Cisco Switch CBS350 connect to ansible

[ThummalaSharan]

Hi Team, 

I am Trying to connect the cisco switch to ansible getting below error

[cb350]
cb350 anisble_host=10.2.200.49 ansible_connection=network_cli ansible_network_os=ios ansible_user=cisco ansible_pass=XXXXX@XXXX
qcold ansible_host=10.2.3.6 ansible_connection=network_cli ansible_network_os=ios ansible_ssh_user=cisco ansible_ssh_pass=XYYYYY*RRR

PLAY [ping cisco switch] ****************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Test reachability to 10.2.200.49 using default vrf] ****************************************************************************
fatal: [cb350]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"}, "changed": false, "msg": "[Errno -2] Name or service not known"}
fatal: [qcold]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"}, "changed": false, "msg": "Failed to authenticate: Authentication failed."}

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************
cb350 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
qcold : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0

Cat ping2.yml

---
- name: ping cisco switch
hosts: all
remote_user: cisco
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Test reachability to 10.2.200.49 using default vrf
ios_ping:
dest: 10.2.200.49

[pieterh]

what happens if you manually ssh into the device from the same computer with user cisco and password
if this is successful, ansible may not like this password containg the  "@"character 
(it sends the password without "@") -> check by changing the password 

[balaji.bandi]

i would focus on

"msg": "Failed to authenticate: Authentication failed."}

as asked do the authenticaiton works normally with putty SSH connection ?

what logs you see when the ansible connection intiated time on switch ?

below guide help you :

https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.ciscosmb/blob/main/README.md