[FROG] Error with Ansible - socket_path must be a value

Phil Wiggins phil.wiggins at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 12:30:13 UTC 2021


Saqib,

https://galaxy.ansible.com/frr/frr?extIdCarryOver=true&sc_cid=701f2000001OH7YAAW

Are you using frr.frr or frr.frr.frr to run your commands?  It may be a
simple change.


ssh isn't normally installed in docker containers.  It's normal to use
'docker exec -it $container_name /bin/bash' and you can access vtysh inside
the docker container.

Cheers,

Phil




On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 12:22, Saqib Ilyas <msaqib at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 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
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