--- - block: - name: Create user with password nxos_user: name: auth_user role: network-operator state: present provider: "{{ connection }}" configured_password: pass123 - name: test login expect: command: "ssh auth_user@{{ ansible_ssh_host }} -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no show version" responses: (?i)password: "pass123" - name: test login with invalid password (should fail) expect: command: "ssh auth_user@{{ ansible_ssh_host }} -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no show version" responses: (?i)password: "badpass" ignore_errors: yes register: results - name: check that attempt failed assert: that: - results.failed always: - name: delete user nxos_user: name: auth_user state: absent provider: "{{ connection }}" register: result