---
- hosts: Switches
  gather_facts: no
  connection: network_cli

  tasks:

  - name: save backup
    ios_config:
      username: "ansible"
      authorize: yes
      auth_pass: "ansiblepass"
      backup: yes
    register: config

[Switches]
Switch01         ansible_host=192.168.100.66

[Switches:vars]
ansible_become=yes
ansible_become_method=enable
ansible_network_os=ios
ansible_user=ansible
ansible_ssh_pass=ansiblepass
ansible_authorize=yes
ansible_auth_pass=authpass

ansible-playbook 2.7.0
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/acalero/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 2.7.9 (default, Sep 25 2018, 20:42:16) [GCC 4.9.2]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
setting up inventory plugins
Set default localhost to localhost
Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin
Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/default.pyc

PLAYBOOK: switches_backup.yaml.old ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in switches_backup.yaml.old

PLAY [Switches] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
META: ran handlers

TASK [save backup] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/acalero/ansible-playbooks/switches_backup/switches_backup.yaml.old:8
<192.168.100.66> attempting to start connection
<192.168.100.66> using connection plugin network_cli
<192.168.100.66> local domain socket does not exist, starting it
<192.168.100.66> control socket path is /home/acalero/.ansible/pc/d8fb3c670b
<192.168.100.66> <192.168.100.66> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible on PORT 22 TO 192.168.100.66
<192.168.100.66> <192.168.100.66> ssh connection done, setting terminal
<192.168.100.66> <192.168.100.66> loaded terminal plugin for network_os ios
<192.168.100.66> <192.168.100.66> loaded cliconf plugin for network_os ios
<192.168.100.66> <192.168.100.66> firing event: on_open_shell()
<192.168.100.66> <192.168.100.66> firing event: on_become
<192.168.100.66> <192.168.100.66> ssh connection has completed successfully
<192.168.100.66> connection to remote device started successfully
<192.168.100.66> local domain socket listeners started successfully
<192.168.100.66>
<192.168.100.66> local domain socket path is /home/acalero/.ansible/pc/d8fb3c670b
<192.168.100.66> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: acalero
<192.168.100.66> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584="` echo /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584 `" ) && sleep 0'
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_config.py
<192.168.100.66> PUT /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/tmpGBmqu8 TO /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584/AnsiballZ_ios_config.py
<192.168.100.66> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584/ /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584/AnsiballZ_ios_config.py && sleep 0'
<192.168.100.66> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584/AnsiballZ_ios_config.py && sleep 0'
<192.168.100.66> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /home/acalero/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-20795jNEN9Z/ansible-tmp-1551716732.29-125541186030584/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
The full traceback is:
WARNING: The below traceback may *not* be related to the actual failure.
  File "/tmp/ansible_ios_config_payload_o28p8l/ansible_ios_config_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py", line 114, in get_config
    out = connection.get_config(flags=flags)
  File "/tmp/ansible_ios_config_payload_o28p8l/ansible_ios_config_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/connection.py", line 173, in __rpc__
    raise ConnectionError(to_text(msg, errors='surrogate_then_replace'), code=code)

[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Param 'username' is deprecated. See the module docs for more information. This feature will be removed in version 2.9. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting
deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Param 'auth_pass' is deprecated. See the module docs for more information. This feature will be removed in version 2.9. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting
deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
fatal: [Switch01]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "after": null,
            "auth_pass": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "authorize": true,
            "backup": true,
            "before": null,
            "defaults": false,
            "diff_against": null,
            "diff_ignore_lines": null,
            "force": false,
            "host": null,
            "intended_config": null,
            "lines": null,
            "match": "line",
            "multiline_delimiter": "@",
            "parents": null,
            "password": null,
            "port": null,
            "provider": null,
            "replace": "line",
            "running_config": null,
            "save": false,
            "save_when": "never",
            "src": null,
            "ssh_keyfile": null,
            "timeout": null,
            "username": "ansible"
        }
    },
    "msg": "show running-configrn              ^rn% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.rnrnSW01-01#"
}
        to retry, use: --limit @/home/acalero/ansible-playbooks/switches_backup/switches_backup.yaml.retry

PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
SW01-01                    : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1