Ansible Expect module not responding to questions

[Diptajeet Khan]

Hi,

Having some trouble in responding to questions of expect module in my code. Any help appreciated... Below is the code & traceback.

BR

Code:

---

- name: "Deploy AAS Platform"

  connection: local

  hosts: all

  vars_prompt:

    - name: "aas_host"

      prompt: "Enter the AAS hostname suffix"

      private: no

      default: "fcidigital.com"

    - name: "aas_port"

      prompt: "Enter the AAS WEB URL port (Defaults to 80)"

      private: no

      default: "80"

    - name: "aas_smtp"

      prompt: "Enter the AAS SMTP server (Defaults to cas-yt31.exch.g01.local)"

      private: no

      default: "cas-yt31.exch.g01.local"

    - name: "aas_ip"

      prompt: "Enter the AAS Platform server IP address"

      private: no

      default: ""

    - name: "aas_password"

      prompt: "Enter the AAS Platform superuser password (Hint : Enter password from 8 to 32 alphanumeric characters)"

      private: yes

    - name: "aas_sysadm"

      prompt: "Enter the mail address of System administrator"

      private: no

      default: "x...@gmail.com"

    - name: "aas_lang"

      prompt: "Enter the language of DADock Portal for superuser [ja/en] (Hint: Input [ja] for Japanese or [en] for English language.)"

      private: no

      default: "en"

     

  tasks:       

    - name: "Configure AAS Platform - ETA : 30 minutes"

      expect:

        command: /root/dadock-installer/assets/bin/configure.sh

        responses:

          (?i)Enter the hostname suffix \>: "{{ aas_host }}"

          (?i)Enter the port number \>: "{{ aas_port }}"

          (?i)Enter the SMTP server \>: "{{ aas_smtp }}"

          (?i)Enter the IPv4 address \>: "{{ aas_ip }}"

          (?i)Enter superuser password \(8\-32 characters\) \>: "{{ aas_password }}"

          (?i)Retype superuser password \>: "{{ aas_password }}"

          (?i)Enter the mail address \>: "{{ aas_sysadm }}"

          (?i)Enter the language for superuser \>: "{{ aas_lang }}"

          (?i)Enter y to begin installation \(press \[Ctrl\+C\] to cancel\) >: "y"

        timeout: 1800

      register: configure_result

 

    - debug: msg={{ configure_result.stdout.split('\n') }}

       

================================

Traceback:

 

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {

    "changed": true,

    "cmd": "/root/dadock-installer/assets/bin/configure.sh",

    "delta": "0:30:00.124825",

    "end": "2018-12-02 21:56:00.354798",

    "invocation": {

        "module_args": {

            "chdir": null,

            "command": "/root/dadock-installer/assets/bin/configure.sh",

            "creates": null,

            "echo": false,

            "removes": null,

            "responses": {

                "(?i)Enter superuser password \\(8\\-32 characters\\) \\>": " test123",

                "(?i)Enter the IPv4 address \\>": "10.34.156.138",

                "(?i)Enter the SMTP server \\>": "cas-yt31.exch.g01.local",

                "(?i)Enter the hostname suffix \\>": "fcidigital.com",

                "(?i)Enter the language for superuser \\>": "en",

                "(?i)Enter the mail address \\>": "x...@gmail.com",

                "(?i)Enter the port number \\>": "80",

                "(?i)Enter y to begin installation \\(press \\[Ctrl\\+C\\] to cancel\\) >": "y",

                "(?i)Retype superuser password \\>": "test123"

            },

            "timeout": 1800

        }

    },

    "msg": "command exceeded timeout",

    "rc": null,

    "start": "2018-12-02 21:26:00.229973",

    "stdout": "",

    "stdout_lines": []

}

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Sunday, 2 December 2018 17:57:03 CET Diptajeet Khan wrote:
> "msg": "command exceeded timeout",
>
> "rc": null,
>
> "start": "2018-12-02 21:26:00.229973",
>
> "stdout": "",
>
> "stdout_lines": []
>
> }

Your stdout is empty, that means your program have not prompted any text that the expect module could response to, hence the timeout.


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Kai Stian Olstad

[Diptajeet Khan]

Thanks Kai!

Yes was wondering about that but unfortunately the script '/root/dadock-installer/assets/bin/configure.sh' interact when ran manually.

BR

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[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 04.12.2018 00:02, Diptajeet Khan wrote:
> Thanks Kai!
> Yes was wondering about that but unfortunately the script '
> /root/dadock-installer/assets/bin/configure.sh' interact when ran
> manually.

Might be that the script detect it's not running interactively.
Since it's a shell script it should be possible to read the code and
figure out what it does.

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[Diptajeet Khan]

Hi Kai,

I got the same command working via 'shell' module & interact via - spawn/expect/send.

Though I am still wondering why pexpect doesn't do the same when I can see that the script does get triggered from process logs.

BR

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