Excellent! This worked now. What did this delegate_to command actually
do? Did the provider under ios_config call the provider variables written
already?
On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 4:35:38 PM UTC+8, Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Try this:
>
> - name: DEPLOY SNMP COMMANDS WITHIN PB
> delegate_to: localhost
> ios_config:
> provider: "{{ provider }}"
> commands:
> - snmp-server community Test1ng rw
>
>
> (this is not tested)
>
> kind regards
> Pshem
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 at 20:58 SK <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pshem,
>>
>> Thank you again for the assistance, the indentation problem is now solved
>> and the playbook is running, but with errors. I am back to the original
>> question. How does ansible connect to the network device? Is it just
>> username/password in the ansible configuration or do I need to setup any
>> ssh keys on the Cisco network device for the Linux host running ansible to
>> authenticate to device?
>>
>> I ran the playbook command with -vvvv option as well and almost similar
>> error in addition to "open_shell() returned 255 failed to connect to
>> control socket"
>>
>> Host#ansible-playbook configs.yml
>>
>> PLAY [DEPLOY SNMP CONFIGURATIONS]
>> ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>>
>> TASK [configure provider]
>> ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>> ok: [sltnrmgmt]
>>
>> TASK [DEPLOY SNMP COMMANDS WITHIN PB]
>> ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>> *fatal: [sltnrmgmt]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg":
>> "unable to open shell. Please see:
>> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/network_debug_troubleshooting.html#unable-to-open-shell
>>
>> <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/network_debug_troubleshooting.html#unable-to-open-shell>",
>>
>> "rc": 255}*
>> to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/configs.retry
>>
>> PLAY RECAP
>> ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>> sltnrmgmt : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 3:31:43 PM UTC+8, Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:
>>
>>> Now the issue is caused by indentation:
>>>
>>> - name: configure provider
>>> set_fact:
>>>
>>> set_fact must start at the same position as 'name' above it.
>>>
>>> kind regards
>>> Pshem
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 at 18:39 SK <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>> Thank you for the suggestion about dash before name. I have updated that
>>>> and still receive the same error. The error is pointing towards set_fact.
>>>> I will take a look into text editors for YAML.
>>>>
>>>> ansible-playbook -vvvv configs.yml
>>>> Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
>>>> ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/configs.yml': line 12,
>>>> column 8, but may
>>>> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>>>>
>>>> The offending line appears to be:
>>>>
>>>> - name: configure provider
>>>> set_fact:
>>>> ^ here
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, November 17, 2017 at 5:16:24 PM UTC+8, Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> You need a space between the dash '-' and 'name:' in the task list.
>>>>> I suggest you find a text editor that supports YAML validation to make
>>>>> your life easier.
>>>>>
>>>>> kind regards
>>>>> Pshem
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 at 20:42 SK <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using Ansible for the first time to test basic commands on
>>>>>> Network devices. When I run the playbook, I am encountering errors even
>>>>>> though the configuration looks normal. Below is the OS of my source
>>>>>> machine where Ansible is installed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My ansible version is below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ansible 2.3.2.0
>>>>>> config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
>>>>>> configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
>>>>>> python version = 2.7.5 (default, Nov 6 2016, 00:28:07) [GCC 4.8.5
>>>>>> 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11)]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the config.yml file I am using to test is below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> - name: DEPLOY SNMP CONFIGURATIONS
>>>>>> hosts: mgmt
>>>>>> gather_facts: False
>>>>>> connection: local
>>>>>> vars_files:
>>>>>> - creds.yml
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -name: configure provider
>>>>>> set_fact:
>>>>>> provider:
>>>>>> username: "{{username}}"
>>>>>> password: "{{password}}"
>>>>>> host: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - name: DEPLOY SNMP COMMANDS WITHIN PB
>>>>>> ios_config:
>>>>>> commands:
>>>>>> - snmp-server community Test1ng rw
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The content of creds.yml file is below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> username: xxxxx
>>>>>> password: xxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> grep inventory ansible.cfg
>>>>>> inventory = /etc/ansible/inventory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The content of the inventory file is below
>>>>>> [mgmt]
>>>>>> sltnrmgmt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Error message I am noticing:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ansible-playbook -vvvv configs.yml
>>>>>> Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
>>>>>> ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/configs.yml': line
>>>>>> 12, column 16, but may
>>>>>> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The offending line appears to be:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -name: configure provider
>>>>>> set_fact:
>>>>>> ^ here
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *The set_fact seems to be defined the way it should be. Appreciate
>>>>>> any help on this.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other details I am yet to figure out:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How does Ansible communicate with Network devices by default in
>>>>>> version 2.3? Do I need to setup any SSH keys on the Cisco Network
>>>>>> device?
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