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vmx1987
vmx1987

Reputation: 51

Ansible: prompt to enter enable password on cisco ios

I need to make the script prompt for enable password after entering in unprivileged mode in cisco ios. So far this is what I have which works but I don't want to put my real "enable" password on anywhere on my computer.

---

- name: Basic Show Commands
hosts: cisco
gather_facts: False
connection: local

tasks:
 - name: show run
   ios_command:
     commands:
      - show run
     provider:
       authorize: yes
       auth_pass: my_enable_password
   register: show_run

- debug:
   var: show_run.stdout_lines

- name: copy show run to file

  local_action: copy content={{show_run.stdout[0]}} dest=/mnt/c/Ansible/show_run

I run the playbook as follows:

ansible-playbook -u my_username -k /mnt/c/Ansible/show_run.yaml

How do I make this happen?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3650

Answers (2)

aleph_arcane
aleph_arcane

Reputation: 11

This is very old thread, but for the sake of someone new searching for the answer, I did this-

ansible-playbook -u my_username --ask-pass --ask-become-pass /mnt/c/Ansible/show_run.yaml

Also, in the host file,

[host_group:vars]
ansible_become=yes
ansible_become_method=enable
ansible_network_os=ios

Upvotes: 1

Vladimir Botka
Vladimir Botka

Reputation: 68344

An option "to make the script prompt for enable password" would be to use vars_prompt. See the example below

...
vars_prompt:
  - name: "my_enable_password"
    prompt: "Cisco auth_pass:"
tasks:
...

Upvotes: 0

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