diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/persistent_command_timeout_increase.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/persistent_command_timeout_increase.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ad4df65887e --- /dev/null +++ b/changelogs/fragments/persistent_command_timeout_increase.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +--- +minor_changes: + - "Increase the default persistent command_timeout value from 10 to 30 seconds to reduce frequent timeout issues." diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/network/user_guide/network_debug_troubleshooting.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/network/user_guide/network_debug_troubleshooting.rst index d3a1f11cf44..8b96e621ee2 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/network/user_guide/network_debug_troubleshooting.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/network/user_guide/network_debug_troubleshooting.rst @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ If the identified error message from the log file is: .. code-block:: yaml - 2017-04-04 12:19:05,670 p=18591 u=fred | command timeout triggered, timeout value is 10 secs + 2017-04-04 12:19:05,670 p=18591 u=fred | command timeout triggered, timeout value is 30 secs or @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ For example: .. code-block:: yaml - 2017-04-04 12:19:05,670 p=18591 u=fred | command timeout triggered, timeout value is 10 secs + 2017-04-04 12:19:05,670 p=18591 u=fred | command timeout triggered, timeout value is 30 secs Suggestions to resolve: @@ -481,14 +481,14 @@ Increase value of command timeout in configuration file or by setting environmen .. code-block:: yaml - export ANSIBLE_PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT=30 + export ANSIBLE_PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT=60 To make this a permanent change, add the following to your ``ansible.cfg`` file: .. code-block:: ini [persistent_connection] - command_timeout = 30 + command_timeout = 60 Option 2 (Per task command timeout setting): Increase command timeout per task basis. All network modules support a @@ -522,11 +522,11 @@ Suggestions to resolve: ios_command: commands: copy running-config startup-config vars: - ansible_command_timeout: 30 + ansible_command_timeout: 60 -Some operations take longer than the default 10 seconds to complete. One good +Some operations take longer than the default 30 seconds to complete. One good example is saving the current running config on IOS devices to startup config. -In this case, changing the timeout value from the default 10 seconds to 30 +In this case, changing the timeout value from the default 30 seconds to 60 seconds will prevent the task from failing before the command completes successfully. diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg index cc1f9c757a3..5a2dfb582dd 100644 --- a/examples/ansible.cfg +++ b/examples/ansible.cfg @@ -435,18 +435,11 @@ # expires, the connection is shutdown. The default value is 30 seconds. #connect_timeout = 30 -# Configures the persistent connection retry timeout. This value configures the -# the retry timeout that ansible-connection will wait to connect -# to the local domain socket. This value must be larger than the -# ssh timeout (timeout) and less than persistent connection idle timeout (connect_timeout). -# The default value is 15 seconds. -#connect_retry_timeout = 15 - # The command timeout value defines the amount of time to wait for a command # or RPC call before timing out. The value for the command timeout must # be less than the value of the persistent connection idle timeout (connect_timeout) -# The default value is 10 second. -#command_timeout = 10 +# The default value is 30 second. +#command_timeout = 30 [accelerate] #accelerate_port = 5099 diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml index cb761dcc9fe..5d5630d7c35 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml +++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml @@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ PERSISTENT_CONNECT_RETRY_TIMEOUT: type: integer PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT: name: Persistence command timeout - default: 10 + default: 30 description: This controls the amount of time to wait for response from remote device before timing out presistent connection. env: [{name: ANSIBLE_PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT}] ini: diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/httpapi.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/httpapi.py index 69fd1f84ad2..7de944ce63d 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/httpapi.py +++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/httpapi.py @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ options: return from the remote device. If this timer is exceeded before the command returns, the connection plugin will raise an exception and close. - default: 10 + default: 30 ini: - section: persistent_connection key: command_timeout diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/napalm.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/napalm.py index 5bf0b6c346c..67e93cecce2 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/napalm.py +++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/napalm.py @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ options: return from the remote device. If this timer is exceeded before the command returns, the connection plugin will raise an exception and close. - default: 10 + default: 30 ini: - section: persistent_connection key: command_timeout diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py index 1b4b7835499..0f87120aac6 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py +++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ options: return from the remote device. If this timer is exceeded before the command returns, the connection plugin will raise an exception and close. - default: 10 + default: 30 ini: - section: persistent_connection key: command_timeout diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/network_cli.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/network_cli.py index 8fc078faa08..c3fc047ae70 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/network_cli.py +++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/network_cli.py @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ options: return from the remote device. If this timer is exceeded before the command returns, the connection plugin will raise an exception and close. - default: 10 + default: 30 ini: - section: persistent_connection key: command_timeout