Network Modules - dealing with Interactive prompts

[jb79...@gmail.com]

Hello,

What is the best approach to dealing with interactive commands. I am attempting to use ansible to download a software file to a switch using a "copy scp://ad...@1.1.1.1/sw/software_file flash:software_file".

I have attempted to store the response to a variable and send another task with the password if the password prompt is listed in the variable, but ansible hangs on the password prompt.

Is this a correct approach? is there a better method to working with interactive commands?

---

- hosts: arista

  gather_facts: no

  connection: local

  strategy: free

  tasks:

    - name: download software

      ignore_errors: yes

      eos_command:

         host: arista

         username: admin

         password: xyz

         authorize: yes

         commands:

          - copy scp://ad...@1.1.1.1/sw/software_file flash:software_file

      register: test

    - name: password enter

      ignore_errors: yes

      eos_command:

         host: admin

         username: admin

         password: xyz

         ignore_errors: yes

         authorize: yes

         commands:

          - the_password

      when: “’password_prompt’ in test"

thanks.

jb

[Peter Sprygada]

which version of ansible are you running?

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[jb79...@gmail.com]

Using version - ansible 2.2.0.0

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[Peter Sprygada]

In Ansible 2.2 you can encode the prompt / response in the task as such:

eos_command:

  commands:

    - command: command to run

      prompt: Do you want to continue?

      response: yes

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[jb79...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I have tried this the playbook runs but the task always times out - assuming it isn't sending the "response". 

Can I confirm that the syntax is correct that I am using for the prompt and response?

The prompt when run directly on the switch is "j...@172.16.136.252's password:" I have tried various combinations of this for a match (password, password:, "password:", password":"

---

- hosts: arista

  gather_facts: no

  connection: local

  strategy: free

  tasks:

    - name: check VLAN

      eos_command:

        host: arista

        username: admin

        password: 12345

        authorize: yes

        commands:

          - command: copy scp://j...@172.16.136.252/somefile flash:somefile

            prompt: j...@172.16.136.252's password":"

            response: 123456

thanks