filetree_create not able to call awx.awx.controller_api properly

[dancorrigan1]

Summary

I'm using AWX 23.7.0
In my playbook, I create an auth token and assign controller_oauthtoken and controller_oauthtoken_url then import infra.controller_configuration.filetree_create
I also have controller_api_plugin set to awx.awx.controller_api
my import_role task imports infra.controller_configuration.filetree_create
Inside that role, when it calls the task:

• name: "Get the Tower/AAP instance version"
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
  aap_version: "{{ lookup(controller_api_plugin, 'ping',
  host=controller_hostname, oauth_token=controller_oauthtoken,
  verify_ssl=controller_validate_certs).version }}"

The task is failing with: "msg": "the field 'args' has an invalid value ({'aap_version': "{{ lookup(controller_api_plugin, 'ping', host=controller_hostname, oauth_token=controller_oauthtoken, verify_ssl=controller_validate_certs).version }}"}), and could not be converted to an dict.The error was: unmarshallable object\n\nThe error appears to be in '/usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infra/controller_configuration/roles/filetree_create/tasks/all.yml': line 2, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n---\n- name: "Get the Tower/AAP instance version"\n ^ here\n",

I am successful if I create a fact the same way the infra role is calling awx.awx.controller_api with: lookup('awx.awx.controller_api', 'ping', host=controller_hostname, oauth_token=controller_oauthtoken, verify_ssl=controller_validate_certs).version }}

Issue Type

• Bug Report

Ansible, Collection, Controller details

name: infra.controller_configuration
version: 2.11.0
source: https://galaxy.ansible.com/
name: awx.awx
version: 24.6.1
source: https://galaxy.ansible.com/

ansible [core 2.16.3]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/runner/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /runner/requirements_collections:/runner/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.5 (main, Jan  9 2024, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3)] (/usr/bin/python3.11)
  jinja version = 3.1.3
  libyaml = True

# /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection                     Version
------------------------------ -------
ansible.posix                  1.6.2  
ansible.scm                    3.0.0  
ansible.utils                  5.1.2  
ansible.windows                2.5.0  
awx.awx                        24.6.1 
community.general              10.0.1 
community.vmware               5.1.0  
community.windows              2.3.0  
infra.controller_configuration 2.11.0 
vmware.vmware                  1.6.0 

AWX 23.7.0

• ansible installation method: EE based upon quay.io/centos/centos:stream9-minimal

OS / ENVIRONMENT

CentOS Stream 9

Desired Behavior

filetree_create collects my information from AWX Server

Actual Behavior

TASK [infra.controller_configuration.filetree_create : Include Tasks to get all objects of type ['labels']] ***
task path: /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infra/controller_configuration/roles/filetree_create/tasks/main.yml:48
included: /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infra/controller_configuration/roles/filetree_create/tasks/all.yml for localhost
TASK [infra.controller_configuration.filetree_create : Get the Tower/AAP instance version] ***
task path: /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infra/controller_configuration/roles/filetree_create/tasks/all.yml:2
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "msg": "the field 'args' has an invalid value ({'aap_version': \"{{ lookup(controller_api_plugin, 'ping', host=controller_hostname, oauth_token=controller_oauthtoken, verify_ssl=controller_validate_certs).version }}\"}), and could not be converted to an dict.The error was: unmarshallable object\n\nThe error appears to be in '/usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/infra/controller_configuration/roles/filetree_create/tasks/all.yml': line 2, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n---\n- name: \"Get the Tower/AAP instance version\"\n  ^ here\n"
}

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

---
- name: AWX Filefree
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:

    - name: "Get auth token"
      ansible.builtin.uri:
        url: "https://{{ controller_hostname }}/api/v2/tokens/"
        user: "{{ controller_username }}"
        password: "{{ controller_password }}"
        method: POST
        force_basic_auth: true
        validate_certs: "{{ controller_validate_certs }}"
        status_code: 201
      register: __auth_token

    - name: "Set the oauth token to be used since now"
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        controller_oauthtoken: "{{ __auth_token.json.token }}"
        controller_oauthtoken_url: "{{ __auth_token.json.url }}"
        controller_api_plugin: 'awx.awx.controller_api'
        controller_configuration_filetree_create_secure_logging: false
      no_log: false

    - name: Import filetree role
      ansible.builtin.import_role:
        name:   
      vars:
        input_tag:
          - 'labels'
... 

[bogdanmuresan]

Hello, I had the same issue here: redhat-cop/infra.aap_configuration#741
It was a bug with ansible, which was fixed here:
ansible/ansible#82759
which references
ansible/ansible#82708
which seems to have been merged into 2.16.5 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.16.10/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.16.rst#v2165)

I see you have ansible 2.16.3 - I would try updating to at least 2.16.5

[dancorrigan1]

Hello, I had the same issue here: redhat-cop/infra.aap_configuration#741 It was a bug with ansible, which was fixed here: ansible/ansible#82759 which references ansible/ansible#82708 which seems to have been merged into 2.16.5 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.16.10/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.16.rst#v2165)

I see you have ansible 2.16.3 - I would try updating to at least 2.16.5

Bingo bango. Upgraded my ansible and now it is working.
Thank you!