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telnet - Executes a low-down and dirty telnet command

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Executes a low-down and dirty telnet command, not going through the module subsystem.
  • This is mostly to be used for enabling ssh on devices that only have telnet enabled by default.

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
command
required
List of commands to be executed in the telnet session.

aliases: commands
host
Default:
remote_addr
The host/target on which to execute the command
login_prompt
Default:
login:
Login or username prompt to expect
password
The password for login
password_prompt
Default:
Password:
Login or username prompt to expect
pause
Default:
yes
Seconds to pause between each command issued
port
Default:
23
Remote port to use
prompts
Default:
[u'$']
List of prompts expected before sending next command
timeout
Default:
120
timeout for remote operations
user
Default:
remote_user
The user for login

Notes

Note

  • The environment keyword does not work with this task

Examples

- name: send configuration commands to IOS
  telnet:
    user: cisco
    password: cisco
    login_prompt: "Username: "
    prompts:
      - "[>|#]"
    command:
      - terminal length 0
      - configure terminal
      - hostname ios01

- name: run show commands
  telnet:
    user: cisco
    password: cisco
    login_prompt: "Username: "
    prompts:
      - "[>|#]"
    command:
      - terminal length 0
      - show version

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key
Returned
Description
output
list
always
output of each command is an element in this list

Sample:
['success', 'success', '', 'warning .. something']


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Ansible Core Team

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