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JoshBarrow

Cirrus

Feb 14, 2022

Ansible Error: An exception occurred during task execution

Wondering if anyone has seen this type of error using Ansible. Any information would be gladly appreciated! [ Spoiler ]

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mkratochvil
Feb 24, 2022
Problem solved! At least for us. In short, the module in our playbook needs to be executed on the Big-IP itself which uses Python 2.7 and causes the "split()" error. In most cases this can be resolved with "connection: local" or "delegate_to: localhost", as it is with all the F5 Ansible modules. In our case the solution was a bit different, you can check the GitHub issue for explanation.

JoshBarrow

Cirrus

It is running Python Version 3.8 and BIG IP Version 14.1.2.6.

Sanitized Playbook here

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- name: BIG-IP SETUP

hosts: f5_lab

connection: local

gather_facts: false

ignore_errors: true

vars_files:

- varsheet.yml

tasks:

# ------------------------ Setup Provider ------------------------

- name: Setup provider

set_fact:

provider:

server: "Server"

user: "{{ansible_user}}"

password:

server_port: 443

validate_certs: false

# ------------------------ Create New Pool ------------------------

- name: CREATE POOL

f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool:

provider: "{{ provider }}"

lb_method: "round-robin"

monitors: "/Common/tcp"

# ------------------------ Add Pool Members ------------------------

- name: ADD POOL MEMBERS

f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool_member:

provider: "{{ provider }}"

state: "present"

address: "{{ item.host }}"

port: "{{ site_port }}"

pool: "{{site_name}}"

with_items: "{{pool_members}}"

# ------------------------ Create Virtual Server ------------------------

- name: Add virtual server

f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_virtual_server:

provider: "{{ provider }}"

state: present

partition: Common

destination: "{{ virtual_ip }}"

port: "443"

pool: "{{site_name}}"

snat: Automap

profiles:

- name: http

context: all

- name: "{{site_name}}"

context: server-side

- name: BIG-IP SETUP hosts: f5_lab connection: local gather_facts: false ignore_errors: true vars_files: - varsheet.yml tasks: # ------------------------ Setup Provider ------------------------ - name: Setup provider set_fact: provider: server: "Server" user: "{{ansible_user}}" password: server_port: 443 validate_certs: false# ------------------------ Create New Pool ------------------------ - name: CREATE POOL f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool: provider: "{{ provider }}" name: "{{site_name}}" lb_method: "round-robin" monitors: "/Common/tcp"# ------------------------ Add Pool Members ------------------------ - name: ADD POOL MEMBERS f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool_member: provider: "{{ provider }}" state: "present" address: "{{ item.host }}" name: "{{ item.name }}" port: "{{ site_port }}" pool: "{{site_name}}" with_items: "{{pool_members}}"# ------------------------ Create Virtual Server ------------------------ - name: Add virtual server f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_virtual_server: provider: "{{ provider }}" state: present partition: Common name: "{{site_name}}" destination: "{{ virtual_ip }}" port: "443" pool: "{{site_name}}" snat: Automap profiles: - name: http context: all - name: "{{site_name}}" context: server-side