Solution: Do not forget the ticks around the 'y'.
- name: remove old OS files
ios_command:
commands:
- command: install remove inactive
prompt: Do you want to remove the above files
answer: 'y'
vars:
ansible_command_timeout: 180
Am Di., 4. Feb. 2020 um 16:27 Uhr schrieb Heinz Meier <
[email protected]>:
> Still the same problem (timeout). I copied the string direct from the
> switch. Any idea how to debug this in deep?
>
>
> The full traceback is:
> File
> "/tmp/ansible_ios_command_payload_dz14oih4/ansible_ios_command_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py",
> line 135, in run_commands
> return connection.run_commands(commands=commands, check_rc=check_rc)
> File
> "/tmp/ansible_ios_command_payload_dz14oih4/ansible_ios_command_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/connection.py",
> line 185, in __rpc__
> raise ConnectionError(to_text(msg, errors='surrogate_then_replace'),
> code=code)
>
> fatal: [switch]: FAILED! => {
> "changed": false,
> "invocation": {
> "module_args": {
> "auth_pass": null,
> "authorize": null,
> "commands": [
> {
> "answer": "y",
> "check_all": false,
> "command": "install remove inactive",
> "newline": true,
> "output": null,
> "prompt": "Do you want to remove the above files",
> "sendonly": false
> }
> ],
> "host": null,
> "interval": 1,
> "match": "all",
> "password": null,
> "port": null,
> "provider": null,
> "retries": 10,
> "ssh_keyfile": null,
> "timeout": null,
> "username": null,
> "wait_for": null
> }
> },
> "msg": "command timeout triggered, timeout value is 300 secs.\nSee the
> timeout setting options in the Network Debug and Troubleshooting Guide."
>
> Am Di., 4. Feb. 2020 um 16:01 Uhr schrieb Ganesh Nalawade <
> [email protected]>:
>
>> The value of prompt option is a python regex hence either handle special
>> character in prompt correctly by using escape character or remove those
>> characters from prompt completely.
>> For example:
>>
>> - name: remove old OS files
>> ios_command:
>> commands:
>> - command: install remove inactive
>> prompt: Do you want to remove above files
>> answer: y
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 3:33 PM, Heinz Meier <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Error output is:
>>>
>>> The full traceback is:
>>> File
>>> "/tmp/ansible_ios_command_payload_hxb3x8bq/ansible_ios_command_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py",
>>> line 135, in run_commands
>>> return connection.run_commands(commands=commands, check_rc=check_rc)
>>> File
>>> "/tmp/ansible_ios_command_payload_hxb3x8bq/ansible_ios_command_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/connection.py",
>>> line 185, in __rpc__
>>> raise ConnectionError(to_text(msg, errors='surrogate_then_replace'),
>>> code=code)
>>>
>>> fatal: [switch]: FAILED! => {
>>> "changed": false,
>>> "invocation": {
>>> "module_args": {
>>> "auth_pass": null,
>>> "authorize": null,
>>> "commands": [
>>> {
>>> "answer": "y",
>>> "check_all": false,
>>> "command": "install remove inactive",
>>> "newline": true,
>>> "output": null,
>>> "prompt": "\\[y\\/n\\]",
>>> "sendonly": false
>>> }
>>> ],
>>> "host": null,
>>> "interval": 1,
>>> "match": "all",
>>> "password": null,
>>> "port": null,
>>> "provider": null,
>>> "retries": 10,
>>> "ssh_keyfile": null,
>>> "timeout": null,
>>> "username": null,
>>> "wait_for": null
>>> }
>>> },
>>> "msg": "command timeout triggered, timeout value is 180 secs.\nSee
>>> the timeout setting options in the Network Debug and Troubleshooting Guide."
>>> }
>>>
>>> Am Di., 4. Feb. 2020 um 15:28 Uhr schrieb Heinz Meier <
>>> [email protected]>:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem with the ios_command and the C9200L switch when
>>>> updating the IOS-XE. One step of the upgrade is
>>>>
>>>> On step is to remove inactive IOS versions:
>>>>
>>>> #install remove inactive
>>>> (...)
>>>> Do you want to remove the above files? [y/n]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> the part of the playbook looks like:
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> - hosts: cisco
>>>> tasks:
>>>>
>>>> - name: Upgrade IOS-XE
>>>> block:
>>>>
>>>> - name: remove old OS files
>>>> ios_command:
>>>> commands:
>>>> - command: install remove inactive
>>>> prompt: '[y/n]'
>>>> answer: 'y'
>>>> vars:
>>>> ansible_command_timeout: 180
>>>>
>>>> when: (ansible_net_version != compliant_ios_version) and
>>>> (ansible_net_model is regex("9200"))
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anytime I run this playbook this tasks fails with the timeout. 180 sec
>>>> should be enough time to delete the files.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to prolong the timeout value, and all combinations of the full
>>>> text of the question and backslashes in front of the brackets and the
>>>> forward slash.
>>>>
>>>> Always timeout.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Michael Schwartzkopff
>>>>
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