ios_command – Run commands on remote devices running Cisco IOS

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Sends arbitrary commands to an ios 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 ios_config to configure IOS devices.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

tasks:
  - name: run show version on remote devices
    ios_command:
      commands: show version

  - name: run show version and check to see if output contains IOS
    ios_command:
      commands: show version
      wait_for: result[0] contains IOS

  - name: run multiple commands on remote nodes
    ios_command:
      commands:
        - show version
        - show interfaces

  - name: run multiple commands and evaluate the output
    ios_command:
      commands:
        - show version
        - show interfaces
      wait_for:
        - result[0] contains IOS
        - result[1] contains Loopback0
  - name: run commands that require answering a prompt
    ios_command:
      commands:
        - command: 'clear counters GigabitEthernet0/1'
          prompt: 'Clear "show interface" counters on this interface \[confirm\]'
          answer: 'y'
        - command: 'clear counters GigabitEthernet0/2'
          prompt: '[confirm]'
          answer: "\r"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Peter Sprygada (@privateip)