# Cisco Routers IOSXR Ansible automation

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-routers-iosxr-ansible-automation/38923>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-routers-iosxr-ansible-automation/38923 "2024-12-05T17:05:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![selvigp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/selvigp/32/4977_2.png) [@selvigp](https://forum.ansible.com/u/selvigp)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-routers-iosxr-ansible-automation/38923/1 "2024-12-05T17:05:06Z")

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Hi,

I have installed ‘cisco.iosxr’ ansible collection and try to run show commands through cli using Ansible on the Cisco routers.

Playbook:

```auto
- name: Retrieve software version details from Cisco IOS XR routers
  hosts: ios
  gather_facts: no
  connection: network_cli
  tasks:
  - name: Retrieve IOS-XR version
    cisco.iosxr.iosxr_command:
      commands:
        - show run
    register: version
  - name: Display software version
    debug:
      msg: "{{ version.stdout }}"

```

I am always getting error “msg”: “unable to set terminal parameters.”’ . Even I have try to set terminal length & width directly on routers. Still it doesn’t work.

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**Author:** ![Tshi\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@Tshi\_2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tshi_2)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-routers-iosxr-ansible-automation/38923/2 "2025-10-03T15:56:23Z")

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Hi,  
Did you manage to solve this issue?

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**Author:** ![Tshi\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@Tshi\_2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tshi_2)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-routers-iosxr-ansible-automation/38923/3 "2025-10-03T16:26:03Z")

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I solved my issue by ios rather than using iosxr even though I am using a cisco ASR1001-X.

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**Author:** ![TDub](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/tdub/32/9124_2.png) [@TDub](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TDub)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-routers-iosxr-ansible-automation/38923/4 "2025-10-07T15:29:46Z")

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> [@Tshi\_2](#):
>
> ASR1001

Hi,

the Cisco ASR1001 (and other models in the ASR 1000 series) runs Cisco IOS XE Software