Try SpotterExecutes a command and responds to prompts
| "added in version" 2.0 of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Matt Martz (@sivel)
pipInstall with pip install ansible-core==2.16.5
The M(ansible.builtin.expect) module executes a command and responds to prompts.
The given command will be executed on all selected nodes. It will not be processed through the shell, so variables like C($HOME) and operations like C("<"), C(">"), C("|"), and C("&") will not work.
- name: Case insensitive password string match
ansible.builtin.expect:
command: passwd username
responses:
(?i)password: "MySekretPa$$word"
# you don't want to show passwords in your logs
no_log: true
- name: Generic question with multiple different responses
ansible.builtin.expect:
command: /path/to/custom/command
responses:
Question:
- response1
- response2
- response3
echo:
default: false
description:
- Whether or not to echo out your response strings.
type: bool
chdir:
description:
- Change into this directory before running the command.
type: path
command:
description:
- The command module takes command to run.
required: true
type: str
creates:
description:
- A filename, when it already exists, this step will B(not) be run.
type: path
removes:
description:
- A filename, when it does not exist, this step will B(not) be run.
type: path
timeout:
default: 30
description:
- Amount of time in seconds to wait for the expected strings. Use V(null) to disable
timeout.
type: raw
responses:
description:
- Mapping of expected string/regex and string to respond with. If the response is
a list, successive matches return successive responses. List functionality is new
in 2.1.
required: true
type: dict