In Ansible 2.2 you can encode the prompt / response in the task as such:
eos_command:
commands:
- command: command to run
prompt: Do you want to continue?
response: yes
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Using version - ansible 2.2.0.0
>
> On Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 8:23:09 PM UTC, Peter Sprygada wrote:
>>
>> which version of ansible are you running?
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:29 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> What is the best approach to dealing with interactive commands. I am
>>> attempting to use ansible to download a software file to a switch using a
>>> "copy
>>> scp://[email protected]/sw/software_file flash:software_file".
>>>
>>> I have attempted to store the response to a variable and send another
>>> task with the password if the password prompt is listed in the variable, but
>>> ansible hangs on the password prompt.
>>>
>>> Is this a correct approach? is there a better method to working with
>>> interactive commands?
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> - hosts: arista
>>>
>>> gather_facts: no
>>>
>>> connection: local
>>>
>>> strategy: free
>>>
>>> tasks:
>>>
>>> - name: download software
>>>
>>> ignore_errors: yes
>>>
>>> eos_command:
>>>
>>> host: arista
>>>
>>> username: admin
>>>
>>> password: xyz
>>>
>>> authorize: yes
>>>
>>> commands:
>>>
>>> - copy scp://[email protected]/sw/software_file
>>> flash:software_file
>>>
>>> register: test
>>>
>>> - name: password enter
>>>
>>> ignore_errors: yes
>>>
>>> eos_command:
>>>
>>> host: admin
>>>
>>> username: admin
>>>
>>> password: xyz
>>>
>>> ignore_errors: yes
>>>
>>> authorize: yes
>>>
>>> commands:
>>>
>>> - the_password
>>>
>>> when: “’password_prompt’ in test"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks.
>>>
>>> jb
>>>
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