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Connection Refused error when running Ansible Playbook
I'm trying to run an Ansible playbook to create a new local user account on a Big-IP VE running 13.1.3.4 using the bigip_user module. I'm able to run tasks using bigip_device_info and bigip_config modules successfully, but whenever I try to run a playbook with a module to change settings (i.e. bigip_user or bigip_snmp_community) it errors out with the message: "An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>"
I'm new to Ansible on Big-IP platform. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
Playbook:
---
- name: Add users playbook
hosts: "{{ devices }}"
strategy: free
order: sorted
connection: local
gather_facts: no
become: no
become_method: enable
ignore_errors: no
collections:
- f5networks.f5_modules
vars:
provider:
server: "{{ ansible_host }}"
user: <username>
password: <password>
validate_certs: no
server_port: 443
tasks:
- name: Add or update the user
bigip_user:
provider: "{{ provider }}"
username_credential: user
password_credential: password
update_password: always
full_name: User
shell: bash
partition_access:
- all:admin
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
Error:
The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 1350, in do_open
encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1277, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1323, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1272, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1032, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 972, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1439, in connect
super().connect()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 944, in connect
(self.host,self.port), self.timeout, self.source_address)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 728, in create_connection
raise err
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 716, in create_connection
sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused
Thanks,
-Edson
- ZukeCirrostratus
I have a similar error, though I don't get a connection refused issue.
The error was: urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error timed out>
Did you ever find a fix to your issue, Edson?
- KrishnaanupalaAltostratus
I too notice the same error when using bigip_device_info module on BIG-IP VE v13, But not on the Physical VIPRION Chassis,
Error:
\\'ansible_collections.f5networks.f5_modules.plugins.modules.bigip_device_info\\
"ansible_facts": {
"job_errors": "Role=>'unknown'\\n Module=>'unknown'\\n Task=>'Collect BIG-IP information'\\n Result=> '{'failed': True, '_ansible_parsed': False, 'module_stdout': '', 'module_stderr': 'Traceback (most recent call last):\\\\n
\\\n raise URLError(err)\\\\nurllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error timed out>\\\\n', 'msg': 'MODULE FAILURE\\\\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error', 'rc': 1, '_ansible_no_log': False, 'changed': False, '_ansible_delegated_vars': {'ansible_delegated_host': 'localhost', 'ansible_remote_tmp': None, 'ansible_system_tmpdirs': None, 'ansible_async_dir': None, 'ansible_admin_users': None, 'ansible_shell_allow_world_readable_temp': None}}'",
"job_result": "FAILURE"
- KrishnaanupalaAltostratus
Hi Guys, I managed to resolve this issue, It's definitely a connectivity issue, In my case TCP443 was not allowed in the Openstack Security group configured on the Mgmt interface of the BIG-VE instances.
For OP or anyone else coming across this post, check out Matt_Mabis' popular article F5 Automation with Ansible Tips and Tricks if you'd like to learn more.
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