Ansible IOS native modules - Update

[ddraper_irl]

Has anyone completed the LL: Ansible IOS native modules recently? I wasn't able to complete this after an hour of attempts using:

• Sandbox: IOS XE on CSR Latest Code

I am trying to run the playbooks directly on my machine, I can't clone the supplied repo since public internet access is blocked. The hosts file uses port 8181 to connect, however that recently has been blocked. 

Port 8181 Blocked:

nc -zv 10.10.20.48 8181
nc: connectx to 10.10.20.48 port 8181 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

Running Playbook timing out against `iosxe`

ansible-playbook ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show_ntp.yaml -i hosts -e "hosts=iosxe"
[WARNING]: Found variable using reserved name: hosts

PLAY [Sample IOS show ntp for Ansible 2.5] ***************************************************************************************************

TASK [run show ntp associations] *************************************************************************************************************

Running Playbook timing out against `sandbox` 

ansible-playbook ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show_ntp.yaml -i hosts -e "hosts=sandbox"
[WARNING]: Found variable using reserved name: hosts

PLAY [Sample IOS show ntp for Ansible 2.5] ***************************************************************************************************

TASK [run show ntp associations] *************************************************************************************************************

I included this info as well in /group_vars/iosxe.yaml 

ansible_connection: network_cli
ansible_become: yes
ansible_become_method: enable
ansible_network_os: ios
ansible_user: 'developer'
ansible_ssh_pass: 'C1sco12345'
ansible_port: 22

[bigevilbeard]

I dont think this is a sandbox issue, post the issue under https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/learning-labs-issues/ for this to be checked please.

Thanks!

[ddraper_irl]

Thank you @bigevilbeard for pointing me in the right direction. 

The issue has been submitted on Github

[ddraper_irl · Accepted solution]

Using IOS XE on CSR Latest Code AlwaysOn lab and getting correct output from the playbook. Issue resolved.