Ansible DellOS6 Config Backup - ansible

Question

EDIT: After some research, I wonder if this may be related to the on_become() function as described in this post? https://github.com/Dell-Networking/ansible-dellos-examples/issues/12
I am trying to backup our current configurations on our Dell 2048p switches, running OS6. No matter what I set the timeout to (using persistent_connection in ansible.cfg), it still errors out. I have checked the logs on the switch and it gets both the show ver and show running-config commands, however its just not making it back. I have looked at the Networking and Troubleshooting guide, but am having trouble getting a proper error. Does anyone have this working, or spot anything I can change?
Version
ansible 2.9.5
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/me/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.6.9 (default, Nov 7 2019, 10:44:02) [GCC 8.3.0]
Playbook
-
name: Show ver
hosts: Dell
connection: network_cli
gather_facts: yes
tasks:
-
name: "Get Dell EMC OS6 Show version"
dellos6_command:
commands: ['show version']
register: show_ver
-
name: "Backup config file locally"
dellos6_config:
backup: yes
backup_options:
dir_path: "/mnt/c/Users/me/Documents/Programming Projects/netBackupPlaybooks"
filename: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
authorize: yes
register: backup_dellso6_location
when: ansible_network_os == 'dellos6'
- debug: var=show_ver
- debug: var=backup_dellos6_location
Inventory
[Dell]
sw1 ansible_host=10.10.10.10 ansible_ssh_extra_args='-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' ansible_ssh_common_args='-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' ansible_network_os=dellos6 ansible_connection=network_cli ansible_become_method=enable ansible_become_password=admin ansible_user=admin ansible_password=admin
sw2 ansible_host=10.10.10.11 ansible_ssh_extra_args='-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' ansible_ssh_common_args='-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' ansible_network_os=dellos6 ansible_connection=network_cli ansible_become_method=enable ansible_become_password=admin ansible_user=admin ansible_password=admin
Command
sudo ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini DellPB.yaml -vvvv
Error
The full traceback is:
WARNING: The below traceback may *not* be related to the actual failure.
File "/tmp/ansible_dellos6_config_payload_pjEND4/ansible_dellos6_config_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/network/dellos6/dellos6.py", line 86, in get_config
return _DEVICE_CONFIGS[cmd]
fatal: [sw2]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"after": null,
"auth_pass": null,
"authorize": true,
"backup": true,
"backup_options": null,
"before": null,
"config": null,
"host": null,
"lines": null,
"match": "line",
"parents": null,
"password": null,
"port": null,
"provider": null,
"replace": "line",
"save": false,
"src": null,
"ssh_keyfile": null,
"timeout": null,
"update": "merge",
"username": null
}
},
"msg": "unable to retrieve current config",
"stderr": "command timeout triggered, timeout value is 30 secs.\nSee the timeout setting options in the Network Debug and Troubleshooting Guide.",
"stderr_lines": [
"command timeout triggered, timeout value is 30 secs.",
"See the timeout setting options in the Network Debug and Troubleshooting Guide."
]

Answer 1

Just wanted to edit for anyone else experiencing this issue. It looks like it was a bug in the module that will be fixed in the latest release of Ansible.
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63272