keep getting error accessing aruba/procurve switch to run backup script

[hphan082-code]

hello, I'm new so please be gentle. ;) I'm running ansible on a docker container, and trying to run ansible playbook to backup our procurve/aruba collection of switches.

This is my inventory

all:
  hosts:
    switch1:
      ansible_host: 192.168.x.x
      ansible_user: _fillin_
      ansible_password: _fillin_
      ansible_connection: network_cli
      ansible_network_os: arubanetworks.aos_switch.arubaoss

and this is my yml file

- hosts: all
  collections:
    - arubanetworks.aos_switch
  gather_facts: no

  vars:
    ansible_connection: network_cli
    ansible_network_cli_ssh_type: libssh
  tasks:
    - name: Backup config to local file
      arubaoss_config:
        backup: True
        backup_options:
          filename: backup.txt
          dir_path: /path/to

I confirmed I have pylibssh installed, and keep getting "unable to retrieve current co" error.

I confirmed that from the container, if I ssh to the switch, I can get to it normally.

[alagoutte]

what do you have when use ansible-playbook with verbose ? (-vvv)

[hphan082-code]

look like it's still trying to access the switch via port 80 instead of SSH. That's odd because I specify it to use network_cli as ansible_connection.

TASK [Backup config to local file] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /ansible/playbook.yml:12
redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.network_cli to ansible.netcommon.network_cli
<192.168.34.15> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<192.168.34.15> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz `"&& mkdir "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650 `" ) && sleep 0'
redirecting module_util ansible.module_utils.network.common.config to ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common.config
redirecting module_util ansible.module_utils.network.common.config to ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common.config
redirecting module_util ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils to ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common.utils
Using module file /root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/arubanetworks/aos_switch/plugins/modules/arubaoss_config.py
<192.168.34.15> PUT /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/tmpt31y2ija TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650/AnsiballZ_arubaoss_config.py
<192.168.34.15> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650/AnsiballZ_arubaoss_config.py && sleep 0'
<192.168.34.15> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python3 /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650/AnsiballZ_arubaoss_config.py && sleep 0'
<192.168.34.15> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-69qdjb3avz/ansible-tmp-1718899021.082627-72-241889260328650/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_arubaoss_config_payload_11906n5b/ansible_arubaoss_config_payload.zip/ansible_collections/arubanetworks/aos_switch/plugins/module_utils/arubaoss.py", line 462, in get_cli_config
    return _DEVICE_CONFIGS[cmd]
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
fatal: [tor-mdf-sw6]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "after": null,
            "api_version": "None",
            "backup": true,
            "backup_options": {
                "dir_path": "/path/to",
                "filename": "backup.txt"
            },
            "before": null,
            "diff_against": null,
            "diff_ignore_lines": null,
            "host": null,
            "intended_config": null,
            "lines": null,
            "match": "line",
            "parents": null,
            "password": null,
            "port": null,
            "provider": {
                "api_version": "None",
                "host": "192.168.34.15",
                "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
                "port": 80,
                "ssh_keyfile": null,
                "timeout": 30,
                "transport": "aossapi",
                "use_proxy": false,
                "use_ssl": false,
                "username": "manager",
                "validate_certs": false
            },
            "replace": "line",
            "running_config": null,
            "save_when": "never",
            "src": null,
            "ssh_keyfile": null,
            "timeout": null,
            "use_ssl": null,
            "username": null,
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "unable to retrieve current config",
    "stderr": "Unable to decode JSON from response to exec_command('show running-config'). Received 'None'.",
    "stderr_lines": [
        "Unable to decode JSON from response to exec_command('show running-config'). Received 'None'."
    ]
}

PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
tor-mdf-sw6                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   

[alagoutte]

do you have confirm with tcpdump capture ?

you can try to add port: 22 on the playbook

[tchiapuziowong]

@hphan082-code just want to double check you have the NETWORK_OS defined either at execution or in ansible.cfg? Also which version of ansible.netcommon do you have installed?

[hphan082-code]

Hi everyone, I ended up just use SCP to grab the config, been working ok for the last couple days. :(