Ansible 2.9.4 does not work, DNE code must be run on Ansible 2.5.4

[ikakonyi69]

Hi,

We have delivered DevNet Express training. Everything worked fine, except IOS-XE config management with Ansible. It worked perfectly during the dry runs, but not during the real event. I realized that Ansible version (what PIP installs) was upgraded from 2.5.4 to 2.9.4.

In summary, dry run worked fine with 2.5.4, but it failed with 2.9.4.

DevNetNotes_Ansible.zip

Attached file shows the problems. IOS Modules produced a different error ("invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"} ) than Netconf Module (msg": "Privilege escalation method not found: enable").

Ansible ran on the CentOS workstation of the PoD, not on local machines.

[annegentle]

@kiskander Can you take a look at the dCloud Pod and see if the code/Ansible setup needs to change to avoid this error on Ansible's latest version?

[annegentle]

Pasting in the content of the zip file for review.

Shows the "invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"} message:

Ansible problems:

IKAKONYI-M-30AM:intro-ansible ikakonyi$ ansible-playbook ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show.yaml

PLAY [Sample IOS show version for Ansible 2.5] *****************************************************************************************************

TASK [GATHERING FACTS] *****************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [198.18.134.11]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"}
fatal: [198.18.134.12]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"}
    to retry, use: --limit @/Users/ikakonyi/Git/dnav3-code/intro-ansible/ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show.retry

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************
198.18.134.11              : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1
198.18.134.12              : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

IKAKONYI-M-30AM:intro-ansible ikakonyi$ ansible-playbook ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show.yaml

PLAY [Sample IOS show version for Ansible 2.5] *****************************************************************************************************

TASK [GATHERING FACTS] *****************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [198.18.134.11]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"}
fatal: [198.18.134.12]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"}
    to retry, use: --limit @/Users/ikakonyi/Git/dnav3-code/intro-ansible/ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show.retry

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************
198.18.134.11              : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1
198.18.134.12              : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

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IKAKONYI-M-30AM:intro-ansible ikakonyi$ ansible-playbook ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show.yaml

PLAY [Sample IOS show version for Ansible 2.5] *****************************************************************************************************

TASK [GATHERING FACTS] *****************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [198.18.134.11]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"}
fatal: [198.18.134.12]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "invalid connection specified, expected connection=local, got network_cli"}
    to retry, use: --limit @/Users/ikakonyi/Git/dnav3-code/intro-ansible/ansible-02-ios-modules/02-ios_command_show.retry

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************
198.18.134.11              : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1
198.18.134.12              : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

IKAKONYI-M-30AM:intro-ansible ikakonyi$ ansible-playbook ansible-03-netconf-config/03-ntp_create.yaml

PLAY [NETCONF create NTP server] *******************************************************************************************************************

TASK [set_fact] ************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [198.18.134.11]
ok: [198.18.134.12]

TASK [Define NTP server 10.111.10.66 with NETCONF] *************************************************************************************************
fatal: [198.18.134.11]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "Privilege escalation method not found: enable"}
fatal: [198.18.134.12]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "Privilege escalation method not found: enable"}
    to retry, use: --limit @/Users/ikakonyi/Git/dnav3-code/intro-ansible/ansible-03-netconf-config/03-ntp_create.retry

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************
198.18.134.11              : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1
198.18.134.12              : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

IKAKONYI-M-30AM:intro-ansible ikakonyi$