It is recommended to always use tls=true when connecting with the API, even if you are only connecting to the device through a trusted network. The following options control how TLS/SSL is used:
It is recommended to always use tls=true when connecting with the API, even if you are only connecting to the device through a trusted network. The following options control how TLS/SSL is used:
Setting to true connects to the device without a certificate. This is discouraged to use in production and is susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle attacks, but might be useful when setting the device up. The default value is false.
When using the community.routeros.command module module, make sure to not specify too long commands. Alternatively, add something like +cet512w to the username (replace admin with admin+cet512w) to tell RouterOS to not wrap before 512 characters in a line (see issue for details).
Finally, the ansible.netcommon.network_cli connection plugin uses paramiko by default to connect to devices with SSH. You can set its ssh_typelibssh to use ansible-pylibssh instead, which offers Python bindings to libssh. See its documentation for details.
Finally, the ansible.netcommon.network_cli connection plugin uses paramiko by default to connect to devices with SSH. You can set its ssh_type option to libssh to use ansible-pylibssh instead, which offers Python bindings to libssh. See its documentation for details.