Cli_command

In an earlier post I covered the differences between ios_config and cli_config. However I did not cover what the difference was between ios_command and cli_command. Most of the items covered there remain the same. So this will be a post that mostly gets straight to it and sees what the difference is.

A reminder that I am also putting playbooks used here out on Github. You can find this at: https://github.com/jvanderaa/ansible-using_ios

Differences #

First, for the cli_commands module, you must be using a connection method of network_cli. You should not use connection: local for this module. Note that the cli_command can also be used with multiple device types, including multiple vendors. Take a look at the cli_command documentation page that there is a link at the bottom of the post.

This is a post that I’m going to review some of the differences between the ios_config module and the new cli_config module within Ansible networking. I became interested in the module after a recent discussion between the two. I have decided to take a look at the differences between the two.

This is not an under the hood look at the modules. This has already been covered very well (and with better graphics than I can produce) here at the Ansible Blog look for “cli_command and cli_config” with your browser find function.