bigip_device_info errors with - virtual-servers

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I am trying to pull an existing description from an existing virtual server using ansible.I found bigip_device_info but am running into errors.&nbsp;I have a ansible yaml file facts.yml:name:&nbsp;Collect&nbsp;BIG-IP&nbsp;information&nbsp;&nbsp;bigip_device_info:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provider:&nbsp;"{{&nbsp;provider&nbsp;}}"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;gather_subset:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#-&nbsp;virtual-addresses&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#-&nbsp;ltm-pools&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;virtual-servers&nbsp;&nbsp;register:&nbsp;bigip_device_info&nbsp;&nbsp;delegate_to:&nbsp;localhost&nbsp;virtual-addresses &amp; ltm-pools both work and return valid information. However virtual-servers always crashes.Will someone please shed some light on this issue and let me know if the syntax is incorrect, is there a bug, etc?&nbsp;Following is the debug error messages with virtual-servers enabled in the yaml file:task path: /home/mboster/cloud-infrastructure/cloudops/infrastructure/network/ansible/waf/roles/mq_deployment/tasks/mq_facts.yml:1&lt;localhost&gt; connection transport is rest&lt;localhost&gt; ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: mboster&lt;localhost&gt; EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~mboster &amp;&amp; sleep 0'&lt;localhost&gt; EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 &amp;&amp; mkdir -p "` echo /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292 `" &amp;&amp; echo ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292="` echo /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292 `" ) &amp;&amp; sleep 0'Using module file /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py&lt;localhost&gt; PUT /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-73580ev1lcolg/tmphdp8u7ap TO /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292/AnsiballZ_bigip_device_info.py&lt;localhost&gt; EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292/ /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292/AnsiballZ_bigip_device_info.py &amp;&amp; sleep 0'&lt;localhost&gt; EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python3 /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292/AnsiballZ_bigip_device_info.py &amp;&amp; sleep 0'&lt;localhost&gt; EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /home/mboster/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1591302659.2270741-189006385395292/ &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1 &amp;&amp; sleep 0'The full traceback is:&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 16259, in main&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 15999, in exec_module&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 16078, in execute_managers&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 15674, in exec_module&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 15682, in _exec_module&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 7092, in to_return&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 15253, in destination_address&nbsp;File "/tmp/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload_b_s1s_gf/ansible_bigip_device_info_payload.zip/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_info.py", line 15634, in destination_tuple&nbsp;fatal: [ftbc-f5-dev1 -&gt; localhost]: FAILED! =&gt; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"changed": false,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"invocation": {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"module_args": {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"gather_subset": [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"virtual-servers"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"provider": {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"auth_provider": null,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"server": "ftbc-f5-dev1",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"server_port": 443,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ssh_keyfile": null,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"timeout": null,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"transport": "rest",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"user": "mboster",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"validate_certs": false&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;},&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"msg": "The provided destination is not a valid IP address"&nbsp;&nbsp;

sachin-garg · Answer

Can you please share your &nbsp; BIG-IP software version &amp; Ansible Version &amp; Python version&nbsp;I can see python3.6&nbsp;bigip_gather_facts has been deprecated /Removed in Ansible version 2.11 (This module has ben removed in version 2.11.&nbsp;[deprecated])&nbsp;The bigip_facts module relies on SOAP to communicate with the BIG-IP, and has a large amount of code that does not conform to existing F5 standards. &nbsp;The&nbsp;bigip_device_info&nbsp;module (Requires BIG-IP software version &gt;= 12) is easier to maintain and use. This module was called&nbsp; bigip_device_facts &nbsp;before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.&nbsp;&nbsp;can you provide the output of curling these two APIshttps://IP_ADDRESS/mgmt/tm/sys/software/imagehttps://IP_ADDRESS/mgmt/tm/sys/software/hotfix&nbsp;Please see this section:&nbsp;fatal: [ftbc-f5-dev1 -&gt; localhost]: FAILED! =&gt; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"changed": false,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"invocation": {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"module_args": {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"gather_subset": [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"virtual-servers"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"provider": {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"auth_provider": null,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"server": "ftbc-f5-dev1",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"server_port": 443,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ssh_keyfile": null,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"timeout": null,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"transport": "rest",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"user": "mboster",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"validate_certs": false&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;},&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"msg": "The provided destination is not a valid IP address"&nbsp;&nbsp;this is the error you're receiving?fatal: [ftbc-f5-dev1 -&gt; localhost]: FAILED! =&gt; {"msg": "The provided destination is not a valid IP address"}&nbsp;It Seems that the partition is not striped correctly since the regex doesn't match numbers and your partition name may contains numbers. Can you please share the names of the partitions.&nbsp;2. validate_certs must be one of: yes,novalidate_certs: False&nbsp;Can you try the latest version:Minimum Ansible Version 2.8&nbsp;https://galaxy.ansible.com/f5devcentral/f5ansible&nbsp;&nbsp;Try these linkshttps://github.com/F5Networks/f5-ansible/issues/1124https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-valueshttps://clouddocs.f5.com/training/fas-ansible-workshop-101/1.8-virtual-server-facts.htmlhttps://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/modules/bigip_device_facts_module.htmlhttps://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/modules/bigip_virtual_server_module.html

markbz · Answer

ansible --versionansible 2.9.0&nbsp;config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg&nbsp;configured module search path = ['/home/mboster/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']&nbsp;ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible&nbsp;executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible&nbsp;python version = 3.6.8 (default, Apr&nbsp;2 2020, 13:34:55) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]&nbsp;[mboster@fthc-ctrl-net1 ~]$ python --versionPython 2.7.5&nbsp;target partitiion is /Common&nbsp;list auth partition default-route-domain auth partition AC-PROD {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;default-route-domain 0}auth partition Common {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;default-route-domain 0}auth partition test_partition {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;default-route-domain 0}&nbsp;see attached png file for image. There isn't any hotfix.&nbsp;1. Yes that is the error I am receiving&nbsp;2. validate_certs: no is set in the master_playbook.yml&nbsp;&nbsp;

markbz · Answer

From the master playbook, validate_certs is no, which is where the reported false comes from.&nbsp;&nbsp;vars:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provider:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;password:&nbsp;"{{&nbsp;password&nbsp;}}"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;server:&nbsp;"{{&nbsp;inventory_hostname&nbsp;}}"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;user:&nbsp;"{{&nbsp;username&nbsp;}}"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;validate_certs:&nbsp;no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;server_port:&nbsp;443&nbsp;&nbsp;

darius · Answer

markbz,So are you saying that you can take the exact same playbook and change the information in gather_subset and you get an error ONLY when trying to use "virtual-servers"?This works...
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    gather_subset:
      - virtual-addresses
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...but this doesn't?...
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    gather_subset:
      - virtual-servers
...
...

markbz · Answer

Darius,Yes that is exactly what happens.using - virtual-servers results in a crash.

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