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community.network.cnos_command – Run arbitrary commands on Lenovo CNOS devices
Note
This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.cnos_command.
Synopsis
- Sends arbitrary commands to an CNOS node and returns the results read from the device. The 
cnos_commandmodule includes an argument that will cause the module to wait for a specific condition before returning or timing out if the condition is not met. 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| commands
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        List of commands to send to the remote device. The resulting output from the command is returned. If the wait_for argument is provided, the module is not returned until the condition is satisfied or the number of retires is expired.
         | 
     |
| interval
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        1
         | 
      
        
        Configures the interval in seconds to wait between retries of the command. If the command does not pass the specified conditions, the interval indicates how long to wait before trying the command again.
         | 
     
| match
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The match argument is used in conjunction with the wait_for argument to specify the match policy. Valid values are  all or any. If the value is set to all then all conditionals in the wait_for must be satisfied. If the value is set to any then only one of the values must be satisfied.
        | 
     
| retries
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        10
         | 
      
        
        Specifies the number of retries a command should by tried before it is considered failed. The command is run on the target device every retry and evaluated against the wait_for conditions.
         | 
     
| wait_for
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        List of conditions to evaluate against the output of the command. The task will wait for each condition to be true before moving forward. If the conditional is not true within the configured number of retries, the task fails. See examples.
         | 
     
Examples
---
- name: Test contains operator
  community.network.cnos_command:
    commands:
      - show version
      - show system memory
    wait_for:
      - "result[0] contains 'Lenovo'"
      - "result[1] contains 'MemFree'"
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - "result.changed == false"
      - "result.stdout is defined"
- name: Get output for single command
  community.network.cnos_command:
    commands: ['show version']
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - "result.changed == false"
      - "result.stdout is defined"
- name: Get output for multiple commands
  community.network.cnos_command:
    commands:
      - show version
      - show interface information
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - "result.changed == false"
      - "result.stdout is defined"
      - "result.stdout | length == 2"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| failed_conditions
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      failed | 
        
        the conditionals that failed
         Sample:
        
       
        ['...', '...']
         | 
     
| stdout
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        the set of responses from the commands
         Sample:
        
       
        ['...', '...']
         | 
     
| stdout_lines
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The value of stdout split into a list
         Sample:
        
       
        [['...', '...'], ['...'], ['...']]
         | 
     
Authors
- Anil Kumar Muraleedharan (@amuraleedhar)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/network/cnos_command_module.html