Ansible playbook to Idempotently retrieve and backup information from Cisco Devices

cisco_device_backup.yml

---
- hosts: sw_ios
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local

  tasks:
    - name: save config
      ios_command:
        commands:
          - write mem
        timeout: 60
      vars:
        ansible_command_timeout: 60

    - name: show run
      ios_command:
        commands:
          - show run | e NVRAM
        timeout: 60
      register: shrun
      vars:
        ansible_command_timeout: 60

    - name: show vlan
      ios_command:
        commands: show vlan
      register: shvlan

    - name: show inv
      ios_command:
        commands: show inventory
      register: shinv

    - name: show version
      ios_command:
        commands: show version | e ptime|restarted
      register: shver

    - name: show vtp status
      ios_command:
        commands: show vtp status
      register: shvtp

    - blockinfile:
        block: "{{ item.value }}"
        dest: "/backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}.txt"
        marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK {{item.variable }}"
        create: yes
      with_items:
        - variable: config
          value: "{{ shrun.stdout[0] }}"
        - variable: vlan
          value: "{{ shvlan.stdout[0] }}"
        - variable: inventory
          value: "{{ shinv.stdout[0] }}"
        - variable: version
          value: "{{ shver.stdout[0] }}"
        - variable: vtp
          value: "{{ shvtp.stdout[0] }}"