Thanks

That's a pity.

The prompt is different on each host that I'll be adding (later)

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 1:37 AM Matt Martz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Generally speaking, you cannot set keys anywhere in ansible to a template,
> this is simply just not allowed.
>
> As such, there really isn't a mechanism for doing this.  Keys must be
> hardcoded.
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 3:15 AM phillip.from.oz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to set Ansible Expect prompt to a variable in host file.
>>
>> However this does not work.
>>
>> You can see that Ansible is not sending a response to the prompt.
>> The prompt is defined as the contents of a variable declared in host file.
>>
>> Can someone see what is wrong?
>>
>> =======================================
>> This is the host file:
>> [trak]
>> BASE prompt="BASE\>"
>>
>> This is the Ansible playbook:
>> ---
>> - name: Test a conversation
>>   hosts: BASE
>>   remote_user: root
>>   gather_facts: false
>>
>>   tasks:
>>   - name: Copy script converse.py
>>     copy: src=/home/converse.py
>>             dest=/home/converse.py
>>             remote_src=no
>>             mode=preserve
>>   - name: Run test session
>>     expect:
>>       echo: yes
>>       chdir: /tmp
>>       command: python3 /home/converse.py
>>       timeout: "300"
>>       responses:
>>         Username: sq
>>         Password: "MeMe"
>>         "{{hostvars[inventory_hostname].prompt}}": ["w
>> ##Class(websys).test()","H"]
>>     register: command_output
>>   - debug:
>>       msg: "{{ command_output.stdout.split('\n') }}"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> This is the result:
>> # ansible-playbook test-converse.yml
>>
>> PLAY [Test a conversation]
>> ********************************************************************
>>
>> TASK [Copy script converse.py]
>> ****************************************************************
>> changed: [BASE]
>>
>> TASK [Run test session]
>> ***********************************************************************
>> fatal: [BASE]: FAILED! =>
>>                {"changed": true, "cmd": "python3 converse.py", "delta":
>> "0:05:00.340507",
>>                 "end": "2022-12-01 19:12:18.727066", "msg": "command
>> exceeded timeout",
>>                 "rc": null, "start": "2022-12-01 19:07:18.386559",
>>                 "stdout": "\r\nWelcome to BASE\r\n   My configuration is
>> up to date\r\n
>>                            Print settings are normal\r\n\r\n\r\n
>>                 Username: sq\r\n
>>                 Password: MeMe\r\n
>>                 BASE>",
>>                 "stdout_lines": ["", "Welcome to BASE", "   My
>> configuration is up to date",
>>                 "   Print settings are normal", "", "",
>>                 "Username: sq", "Password: MeMe", "BASE>"]}
>>
>> PLAY RECAP
>> **************************************************************************************
>> BASE     : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0
>>  rescued=0    ignored=0
>>
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