* Failed to parse /home/ansible/inventory-dyn-datacenter.yaml with auto plugin:

[Akasurde]

Summary

I did an update on Netbox (3.6.9 to 3.7.0). After this update, Ansible and Netbox cannot link together, I checked the 443 and SQL port and everything its ok but when I try to link both I've got the issue in tittle.

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

netbox ansible link issue

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible 2.9.6
  config file = /root/.ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.8.10 (default, Nov 22 2023, 10:22:35) [GCC 9.4.0]

Configuration

# if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
$ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
DEFAULT_FORKS(/root/.ansible.cfg) = 10
DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS(/root/.ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_LOG_PATH(/root/.ansible.cfg) = /var/log/ansible.log
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/root/.ansible.cfg) = yaml
DEPRECATION_WARNINGS(/root/.ansible.cfg) = False
DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS(/root/.ansible.cfg) = False
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/root/.ansible.cfg) = False
LOCALHOST_WARNING(/root/.ansible.cfg) = False
PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT(/root/.ansible.cfg) = 60
PERSISTENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT(/root/.ansible.cfg) = 60

OS / Environment

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

Steps to Reproduce

plugin: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory
api_endpoint: https://smssnetbox.mss.lan
token: 563d1ab22xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
validate_certs: False
config_context: True

Expected Results

I expected that Ansible access to Netbox inventory and parsed it for my script

Actual Results

* Failed to parse /home/ansible/inventory-dyn-datacenter.yaml with auto plugin:
Failed to parse /home/ansible/inventory-dyn-datacenter.yaml with yaml plugin: Plugin configuration YAML file, not YAML inventory
[WARNING]:  * Failed to parse /home/ansible/inventory-dyn-datacenter.yaml with ini plugin: Invalid host pattern '---' supplied, '---' is normally a sign this is a YAML file.
[WARNING]: Unable to parse /home/ansible/inventory-dyn-datacenter.yaml as an inventory source
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
{
    "_meta": {
        "hostvars": {}
    },
    "all": {
        "children": [
            "ungrouped"
        ]
    }
}

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct

[Akasurde]

cc @Sn0w2776

[Akasurde]

Original tracelog - ansible/ansible#82636 (comment)

[Akasurde]

Hello, I think my Netbox version is 3.7.2 as you can see on screenshot :

And no I can't access to https://smssnetbox.mss.lan/api/docs/?format=openapi?

Thanks for help !

[Sn0w2776]

@Akasurde what are your guidelines or advice?

[sc68cal]

You state that you did an update to the NetBox server and now the inventory plugin does not work.

Please check your version of the NetBox Ansible collection and the version of the NetBox server API that it supports

[Akasurde]

@Sn0w2776 I think Netbox has different product versions. The one I am using is a trial, you might be using the production. Someone from this collection might have a better idea as to why the inventory failing to fetch https://smssnetbox.mss.lan/api/docs/?format=openapi in your case.

I will provide addition information if required. Thanks.

[sc68cal]

Another common issue that we see for this kind of issue is when someone has placed a proxy in front of the NetBox server that does not allow access to the required URLs

[Akasurde]

@sc68cal The issue is migrated from ansible/ansible repo to here. @Sn0w2776 is the original reporter. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[sc68cal]

We also had a refactoring of the logic around the fetching of the openapi and caching, which I would recommend updating your collection in order to get the benefit of

[tweippert]

I got a similar or maybe the same issue with Netbox 3.7.3 (3.7.0 also) and netbox.netbox collection 3.17.0:

[WARNING]:  * Failed to parse /home/weiti/DN42/automate/inventory/dn42.yml with auto plugin: '/api/dcim/devices/'
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py", line 293, in parse_source
    plugin.parse(self._inventory, self._loader, source, cache=cache)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/auto.py", line 59, in parse
    plugin.parse(inventory, loader, path, cache=cache)
  File "/home/weiti/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox/plugins/inventory/nb_inventory.py", line 2079, in parse
    self.main()
  File "/home/weiti/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox/plugins/inventory/nb_inventory.py", line 1926, in main
    self.fetch_api_docs()
  File "/home/weiti/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox/plugins/inventory/nb_inventory.py", line 1546, in fetch_api_docs
    for p in  openapi["paths"]["/api/dcim/devices/"]["get"]["parameters"]

Testing it against an old netbox installation 2.10.4 it works as expected.

