I am trying to take running config back up from two nexus switches, what am I missing from below
configuration?
- name: copy nexus switch running configurations
hosts: nxos-devices
gather_facts: no
ignore_errors: yes
tasks:
- name: timestamp
local_action: command date +%Y%m%d
register: timestamp
- name: get running configuration from nexus switch
nxos_config: running_config
register: running_config
- copy:
content: "{{ running_config.stdout[0] }}"
dest: ".config/{{ item.hostname }}_{{ timestamp.stdout }}.txt"
with_items:
- { hostname: bur1-mrt1 }
- { hostname: bur1-mrt2 }
Getting below error
[root#ansible-net-001 bkrishna]# ansible-playbook -i hosts running-config.yml
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: The TRANSFORM_INVALID_GROUP_CHARS settings is set to allow bad characters in group names by default, this will change, but
still be user configurable on deprecation. This feature will be removed in version 2.10. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting
deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
[WARNING]: Invalid characters were found in group names but not replaced, use -vvvv to see details
ERROR! this task 'nxos_config' has extra params, which is only allowed in the following modules: shell, win_shell, include_vars, add_host, raw, include_role, meta, set_fact, include, import_tasks, script, import_role, include_tasks, group_by, command, win_command
The error appears to be in '/root/ansible/bkrishna/running-config.yml': line 12, column 7, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
- name: get running configuration from nexus switch
^ here
Related
I use modules from the collection netapp.ontap in my ansible playbook which works perfectly fine when run using ansible-playbook command.
However, when run from AWX, it fails to detect the collection and immediately throws an errors that it cannot detect the ansible module/collection.
I even tried to re-install the collection from the playbook itself but with no luck.
The ansible collection is confirmed to be installed as it already works fine when run outside AWX.
The host is running ansible 2.10.4.
Here is my playbook:
---
- hosts: all
gather_facts: yes
collections:
- netapp.ontap
tasks:
- name: Install Netapp Collection from Ansible Galaxy
shell: ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.ontap
- name: Run Task
import_tasks: tasks/hil.yml
Task:
- name: 'Gather SVMs'
netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info:
state: info
hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
password: "{{ netapp_hv_password }}"
gather_subset:
- vserver_info
Error from AWX:
SSH password:
Vault password:
ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'netapp.ontap.na_ontap_info'. This often indicates a misspelling, missing collection, or incorrect module path.
The error appears to be in '/tmp/awx_421_gey54bdw/project/tasks/hil.yml': line 6, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
- name: 'Gather SVMs'
^ here
This one looks easy to fix. It seems that there is a value started
with a quote, and the YAML parser is expecting to see the line ended
with the same kind of quote. For instance:
when: "ok" in result.stdout
Could be written as:
when: '"ok" in result.stdout'
Or equivalently:
when: "'ok' in result.stdout"
Update:
I created a collections/requirements.yml file, with the below details but now AWX fails the task itself.
collections/requirements.yml
collections:
name: https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.git
type: git
Error:
"/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awx/main/tasks.py",
line 1279, in run self.pre_run_hook(self.instance, private_data_dir) File
"/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awx/main/tasks.py",
line 1862, in pre_run_hook sync_task.run(local_project_sync.id) File
"/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awx/main/tasks.py",
line 698, in _wrapped return f(self, *args, **kwargs) File
"/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awx/main/tasks.py",
line 1444, in run raise AwxTaskError.TaskError(self.instance, rc)
Exception: project_update 435 (failed) encountered an error (rc=2), please
see task stdout for details.
I am a network engineer and new to Ansible automation, I am trying configure the Nexus switch interfaces as mentioned in the play book, I don't face issue getting result from ios_command module but issues is happening from ios_config module, I don't understand what is the issue, please help me,
I have pasted the playbook and error logs below:
---
---
- name: configure ethernet interface
hosts: nx-os
tasks:
- name: filter hostname
ios_command:
commands: "show run | inc hostname"
register: output
- name: configure interfaces
nxos_interface:
- name: "{{ item.name }}"
admin_state: up
duplex: full
speed: auto
with_items:
- name: Ethernet1/41
- name: Ethernet1/42
when: "'nx-os' in output.stdout[0]"
Error:
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: The TRANSFORM_INVALID_GROUP_CHARS settings is set to allow bad characters in group names by default, this will change, but
still be user configurable on deprecation. This feature will be removed in version 2.10. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting
deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
[WARNING]: Invalid characters were found in group names but not replaced, use -vvvv to see details
ERROR! unexpected parameter type in action: <class 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleSequence'>
The error appears to be in '/root/ansible/bkrishna/configure_interface.yml': line 12, column 7, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
- name: Admin down an interface
^ here
The error message is pretty explicit:
ERROR! unexpected parameter type in action: <class 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleSequence'>
there are no ansible modules that accept a list as their main configuration shape, although some do accept lists for individual keys
You will want this instead:
- name: configure interfaces
nxos_interface:
name: "{{ item.name }}"
admin_state: up
speed: auto
with_items:
- # as you had before ...
