Cisco IOS md5 check ansible module fails - ansible

Question

Running ansible 2.6
This error happens when I try to run the command:
verify /md5 flash:/{ios_file}
This is the output of the command:
TASK [IOS - MD5 CHECK - PASS1] **************************************************************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: ansible.module_utils.connection.ConnectionError: timeout trying to send command: verify /md5 c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-2.E8.bin
fatal: [pdctestisesw7]: FAILED! => changed=false
module_stderr: |-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/ansible_cr7Tgd/ansible_module_ios_command.py", line 247, in <module>
main()
File "/tmp/ansible_cr7Tgd/ansible_module_ios_command.py", line 217, in main
responses = run_commands(module, commands)
File "/tmp/ansible_cr7Tgd/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py", line 148, in run_commands
File "/tmp/ansible_cr7Tgd/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/connection.py", line 174, in __rpc__
ansible.module_utils.connection.ConnectionError: timeout trying to send command: verify /md5 c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-2.E8.bin
module_stdout: ''
msg: MODULE FAILURE
rc: 1
to retry, use: --limit #/export/home/e130885/playbooks/ios-switch-upgrade/upgrade_ios_switch_v1.retry
Here is the task being executed:
- name: IOS - MD5 CHECK - PASS1
ios_command:
commands:
- command: "verify /md5 {{ compliant_ios_file }}"
register: md5_response
vars:
ansible_command_timeout: 3000
when: 'compliant_ios_file in dir_response.stdout[0]'
This only seems to happen on commands that take more than a second to execute.

Answer 1

There are different ways to achieve it, the following works fine for me. The timeout values varies depending on router type.
> - name: VERIFY_IMAGE
> ios_command:
> commands:
> - "verify /md5 flash:c800-universalk9-mz.SPA.154-3.M10.bin"
> wait_for:
> - result[0] contains "a8216179d49e598579e21b7e5abc9046"
> retries: 1
> vars:
> ansible_command_timeout: 120