I have started a few FRR containers using containerlab. From the host running the container, I can ping the router just fine. Then, I try to interact with the router using Ansible. When I use the facter module, things work just fine. However, when I use the Ansible frr.frr module, I get the following error:
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: AssertionError: socket_path must be a value
fatal: [172.20.20.4]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626187837.4416695-33984649570835/AnsiballZ_frr_facts.py\", line 102, in <module>\n _ansiballz_main()\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626187837.4416695-33984649570835/AnsiballZ_frr_facts.py\", line 94, in _ansiballz_main\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626187837.4416695-33984649570835/AnsiballZ_frr_facts.py\", line 40, in invoke_module\n runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible_collections.frr.frr.plugins.modules.frr_facts', init_globals=None, run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 207, in run_module\n return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 97, in _run_module_code\n _run_code(code, mod_globals, init_globals,\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 87, in _run_code\n exec(code, run_globals)\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_0vramok4/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/modules/frr_facts.py\", line 425, in <module>\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_0vramok4/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/modules/frr_facts.py\", line 410, in main\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_0vramok4/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/modules/frr_facts.py\", line 134, in __init__\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_0vramok4/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/module_utils/network/frr/frr.py\", line 18, in get_capabilities\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_0vramok4/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/connection.py\", line 121, in __init__\nAssertionError: socket_path must be a value\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: AssertionError: socket_path must be a value
fatal: [172.20.20.6]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626187837.3930752-95082556581940/AnsiballZ_frr_facts.py\", line 102, in <module>\n _ansiballz_main()\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626187837.3930752-95082556581940/AnsiballZ_frr_facts.py\", line 94, in _ansiballz_main\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626187837.3930752-95082556581940/AnsiballZ_frr_facts.py\", line 40, in invoke_module\n runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible_collections.frr.frr.plugins.modules.frr_facts', init_globals=None, run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 207, in run_module\n return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 97, in _run_module_code\n _run_code(code, mod_globals, init_globals,\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 87, in _run_code\n exec(code, run_globals)\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_y1xygkr8/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/modules/frr_facts.py\", line 425, in <module>\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_y1xygkr8/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/modules/frr_facts.py\", line 410, in main\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_y1xygkr8/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/modules/frr_facts.py\", line 134, in __init__\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_y1xygkr8/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible_collections/frr/frr/plugins/module_utils/network/frr/frr.py\", line 18, in get_capabilities\n File \"/tmp/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload_y1xygkr8/ansible_frr.frr.frr_facts_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/connection.py\", line 121, in __init__\nAssertionError: socket_path must be a value\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}
My Ansible playbook is:
- name: testing facts
hosts: routers
tasks:
- name: testing
ansible.builtin.setup:
gather_subset:
- '!all'
- '!any'
- facter
- name: Do not collect hardware facts
frr.frr.frr_facts:
gather_subset:
- '!hardware'
I read that Ansible FRR module uses SSH to communicate with the devices. However, I can't seem to ssh into the FRR router. Could that be the reason? How do I fix it?
Thanks and best regards
--
Saqib