# cisco asa backups playbook fails **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 2, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-asa-backups-playbook-fails/37955 "2023-05-02T18:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dbs34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dbs34](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dbs34)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-asa-backups-playbook-fails/37955/1 "2023-05-02T18:48:50Z")
Hello All! I have been tasked with backing up our network devices. I am not a network guy but I know ansible and linux. I keep getting this error and have not found much on the web for help. **The error is “unable to disable terminal pager.”** PLAY [Backup ASA Configuration] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Found a vault\_id (default) in the vaulttext We have a secret associated with vault id (default), will try to use to decrypt /etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml Trying to use vault secret=(FileVaultSecret(filename=‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/.vltfile.yml’)) id=default to decrypt /etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml Trying secret FileVaultSecret(filename=‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/.vltfile.yml’) for vault\_id=default Decrypt of “b’/etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml’” successful with secret=FileVaultSecret(filename=‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/.vltfile.yml’) and vault\_id=default Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml’ META: ran handlers Found a vault\_id (default) in the vaulttext We have a secret associated with vault id (default), will try to use to decrypt /etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml Trying to use vault secret=(FileVaultSecret(filename=‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/.vltfile.yml’)) id=default to decrypt /etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml Trying secret FileVaultSecret(filename=‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/.vltfile.yml’) for vault\_id=default Decrypt of “b’/etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml’” successful with secret=FileVaultSecret(filename=‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/.vltfile.yml’) and vault\_id=default Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/group\_vars/asa/vault.yml’ redirecting (type: action) cisco.asa.asa\_config to cisco.asa.asa Loading collection ansible.netcommon from /root/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/ansible/netcommon TASK [Backup ASA Configuration] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/networking/zzasap01.yml:15 redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.network\_cli to ansible.netcommon.network\_cli Loading collection ansible.utils from /root/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/ansible/utils redirecting (type: terminal) ansible.builtin.asa to cisco.asa.asa redirecting (type: cliconf) ansible.builtin.asa to cisco.asa.asa attempting to start connection using connection plugin ansible.netcommon.network\_cli Found ansible-connection at path /usr/bin/ansible-connection local domain socket does not exist, starting it control socket path is /root/.ansible/pc/4e7f6e3bdf redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.network\_cli to ansible.netcommon.network\_cli Loading collection ansible.netcommon from /root/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/ansible/netcommon Loading collection ansible.utils from /root/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/ansible/utils redirecting (type: terminal) ansible.builtin.asa to cisco.asa.asa Loading collection cisco.asa from /root/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/cisco/asa redirecting (type: cliconf) ansible.builtin.asa to cisco.asa.asa local domain socket listeners started successfully loaded cliconf plugin ansible\_collections.cisco.asa.plugins.cliconf.asa from path /root/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/cisco/asa/plugins/cliconf/asa.py for network\_os asa ssh type is set to libssh local domain socket path is /root/.ansible/pc/4e7f6e3bdf redirecting (type: action) cisco.asa.asa\_config to cisco.asa.asa redirecting (type: action) cisco.asa.asa\_config to cisco.asa.asa ANSIBLE\_NETWORK\_IMPORT\_MODULES: enabled ANSIBLE\_NETWORK\_IMPORT\_MODULES: found cisco.asa.asa\_config at /root/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/cisco/asa/plugins/modules/asa\_config.py ANSIBLE\_NETWORK\_IMPORT\_MODULES: running cisco.asa.asa\_config ANSIBLE\_NETWORK\_IMPORT\_MODULES: complete ANSIBLE\_NETWORK\_IMPORT\_MODULES: Result: {‘failed’: True, ‘\_ansible\_parsed’: False, ‘module\_stdout’: ‘’, ‘module\_stderr’: ‘unable to disable terminal pager’, ‘msg’: ‘MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error’} fatal: [zzaxxxxx]: FAILED! =\> { “changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “unable to disable terminal pager”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error” } ---
**Author:** ![dbs34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dbs34](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dbs34)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-asa-backups-playbook-fails/37955/2 "2023-05-02T21:03:44Z")
I ran some more tests and it does not matter what command I send or directive aka backup: yes I see the same error on all 3 unique devices. An cisco-asa a dellos9 cmc device and a cisco nxos switch. module\_stderr": “unable to set terminal parameters”, ---
**Author:** ![dbs34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dbs34](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dbs34)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-asa-backups-playbook-fails/37955/3 "2023-05-03T13:22:22Z")
I was able to get past this error by setting ansible\_network\_terminal\_errors=ignore in my hosts file By default its set to fatal. [ASA:vars] ansible\_network\_terminal\_errors=ignore