scrapli.exceptions.ScrapliTimeout: timed out sending interactive input to device

[gaffar10]

@carlmontanari

Dears,

Can someone please help to provide me the alternate option to use Scrapli without having the privilege level 15 password?.

I am using scrapli on the Nornir framework and the script works fine if I configure the privilege level 15 password on the Cisco Device. However, on the production devices, by default it goes to the User EXEC(Switch>) mode, then I have to manually type "enable" to go into the Privileged EXEC mode(Switch#).

Is there any alternate option, to pass the enable password similar to the get.pass method?

If auth_secondary is the only option, may I know where to define the Enable password? is it possible to encrypt rather than specifying in clear text.

Thanks in Advance

[carlmontanari]

This is exactly what auth_secondary is for -- if you set your password there scrapli will auto acquire "privilege exec" (in cisco parlance -- in other platforms whatever is the primary privilege level for running operational commands).

You can pass scrapli that password however you want, thats a problem outside of scrapli really -- you can use get pass, environment variables, ansible/hashi/whatever vault, or whatever you want.

[gaffar10]

Thank you very much for your swift response Carl.