network-programmingansiblecisco-ios

Ansible Switch Description Query + Append Value

Trying to write an ansible-playbook that will query a switchport description, register it as a variable and then reapply it plus add text and the date/time.

- name: Verifying Interface Description
  ios_command:
    provider:
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
    commands:
      - command: "show derived-config interface GigabitEthernet{{ switch_interface }} | include description"
  register: interface_description

- debug:
    msg:
      "{{ interface_description }} Updated {{ ansible_date_time.date }}"

But the value I get when I run the playbook is:

TASK [debug] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [NG-1-DA] => {
    "msg": "{'failed': False, u'changed': False, u'stdout_lines': [[u'description DataJack123']], u'stdout': [u'description DataJack123']} Updated 2024-04-23"
}

The text and the date/time work, but for some reason the reference to the interface description fails and I can't seem to figure out why.

I'm not sure I understand the error message associated with the interface_description variable and why the reference is failing.

Solution

  • I found there answer in this post - Ansible Print IOS output on string match

    I had to use the {{ interface_description.stdout_lines | join(" ") }} to turn it back into a string, as it was previously a list value.