Thanks for the info

On Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 12:49:54 PM UTC+11 [email protected] wrote:

> After some digging today, I see that Ansible's expect module is actually a 
> hook into the relatively limited python pexpect module, which itself 
> doesn't support the additional features you need.
>
> However, the doc for Ansible's shell module includes an example of calling 
> the "real" expect, and *that* lets you do lots of things, like "sleep 5". 
> There's also "-s" (slow mode) and "-h" (slow like a human mode). I 
> *expect* (ahem) that would be a better place to spend your time.
>
>
> On 12/7/22 5:59 AM, Todd Lewis wrote:
>
> In that case, you should start with the existing expect module and add the 
> desired delay functionality. That would be far simpler than creating a 
> worthwhile module from scratch. And you could contribute your changes so we 
> would all benefit from your efforts.
>
> As for the different login scenarios, that's a challenge I'm sure someone 
> has risen to before. I still think expect is your best choice.
>
> On 12/6/22 10:58 PM, Phillip Wu wrote:
>
> Thanks to All!
>
> Yes you're right...I have been using Expect part of Ansible to 
> interact with IRIS on the remote host previously. 
>
> However there is a timing problem sometimes and with the Expect module of 
> Ansible you cannot change the delay before sending as far as I can see.
>
> Also in my case sometimes some of my IRIS servers ask me to sign in and 
> some use OS authentication and Ansible Expect gets rather difficult when 
> it's conversation changes
>
> If anyone is interested when using module you do not need to ssh into the 
> remote host as this is done for you without adding any configuration or 
> code changes
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 4:23 AM Todd Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I was hoping someone with IRIS DB experience in Ansible would answer by 
>> now, because I don't want to mislead you. However, it looks to me like 
>> everything you're doing below could be done through the "expect" module.
>> --
>> Todd
>>
>> On 12/5/22 5:48 PM, phillip.from.oz wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to all. 
>>
>> This is what I'm doing:
>> Playbook:
>> ---
>> - name: Connect to remote IRIS DB
>>   hosts: localhost
>>   tasks:
>>     - name: using my custom module
>>       IRIS:                     <-- New Module
>>         name: superuser
>>         password: secret
>>         instance: SCR
>>         namespace: WORK
>>         commands:
>>           - w !,”Hello”
>>           - w !,”World”
>>       register: result
>>    - name: show output
>>       debug:
>>         var: result
>>
>> This is the logic:
>> ssh localhost
>> iris session “{{instance}}” -U "{{namespace}}"   <- connecting to IRIS DB
>> username: "{{name}}"                                            <- send 
>> variable name when username prompt
>> password: "{{password}}"                                     < - send 
>> variable password when password prompt
>> >“{{commands[0]}}”                                               < - send 
>> variable command when > prompt
>> >“{{commands[1]}}”
>> H
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, December 5, 2022 at 10:47:21 PM UTC+11 Michael Ströder wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/5/22 09:23, phillip.from.oz wrote: 
>>> > When writing Ansible custom module, how is the code (python) connect 
>>> to 
>>> > the remote host? 
>>> > 
>>> > Is it the code of the Ansible custom module responsible for ssh to the 
>>> > remote host? 
>>>
>>> No, for most modules. 
>>>
>>> I'd recommend that you describe what you're trying to achieve. 
>>>
>>> Ciao, Michael.
>>
>>
>

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