# Configuring an HP GbE2c switch with SCP. **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [September 9, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuring-an-hp-gbe2c-switch-with-scp/13435 "2013-09-09T01:41:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Chris10](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris10)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuring-an-hp-gbe2c-switch-with-scp/13435/1 "2013-09-09T01:41:21Z")
Hi there, I’m brand new to Ansible and I would like to know how you would approach the following situation: I’m trying to push some configuration files to HP GbE2c L2/L3 switches that I maintain. I can access the switches using SSH but need to enter a password manually (no way to declare an authorized RSA key). From there I have access to a CISCO-like CLI to manage the configuration. I can also push a configuration file remotely using SCP, with a syntax like the following, for instance from a Linux host: > scp config.cfg admin@switch\_ip:putcfg\_apply\_save > Password: which will upload file “config.cfg” to the switch, apply the new configuration and flash it to persistent memory. I would like to do this automatically with Ansible as I have a fairly large number of switches to manage (about 20). There are two things I need for that: 1 - A way to enter the SSH admin password automatically, like with Tcl/Tk “expect”. 2 - A way to carry an scp command locally as obviously I can’t execute any command on the remote system. Up to now I have come with the following solution: ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuring-an-hp-gbe2c-switch-with-scp/13435/2 "2013-09-09T02:04:30Z")
“ansible-playbook -k -vvv test.yml” will ask you for the ssh password and send it to each host but prompt you only once as for the commands, try the following: - hosts: switches gather\_facts: no user: admin tasks: - name: Push configuration to the switches local\_action: command scp ${inventory\_hostname}.cfg - name: save config raw: putcfg\_apply\_save