# Help with ios\_config and login banner

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-ios-config-and-login-banner/23848>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 28, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-ios-config-and-login-banner/23848 "2017-02-28T21:21:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Len\_Tucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Len\_Tucker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Len_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-ios-config-and-login-banner/23848/1 "2017-02-28T21:21:35Z")

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I am having a timeout issue with ios\_config and login banners. The playbook times out. Any help or examples of a working config would be appreciated.

adminlen@len-nm-1:~/ansible$ ansible --version  
ansible 2.3.0  
config file = /home/adminlen/ansible/ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = Default w/o overrides

ansible$ cat router-login-banner.yml

```auto
hosts: testsitehsrp1
gather_facts: no
connection: local

tasks:
    name: Set motd and alias commands for dsl
    ios_config:
    username: adminlen
    save: yes
    src: /home/adminlen/ansible/router-login-banner-test

```

adminlen@len-nm-1:~/ansible$ cat router-login-banner-test  
banner login @

test login  
banner

@

adminlen@len-nm-1:~/ansible$ ansible-playbook -vvv router-login-banner.yml --ask-pass  
Using /home/adminlen/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file  
SSH password:

PLAYBOOK: router-login-banner.yml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
1 plays in router-login-banner.yml

PLAY [testsitehsrp1] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
META: ran handlers

TASK [Set motd and alias commands for dsl] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
task path: /home/adminlen/ansible/router-login-banner.yml:7  
Using module file /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-2.3.0-py2.7.egg/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios\_config.py  
\<10.100.80.2\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: adminlen  
\<10.100.80.2\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~ && sleep 0’  
\<10.100.80.2\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “echo /home/adminlen/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534” && echo ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534=“echo /home/adminlen/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534” ) && sleep 0’  
\<10.100.80.2\> PUT /tmp/tmpIbJY6x TO /home/adminlen/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534/ios\_config.py  
\<10.100.80.2\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /home/adminlen/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534/ /home/adminlen/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534/ios\_config.py && sleep 0’  
\<10.100.80.2\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python /home/adminlen/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534/ios\_config.py; rm -rf “/home/adminlen/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1487961451.38-133078886647534/” \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’  
fatal: [testsitehsrp1]: FAILED! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“command”: “banner login @”,  
“failed”: true,  
“invocation”: {  
“module\_args”: {  
“after”: null,  
“auth\_pass”: null,  
“authorize”: null,  
“backup”: false,  
“before”: null,  
“config”: null,  
“defaults”: false,  
“force”: false,  
“host”: null,  
“lines”: null,  
“match”: “line”,  
“multiline\_delimiter”: “@”,  
“parents”: null,  
“password”: null,  
“port”: null,  
“provider”: null,  
“replace”: “line”,  
“save”: true,  
“src”: “banner login @ \n\ntest login\nbanner\n\n@\n\n”,  
“ssh\_keyfile”: null,  
“timeout”: null,  
“username”: “adminlen”  
}  
},  
“msg”: “timeout trying to send command: banner login @”,  
“rc”: 1  
}  
to retry, use: --limit @/home/adminlen/ansible/router-login-banner.retry

PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
testsitehsrp1 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1