getting error when trying to use 'at' module to schedule a script

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I tried to schdule a script to be run at a particular time as per the instruction in documentation for ‘at’ module. However iam getting below error. Not sure what iam doing wrong, please guide.

First, i wrote a script which references another script that need to be executed in 5 minutes. Both scripts are in same directory. However when i run this script, it shows below error:

i wonder if ‘hosts: TESTFIREWALL’ is needed as iam not running this script on a remote host but i tried adding and removing it yet got error on both occassions.

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Is at installed on your hosts?

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/at_module.html#requirements

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It seems environment issue. Find the ‘at’ command location and export to the binary path.

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Hi Erik,

no, i wanted to schedule a script to be run on a cisco switch/firewall (network device). i don’t think ‘at’ module can be installed on a network device.

so is there any other way i can schedule script to be run in device in below format?

2960 switch-1 - run 2960upgrade.yaml - run at 2:30 pm

3650 switch - 3650upgrade.yaml - run at 3:30 pm

2960 switch-2 - 2960upgrade.yaml - run at 4:30 pm

Thanks,
Vikram

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Check kron module, it’s similar to at.

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Hi,

After going tghrough documentation for cron module, i doubt if it would help in scheduling script to be executed in network devices. Are you sure it helps with scheduling for scisco network devices?

Regards,
Vikram

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We cannot execute any script on network devices, execution will happen only in the Ansible server . The cron job will only do the scheduling job.