ansible / ansible.netcommon / 3.1.3 / module / cli_command Run a cli command on cli-based network devices | "added in version" 1.0.0 of ansible.netcommon" Authors: Nathaniel Case (@Qalthos) This plugin has a corresponding action plugin.ansible.netcommon.cli_command (3.1.3) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon:==3.1.3
collections: - name: ansible.netcommon version: 3.1.3
Sends a command to a network device and returns the result read from the device.
- 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
answer: description: - 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. elements: str required: false type: list prompt: description: - A single regex pattern or a sequence of patterns to evaluate the expected prompt from I(command). elements: str required: false type: list command: description: - The command to send to the remote network device. The resulting output from the command is returned, unless I(sendonly) is set. required: true type: str newline: default: true description: - The boolean value, that when set to false will send I(answer) to the device without a trailing newline. required: false type: bool sendonly: default: false description: - The boolean value, that when set to true will send I(command) to the device but not wait for a result. required: false type: bool check_all: default: false description: - 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. type: bool
json: description: A dictionary representing a JSON-formatted response returned: when the device response is valid JSON sample: "{\n \"architecture\": \"i386\",\n \"bootupTimestamp\": 1532649700.56,\n\ \ \"modelName\": \"vEOS\",\n \"version\": \"4.15.9M\"\n [...]\n}\n" type: dict stdout: description: The response from the command returned: when sendonly is false sample: 'Version: VyOS 1.1.7[...]' type: str