netconf_config on iosxr

[geordish]

SUMMARY

I'm trying to create a simple playbook using iosxr and netconf, and I'm experiencing issues. Ansible errors out when trying to log into the netconf SSH session.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

netconf_config

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.9.6
  config file = None
  configured module search path = [u'/home/dave/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/dave/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /home/dave/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.17 (default, Nov  7 2019, 10:07:09) [GCC 7.4.0]

CONFIGURATION

Nothing

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Cisco IOS XR Software, Version 6.6.3

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

---
- name: Configure Hostname on IOS XR
  hosts: all
  connection: netconf

  tasks:
    - name: Configure IS-IS
      netconf_config:
        content: |
          <host-names xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-shellutil-cfg">
            <host-name>Test</host-name>
          </host-names>

EXPECTED RESULTS

The device being logged into and configured.

ACTUAL RESULTS

https://gist.github.com/geordish/c6d4d9c39f556861b7ad97a6ebb79c3e
https://gist.github.com/geordish/533c58158a4a17156b18adebd044583b

[NilashishC]

@geordish There have been significant changes in ansible-core, netcommon and our netconf connection since this issue was opened. Does this issue still persist with the latest versions of ansible-core and ansible.netcommon?