From f0f30264c06799c6a2c5b0fdd515d355f5fb5487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pavel <pavel.larkin@ikeja.co.za>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 06:10:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 06:10

---
 files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index eac74e0..4769ee2 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -380,6 +380,33 @@
       set_fact:
         tunnel_ok: "{{ nc_probe.rc == 0 }}"
 
+    # ----------------------- Fallback hint: LLDP IP debug when tunnel is down -----------------------
+    - name: Dev1 | Try LLDP-derived Dev2 IP (tunnel unavailable)
+      when: not (tunnel_ok | default(false))
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      shell: |
+        DIGITS="{{ inventory_hostname | regex_replace('[^0-9]', '') }}"
+        sshpass -p '{{ dev1_pass }}' ssh {{ ssh_opts_common }} \
+        "{{ dev1_user }}@{{ ansible_host|default(inventory_hostname) }}" \
+        "cat /var/run/lldp_server.json 2>/dev/null | grep ${DIGITS} -A 10 | grep address | grep -vE 'subtype|ipv6' | awk -F'\"' '{ print \$4 }' | head -n1"
+      register: lldp_ip_raw
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: false
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Dev1 | Debug LLDP candidate IP for Dev2
+      when: not (tunnel_ok | default(false))
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      set_fact:
+        lldp_dev2_ip: "{{ lldp_ip_raw.stdout | default('') | trim }}"
+
+    - name: Dev1 | Show LLDP candidate IP (Dev2)
+      when: not (tunnel_ok | default(false))
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      debug:
+        msg:
+          - "LLDP-derived Dev2 IP (best-effort): {{ (lldp_dev2_ip | default('') | trim) if (lldp_dev2_ip | default('') | trim | length) > 0 else '<none>' }}"
+
     # ----------------------- Dev1 banner -----------------------
     - name: Dev1 | Probe banner
       delegate_to: localhost