.02
 - If a command sent to the device requires answering a prompt, it is possible to pass a dict containing command, answer and prompt. See examples.
 
Examples
tasks:
  - name: Run show version on remote devices
    community.network.slxos_command:
      commands: show version
  - name: Run show version and check to see if output contains SLX
    community.network.slxos_command:
      commands: show version
      wait_for: result[0] contains SLX
  - name: Run multiple commands on remote nodes
    community.network.slxos_command:
      commands:
        - show version
        - show interfaces
  - name: Run multiple commands and evaluate the output
    community.network.slxos_command:
      commands:
        - show version
        - show interface status
      wait_for:
        - result[0] contains SLX
        - result[1] contains Eth
  - name: Run command that requires answering a prompt
    community.network.slxos_command:
      commands:
        - command: 'clear sessions'
          prompt: 'This operation will logout all the user sessions. Do you want to continue (yes/no)?:'
          answer: y
   Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
|   failed_conditions    list / elements=string    |  failed |   The list of conditionals that have failed  Sample:  ['...', '...']   |  
|   stdout    list / elements=string    |  always apart from low level errors (such as action plugin) |   The set of responses from the commands  Sample:  ['...', '...']   |  
|   stdout_lines    list / elements=string    |  always apart from low level errors (such as action plugin) |   The value of stdout split into a list  Sample:  [['...', '...'], ['...'], ['...']]   |  
Authors
- Lindsay Hill (@LindsayHill)
 
    © 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/network/slxos_command_module.html