Upgrading 2960x

[Kevin_Northcutt]

I’m sure I’m missing something very simple but have been working on this for a few days. I’m really new to Ansible and would really appreciate any help.

I have AWX
Ansible

My Playbook

[Dick_Visser]

Hi

Although this list isn’t for AWX, it’s easy to spot the error because it literally says at the end what is wrong.
The commands parameter expects a list.
See the last example on
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/ios_command_module.html#examples

[Heinz_Meier]

hi,

i started to write a universal ios upgrade playbook. The meta playbook includes the playbooks for the specific model upgrades. Sorry for the lengthy post. But when I find some time I will write a better blog article.

Please feel free to ask me again if you have a question regarding this playbooks.

First we have an inventory like:

all:
  hosts: 

    switch01: 
      ansible_host: 192.168.100.149    # DHCP address in staging net

  children:        # grouping in ansible is called „children“
    c9200l:        # grouping according to hardware 
      hosts: 
        switch01: 
      vars: 
        compliant_ios_version: 16.12.01 
        ios_hash: 727cfc785bc304b985656dee660b0382 
        ios_file: cat9k_lite_iosxe.16.12.01.SPA.bin

The meta playbook is like:
---
- hosts: cisco
  vars:
    model: "{{ ansible_net_model | regex_replace('^WS-C(\d+.).*$', '\1') }}"
  tasks:
    - name: Output
      debug:
        msg: "Found model: {{ model }}. Will try to upgrade."
    - name: Include model series specific upgrade
      block:
        - name: do include
          include: "ios-upgrade-{{ model }}.yaml"
      when: (ansible_net_version != compliant_ios_version)

The playbook for a c2960L is:
  - name: Copy IOS to device
    ios_command:
      commands:
        - command: 'copy tftp://[192.168.100.16/{{](http://192.168.100.16/{{) ios_file }} flash:'
          prompt: 'Destination filename \[{{ ios_file }}\]?'
          answer: "\r"
    vars:
      ansible_command_timeout: 600

  - name: Check md5sum of IOS on device
    ios_command:
      commands:
        - command: 'verify /md5 flash:{{ ios_file }} {{ ios_hash }}'
    register: md5_output

  - name: Continue if hash matches
    block:

      - name: Set new boot variable
        ios_config:
          lines: boot system flash:{{ ios_file }}
          save_when: always

      - name: Reboot device
        ios_command:
          commands:
            - command: reload
              prompt: '\[confirm\]'
              answer: "\r"

      - name: Wait for switch to reboot
        wait_for:
          host: "{{ ansible_host }}"
          port: 22
          delay: 60
          timeout: 600
        delegate_to: localhost

      - name: Gather facts of the switch again
        ios_facts:

      - name: Assert that the running IOS version is correct
        assert:
          that:
            - compliant_ios_version == ansible_net_version
          msg: "IOS version does not match compliant version. Upgrade unsuccessful."

    when: '"Verified" in md5_output.stdout[0]'

	

[Dick_Visser]

Hi

What is the purpose of this message? It seems to bear no question, and does not have any relation to the original message(s)?

[Claudia_de_Luna]

I believe Mr. Meier was just sharing an example of a working version of a playbook that does what kanor is trying to do.

It also illustrates your point about the ios_commands module wanting a list.

I found it pretty relevant and am glad he took the time to share that.

[Kevin_Northcutt]

I really appreciate everyone’s input to my question.
Thanks

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