Example #2: Expect the module to change the password on the Unix systems

---

- name: Ansible playbook to test the Expect command

hosts: linuxservers

tasks:

- name: Example of the Expect module to change the password of the user.

expect:

command: passwd testusr

responses:

(?i)password: "P@$$w0rd"

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The above playbook will change the password on the Unix system for the username called testusr.

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Example #3: Expect a module example to install the DB server bypassing response.

- name: Ansible playbook to test the db installation using Expect module

hosts: winservers

vars:

installdir: 'C:\temp\MYSQLInsallation'

executable_filename: "mysqlinstaller.exe"

db_port: "3306"

db_username: "dbadmin"

db_password: "D@taB@se#123"

tasks:

- name: expect example

expect:

echo: yes

chdir: "{{ installdir }}"

command: "./{{ exectuable_filename }}"

timeout: "300"

responses:

(.*)Please enter your name(.*): "Jack"

(.*)Please enter your age(>*): "25"

(.*)db port(.*): "{{ db_port }}"

(.*)db user(.*): "{{ db_user }}"

(.*)db pass(.*): "{{ db_pass }}"

register: expect_example_result

failed_when: "expect_example_result.rc != 0 and 'Success' not in expect_example_result.stdout"

- name: Case insensitve password string match

  expect:

    command: passwd username

    responses:

      (?i)password: "MySekretPa$$word"

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- name: Generic question with multiple different responses

  expect:

    command: /path/to/custom/command

    responses:

      Question:

        - response1

        - response2

        - response3