Update troubleshooting doc for command timeout (#43292)

* Update troubleshooting doc for command timeout

* Update timeout document to reflect the new way to set
  command timeout per task basis for network_cli and netconf
  connection type as per PR #42847

* Fix CI failure

* Fix review comment

* Fix typo in doc
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Ganesh Nalawade 2018-07-30 10:29:35 -07:00 committed by Sandra McCann
parent 80369cf034
commit 89676c801f

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@ -418,9 +418,8 @@ For example:
Suggestions to resolve:
Options 1:
Options 1 (Global command timeout setting):
Increase value of command timeout in configuration file or by setting environment variable.
Note: This value should be less than persistent connection idle timeout ie. connect_timeout
.. code-block:: yaml
@ -433,13 +432,13 @@ To make this a permanent change, add the following to your ``ansible.cfg`` file:
[persistent_connection]
command_timeout = 30
Option 2:
Option 2 (Per task command timeout setting):
Increase command timeout per task basis. All network modules support a
timeout value that can be set on a per task basis.
The timeout value controls the amount of time in seconds before the
task will fail if the command has not returned.
For example:
For local connection type:
.. FIXME: Detail error here
@ -453,12 +452,25 @@ Suggestions to resolve:
provider: "{{ cli }}"
timeout: 30
For network_cli, netconf connection type (applicable from 2.7 onwards):
.. FIXME: Detail error here
Suggestions to resolve:
.. code-block:: yaml
- name: save running-config
ios_command:
commands: copy running-config startup-config
vars:
ansible_command_timeout: 30
Some operations take longer than the default 10 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 form the default 10 seconds to 30
In this case, changing the timeout value from the default 10 seconds to 30
seconds will prevent the task from failing before the command completes
successfully.
Note: This value should be less than persistent connection idle timeout ie. connect_timeout
Persistent socket connect timeout:
For example: