telnet - Executes a low-down and dirty telnet command¶

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.

Options¶

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 Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Notes¶