No such server found while disabling HAproxy disable server from cluster - ansible

Question

My haproxy.cfg
global
log 127.0.0.1 local0
maxconn 20000
user haproxy
group haproxy
stats socket /var/run/haproxy/haproxy.sock level admin
stats timeout 2m
listen admin
bind *:8080
stats enable
defaults
log global
mode http
option httplog
option dontlognull
retries 3
option redispatch
# timeout http-request 5s
timeout connect 5000
timeout client 60000
timeout server 60000
frontend http-in
bind *:80
default_backend monkey
backend monkey
stats enable
stats uri /haproxy?stats
stats realm Strictly\ Private
stats auth admin:hello
stats auth Another_User:hi
mode http
compression algo gzip
compression type text/html text/plain text/css application/json
balance roundrobin
option httpclose
option forwardfor
default-server inter 1s fall 1
server cd-test-1 1.2.3.4:80 check
server cd-test-2 5.6.7.8:80 check
I have been using socat to disable a node from HAproxy cluster.
below is the command
echo "disable server monkey/cd-test-1"| socat stdio /var/run/haproxy/haproxy.sock
The above disables my node from haproxy. But if I use the ip address(1.2.3.4) instead of "cd-test-1" it returns No such server.
I am using ansible to automated this. I use {{inventory_hostname}} and delegate the command to my HAproxy server. Hence the issue.
- name: Disable {{ inventory_hostname }} in haproxy and letting the services drain
shell: echo "disable server monkey/{{inventory_hostname}}"| socat stdio /var/run/haproxy/haproxy.sock
become_user: root
delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
with_items: groups.haproxy_backend
This returns "No such server." and moves along.
Can someone please help me find the issue with using the IP instead of the name of server. Might be doing something very silly. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Disabling and enabling HAproxy using socat, the server alias name has to be mentioned.
Otherwise, we will be getting a No such server error.