# this is a virtual module that is entirely implemented server side # Copyright: Ansible Project # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function __metaclass__ = type ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'community'} DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: telnet short_description: Executes a low-down and dirty telnet command version_added: 2.4 description: - 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. options: command: description: - List of commands to be executed in the telnet session. required: True aliases: ['commands'] host: description: - The host/target on which to execute the command required: False default: remote_addr user: description: - The user for login required: False default: remote_user password: description: - The password for login port: description: - Remote port to use default: 23 timeout: description: - timeout for remote operations default: 120 prompts: description: - List of prompts expected before sending next command required: False default: ['$'] login_prompt: description: - Login or username prompt to expect required: False default: 'login: ' password_prompt: description: - Login or username prompt to expect required: False default: 'Password: ' pause: description: - Seconds to pause between each command issued required: False default: 1 send_newline: description: - Sends a newline character upon successful connection to start the terminal session. required: False default: False type: bool version_added: "2.7" notes: - The C(environment) keyword does not work with this task author: - Ansible Core Team ''' 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 = ''' output: description: output of each command is an element in this list type: list returned: always sample: [ 'success', 'success', '', 'warning .. something' ] '''