Hi all,
I am using Ansible 2.1.0 on Ubuntu. I’m trying to use “ios_command” to execute command on Cisco router.
In playbook, I set connection to local (connection=local). However, when run ansible-playbook, ansible still tries to copy temporary file onto router; which resulted in Ansible’s inability to execute the command:
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ansible_user@sp-mgmt:~/example$ ansible_user@sp-mgmt:~/example$ ansible-playbook -vvv -i production showconfig.yml
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
PLAYBOOK: showconfig.yml *******************************************************
1 plays in showconfig.yml
PLAY [pe2] *********************************************************************
TASK [OBTAIN LOGIN CREDENTIALS] ************************************************
task path: /home/ansible_user/example/showconfig.yml:7
ok: [pe2] => {“ansible_facts”: {“creds”: {“auth_pass”: “cisco”, “password”: “cisco”, “username”: “cisco”}}, “changed”: false, “invocation”: {“module_args”: {“_raw_params”: “secrets.yml”}, “module_name”: “include_vars”}}
TASK [DEFINE PROVIDER] *********************************************************
task path: /home/ansible_user/example/showconfig.yml:10
ok: [pe2] => {“ansible_facts”: {“provider”: {“auth_pass”: “cisco”, “host”: “pe2”, “password”: “cisco”, “username”: “cisco”}}, “changed”: false, “invocation”: {“module_args”: {“provider”: {“auth_pass”: “cisco”, “host”: “pe2”, “password”: “cisco”, “username”: “cisco”}}, “module_name”: “set_fact”}}
TASK [RUN ‘SHOW CLOCK’] ********************************************************
task path: /home/ansible_user/example/showconfig.yml:18
ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: cisco
SSH: EXEC sshpass -d12 ssh -C -q -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o User=cisco -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/ansible_user/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r pe2 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’( umask 77 && mkdir -p “echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559648.05-58745276585938” && echo ansible-tmp-1465559648.05-58745276585938=“echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559648.05-58745276585938” ) && sleep 0’“'”‘’
PUT /tmp/tmpfKgbw1 TO “echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559648.05-58745276585938” ) && sleep 0’"/ios_command
SSH: EXEC sshpass -d12 sftp -o BatchMode=no -b - -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o User=cisco -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/ansible_user/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r ‘[pe2]’
fatal: [pe2]: UNREACHABLE! => {“changed”: false, “msg”: “SSH Error: data could not be sent to the remote host. Make sure this host can be reached over ssh”, “unreachable”: true}
to retry, use: --limit @showconfig.retry
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
pe2 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed=0
`
When executed with option “-e ansible_connection=local”, Ansible was able to complete the task:
`
ansible_user@sp-mgmt:~/example$ ansible-playbook -vvv -i production -e ansible_connection=local showconfig.yml
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
PLAYBOOK: showconfig.yml *******************************************************
1 plays in showconfig.yml
PLAY [pe2] *********************************************************************
TASK [OBTAIN LOGIN CREDENTIALS] ************************************************
task path: /home/ansible_user/example/showconfig.yml:7
ok: [pe2] => {“ansible_facts”: {“creds”: {“auth_pass”: “cisco”, “password”: “cisco”, “username”: “cisco”}}, “changed”: false, “invocation”: {“module_args”: {“_raw_params”: “secrets.yml”}, “module_name”: “include_vars”}}
TASK [DEFINE PROVIDER] *********************************************************
task path: /home/ansible_user/example/showconfig.yml:10
ok: [pe2] => {“ansible_facts”: {“provider”: {“auth_pass”: “cisco”, “host”: “pe2”, “password”: “cisco”, “username”: “cisco”}}, “changed”: false, “invocation”: {“module_args”: {“provider”: {“auth_pass”: “cisco”, “host”: “pe2”, “password”: “cisco”, “username”: “cisco”}}, “module_name”: “set_fact”}}
TASK [RUN ‘SHOW CLOCK’] ********************************************************
task path: /home/ansible_user/example/showconfig.yml:18
ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible_user
EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559709.41-163188613042417” && echo ansible-tmp-1465559709.41-163188613042417=“echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559709.41-163188613042417” ) && sleep 0’
PUT /tmp/tmpmiqoJ6 TO /home/ansible_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559709.41-163188613042417/ios_command
EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559709.41-163188613042417/ios_command; rm -rf “/home/ansible_user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465559709.41-163188613042417/” > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0’
ok: [pe2] => {“changed”: false, “invocation”: {“module_args”: {“auth_pass”: “VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER”, “authorize”: false, “commands”: [“show clock”], “host”: “pe2”, “interval”: 1, “password”: “VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER”, “port”: 22, “provider”: “{‘username’: ‘', ‘password’: '’, ‘host’: ‘pe2’, ‘auth_pass’: ‘********’}”, “retries”: 10, “ssh_keyfile”: null, “timeout”: 10, “username”: “VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER”, “waitfor”: null}, “module_name”: “ios_command”}, “stdout”: [“*19:52:39.860 SGT Fri Jun 10 2016”], “stdout_lines”: [[“*19:52:39.860 SGT Fri Jun 10 2016”]]}
TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
task path: /home/ansible_user/example/showconfig.yml:25
ok: [pe2] => {
“version.stdout_lines”: [
[
“*19:52:39.860 SGT Fri Jun 10 2016”
]
]
}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
pe2 : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
`
Is it some sorts of a bug? Or is it because of my playbook settings? Below are the configurations
`
ansible_user@sp-mgmt:~/example$ cat production
[pe]
pe[1:6]
[p]
p1[1:2]
p2[1:4]
[ce]
ce[1:6]
[all:vars]
ansible_connection=ssh
ansible_user=cisco
ansible_ssh_pass=cisco
ansible_user@sp-mgmt:~/example$ cat secrets.yml—
creds:
username: cisco
password: cisco
auth_pass: cisco
ansible_user@sp-mgmt:~/example$ cat showconfig.yml