I have playbook running fine when I have environment variables and tasks defined in one single playbook without roles.
But when I structure my project into roles, I see that running tasks is not finding the environment variables that are set from the original playbook.
Any hint how to set env variables so they are available for all roles inside a playbook?
Do I need to specify the environment variables in tasks/main.yaml file?, if yes how should do this exactly?
cat playbook.yaml
-
name: Deploy Team Services Playbook
hosts: all
environment:
PATH: "{{ ansible_env.PATH }}:/usr/local/bin"
KUBECONFIG: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.kube/config/{{ ansible_env.USER }}.kubeconfig"
roles:
- prereq1_setup
- prereq2_k8s
prereq1_setup\tasks\main.yaml
- name: "Validate kubeconfig set?"
shell: echo {{ ansible_env.KUBECONFIG }}
failed_when: "'KUBECONFIG' not in ansible_env"
Above works if I don't use roles and directly add tasks below. currently, am getting error as
output:
|TASK [prereq1_setup : Validate kubeconfig set?] *****************************************************
fatal: [target1]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'KUBECONFIG'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/Users/testu/ansible/ansible-team/team_deploy/roles/prereq1_setup/tasks/main.yaml': line 57, column 9, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: \"Validate kubeconfig set?\"\n ^ here\n"}
Any hint how to set env variables so they are available for all roles inside a playbook?
The mechanism you are using is correct, and that environment variable is being correctly set, but it is set in the environment, and not in the ansible facts. Those facts are gathered before the playbook boots up, and thus your environment: happens after fact gathering, which explains why ansible_env does not contain it
You have a few paths forward, depending on what you prefer:
Explicitly re-gather facts inside the playbook (or even change your playbook to gather_facts: no and invoke setup: manually)
Stop looking for the environment in ansible_env, with the trust that it is actually there, and just use the commands which need the environment variable
Explicitly declare a separate fact to make that variable available to both the environment: and to the ansible tasks
If you want the first one, it would look like:
-
name: Deploy Team Services Playbook
hosts: all
gather_facts: no
environment:
whatever: goes here
pre_tasks:
- setup:
roles:
- and so forth
You can confirm the second via:
- name: ensure $KUBECONFIG is set
shell: echo $KUBECONFIG
And the third would look like:
- hosts: all
environment:
alpha: beta
vars:
alpha: beta
roles:
- # now {{ alpha }} is available to ansible and as $alpha in `commands:`
I am deploying a CentOS machine and one among the tasks was to read a file that is rendered the Consul service which places it under /etc/sysconfig. I am trying to later read it in a variable using the lookup module but it is throwing an error below:
fatal: [ansible_vm1]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "could not locate file in lookup: /etc/sysconfig/idb_EndPoint"}
But I am running the lookup task way below the point where the idb_EndPoint file is generated and also I looked it up manually logging in to verify the file was available.
- name: importing the file contents to variable
set_fact:
idb_endpoint: "{{ lookup('file', '/etc/sysconfig/idb_EndPoint') }}"
become: true
I also tried previlege escalations with another user become_user: deployuser along with become: true but didn't work still. Using the Ansible version 2.2.1.0.
All lookup plugins in Ansible are executed locally on the control machine.
Instead use slurp module:
- name: importing the file contents to variable
slurp:
src: /etc/sysconfig/idb_EndPoint
register: idb_endpoint_b64
become: true
- set_fact:
idb_endpoint: "{{ idb_endpoint_b64.content | b64decode }}"
I have a json file in the same directory where my ansible script is. Following is the content of json file:
{ "resources":[
{"name":"package1", "downloadURL":"path-to-file1" },
{"name":"package2", "downloadURL": "path-to-file2"}
]
}
I am trying to to download these packages using get_url. Following is the approach:
---
- hosts: localhost
vars:
package_dir: "/var/opt/"
version_file: "{{lookup('file','/home/shasha/devOps/tests/packageFile.json')}}"
tasks:
- name: Printing the file.
debug: msg="{{version_file}}"
- name: Downloading the packages.
get_url: url="{{item.downloadURL}}" dest="{{package_dir}}" mode=0777
with_items: version_file.resources
The first task is printing the content of the file correctly but in the second task, I am getting the following error:
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Skipping task due to undefined attribute, in the future this
will be a fatal error.. This feature will be removed in a future release. Deprecation
warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
You have to add a from_json jinja2 filter after the lookup:
version_file: "{{ lookup('file','/home/shasha/devOps/tests/packageFile.json') | from_json }}"
In case if you need to read a JSON formatted text and store it as a variable, it can be also handled by include_vars .
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- include_vars:
file: variable-file.json
name: variable
- debug: var=variable
for future visitors , if you are looking for a remote json file read. this won't work
as ansible lookups are executed in the local
you should use a module like Slurp