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. 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 dellos6_config to configure Dell OS6 devices.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
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.
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.
provider
no
A dict object containing connection details.
Dictionary object provider
parameter required default choices comments
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
failed_conditions
The list of conditionals that have failed
failed list ['...', '...']
stdout
The set of responses from the commands
always apart from low level errors (such as action plugin) list ['...', '...']
stdout_lines
The value of stdout split into a list
always apart from low level errors (such as action plugin) list [['...', '...'], ['...'], ['...']]
warnings
The list of warnings (if any) generated by module based on arguments
always list ['...', '...']

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/dellos6_command_module.html