Ansible network_cli plugin development for custom network device

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Hi,
I have written code for cliconf and terminal for new network device to support network_cli but i am unable to load the cliconf when i am running the command for the device.
the cliconf and terminal both are in respective path:-
/home/nshet/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/myorg/myos/plugins/terminal

/home/nshet/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/myorg/myos/plugins/cliconf

when i increase verbosity below is the error that i am finding:-

local domain socket does not exist, starting it
<172.16.7.232> control socket path is /home/nshet/.ansible/pc/fd6295b4b1
<172.16.7.232> Loading collection ansible.netcommon from /home/nshet/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon
<172.16.7.232> Loading collection myorg.myos from /home/nshet/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/myorg/myos
<172.16.7.232> local domain socket listeners started successfully
<172.16.7.232> unable to load cliconf for network_os myorg.myos.myos
<172.16.7.232>

Please help me on this.

Thanks,
Nitesh

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Hi Nitesh,

It is difficult to tell what might be causing the problem without looking at the plugins you wrote. Have you tried explicitly setting the environment variable ANSIBLE_CLICONF_PLUGINS to point to your custom cliconf plugin file and see if that works?

Thanks,
Nilashish Chakraborty
Senior Software Engineer - Ansible