The used inventory file:

plugin: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory
api_endpoint: http://xxx..xxx.xxx/netbox
token: <correct token>
validate_certs: False
config_context: False
group_by:
  - device_roles
query_filters:
  - role: router
device_query_filters:
  - has_primary_ip: 'false'

[tweippert]

FOr my issues it seems there was an problem with an netbox installation within a subdir (/netbox). but the nb_inventory search the query paramters in /api/dcim/devices not in /netbox/api/dcim/devices. If i add the subdir to the device and vm query parameters all is working.

Is there a config knob to inform about a subdir installation?

[sc68cal]

Is there a config knob to inform about a subdir installation?

No there is not

[Sn0w2776]

@tweippert
For me I think ansible search in this but I don't know why I have this :

[WARNING]: * Failed to parse /home/ansible/inventory-dyn-datacenter.yaml with auto plugin: <title>Page Not Found | NetBox</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/setmode.js" onerror="window.location='/media-failure/?filename=setmode.js'"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function () {
initMode() })(); window.CSRF_TOKEN = "Q61sLabrE6l0CWDR7v0E37EyU0iqeWNrNqTIlTddroMNK2WqPLj98lq5KlEYAu1H"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/netbox.js?v=3.7.2" onerror="window.location='/media-failure/?filename=netbox.js'"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> function checkSideNav() { // Check localStorage to see if the sidebar should be pinned. var sideNavRaw =
localStorage.getItem('netbox-sidenav'); // Determine if the device has a small screeen. This media query is equivalent to // bootstrap's media-breakpoint-
down(lg) breakpoint mixin, which is what the sidenav's // CSS uses. var isSmallScreen = window.matchMedia('(max-width: 991.98px)').matches; if (typeof
sideNavRaw === 'string') { var sideNavState = JSON.parse(sideNavRaw); if (sideNavState.pinned === true && !isSmallScreen) { // If the sidebar
should be pinned and this is not a small screen, set the appropriate // body attributes prior to the rest of the content rendering. This prevents //
jumpy/glitchy behavior on page reloads. document.body.setAttribute('data-sidenav-pinned', ''); document.body.setAttribute('data-sidenav-show', '');
document.body.removeAttribute('data-sidenav-hidden'); } else { document.body.removeAttribute('data-sidenav-pinned');
document.body.setAttribute('data-sidenav-hidden', ''); } } } window.addEventListener('resize', function(){ checkSideNav() });
checkSideNav(); </script>

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[tweippert]

@tweippert For me I think ansible search in this but I don't know why I have this :

[WARNING]: * Failed to parse /home/ansible/inventory-dyn-datacenter.yaml with auto plugin: <title>Page Not Found | NetBox</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/setmode.js" onerror="window.location='/media-failure/?filename=setmode.js'"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function () { initMode() })(); window.CSRF_TOKEN = "Q61sLabrE6l0CWDR7v0E37EyU0iqeWNrNqTIlTddroMNK2WqPLj98lq5KlEYAu1H"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/netbox.js?v=3.7.2" onerror="window.location='/media-failure/?filename=netbox.js'"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> function checkSideNav() { // Check localStorage to see if the sidebar should be pinned. var sideNavRaw = localStorage.getItem('netbox-sidenav'); // Determine if the device has a small screeen. This media query is equivalent to // bootstrap's media-breakpoint- down(lg) breakpoint mixin, which is what the sidenav's // CSS uses. var isSmallScreen = window.matchMedia('(max-width: 991.98px)').matches; if (typeof sideNavRaw === 'string') { var sideNavState = JSON.parse(sideNavRaw); if (sideNavState.pinned === true && !isSmallScreen) { // If the sidebar should be pinned and this is not a small screen, set the appropriate // body attributes prior to the rest of the content rendering. This prevents // jumpy/glitchy behavior on page reloads. document.body.setAttribute('data-sidenav-pinned', ''); document.body.setAttribute('data-sidenav-show', ''); document.body.removeAttribute('data-sidenav-hidden'); } else { document.body.removeAttribute('data-sidenav-pinned'); document.body.setAttribute('data-sidenav-hidden', ''); } } } window.addEventListener('resize', function(){ checkSideNav() }); checkSideNav(); </script>

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2024-02-27 15:32 CET SmssNETBOX (v3.7.2)

I think v3.7.2 has moved the api url away from /api/docs/ so the question is, why does your request goes to this url, which version of pynetbox and netbox.netbox collection did you use?