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Andrew Meyer

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Sep 5, 2023, 1:18:40 PM9/5/23
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I got my rundeck instance in my home lab set up.  Working with postgres now.  I am trying to set it up and created a test project.  I then added all the necessary info to access other machines.  Once I did that I went to add my hosts file/inventory.  I am now getting this error:
The Node Source had an error:
com.dtolabs.rundeck.core.resources.format.ResourceFormatParserException: com.dtolabs.rundeck.core.common.NodeFileParserException: java.lang.ClassCastException: class java.lang.String cannot be cast to class java.util.Map (java.lang.String and java.util.Map are in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')

I also went and downloaded the rundeck-bootstrap rpm file.  The hosts/inventory file I'm using does not have a .yaml/yml extension on it but is in the proper ansible grouping format for that file.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

rac...@rundeck.com

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Sep 5, 2023, 2:02:23 PM9/5/23
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Hi Andrew,

It seems a problem with your model source file format. Some questions to understand better:

1. Which Rundeck version are you using?
2. What do you mean with "rundeck-bootstrap rpm file"? (you don't need extra packages).
3. Could you share your project model source config and the yaml file content to take a look?

Regards!

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 5, 2023, 2:27:29 PM9/5/23
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Sorry about that.
I am using rundeck 4.15.0
I had some issues with it reading the file and researched -  found out that I needed this - https://github.com/rundeck/plugin-bootstrap/releases/download/0.4.11/rundeck-plugin-bootstrap-0.4.11-1.noarch.rpm

Here is the project config file:

#Tue Sep 05 13:26:58 CDT 2023
#edit below
ansible-binaries-dir-path=/usr/bin
project.ansbile-inventory=/opt/syseng/automation/ansible1/hosts
project.ansible-become-method=sudo
project.ansible-become-user=ansible
project.ansible-become=true
project.ansible-config-file-path=/opt/syseng/automation/ansible1/ansible.cfg
project.ansible-executable=/usr/bin/bash
project.ansible-generate-inventory=true
project.ansible-ssh-auth-type=privateKey
project.ansible-ssh-keypath=/var/lib/rundeck/.ssh/id_rsa
project.ansible-ssh-passphrase-option=option.password
project.ansible-ssh-user=ansible
project.description=
project.disable.executions=false
project.disable.schedule=false
project.execution.history.cleanup.batch=500
project.execution.history.cleanup.enabled=false
project.execution.history.cleanup.retention.days=60
project.execution.history.cleanup.retention.minimum=50
project.execution.history.cleanup.schedule=0 0 0 1/1 * ? *
project.jobs.gui.groupExpandLevel=1
project.label=
project.later.executions.disable=false
project.later.executions.enable=false
project.later.schedule.disable=false
project.later.schedule.enable=false
project.name=ASM_Test_Ansible_01
project.nodeCache.enabled=true
project.nodeCache.firstLoadSynch=true
project.output.allowUnsanitized=false
project.ssh-authentication=privateKey
project.ssh-command-timeout=0
project.ssh-connect-timeout=0
project.ssh-keypath=/var/lib/rundeck/.ssh/id_rsa
resources.source.1.type=local
resources.source.2.config.ansible-become-method=sudo
resources.source.2.config.ansible-become-user=ansible
resources.source.2.config.ansible-become=true
resources.source.2.config.ansible-binaries-dir-path=/usr/bin/
resources.source.2.config.ansible-config-file-path=/opt/syseng/automation/ansible1.cfg
resources.source.2.config.ansible-gather-facts=true
resources.source.2.config.ansible-ignore-errors=true
resources.source.2.config.ansible-inventory=/opt/syseng/automation/ansible1/hosts
resources.source.2.config.ansible-ssh-auth-type=privateKey
resources.source.2.config.ansible-ssh-keypath=/var/lib/rundeck/.ssh/id_rsa
resources.source.2.config.ansible-ssh-user=ansible
resources.source.2.type=com.batix.rundeck.plugins.AnsibleResourceModelSourceFactory
resources.source.3.config.file=/opt/syseng/automation/ansible1/hosts
resources.source.3.config.format=resourceyaml
resources.source.3.config.generateFileAutomatically=true
resources.source.3.config.includeServerNode=true
resources.source.3.config.writeable=true
resources.source.3.type=file
service.FileCopier.default.provider=jsch-scp
service.NodeExecutor.default.provider=com.batix.rundeck.plugins.AnsibleNodeExecutor

rac...@rundeck.com

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Sep 5, 2023, 3:44:45 PM9/5/23
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I see, Could you post your inventory file to test it? (change/edit any potentially sensitive information).

Thanks!

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 5, 2023, 3:56:29 PM9/5/23
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Do you want the format it is in?  How much of it should I change?  It has all internal hostnames....


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Sep 5, 2023, 4:20:08 PM9/5/23
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Yes, an example file (with fake data) to reproduce the issue.

Greetings.

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 5, 2023, 4:24:16 PM9/5/23
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[all_servers]
pxe.example.com
ipam.example.com
containers.example.com
topics.example.com
topics-new.example.com
ldap.example.com
mon02.example.com
logging.example.com
proxy.example.com
jump.example.com
smtp.example.com
automation.example.com
network01.example.com
pihole01.example.com
prometheus001.example.com
redis03.example.com
redis002.example.com
rundeck000.example.com
sql03.example.com
unifi001.example.com

[grafana]
grafana01.example.com

[monitoring]
prometheus001.example.com
grafana01.example.com
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rac...@rundeck.com

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Sep 5, 2023, 6:45:55 PM9/5/23
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For any reason, my last message was deleted by Google Groups.

So, checking your config you have a third model source pointing to the ansible inventory file, look:

resources.source.3.config.file=/opt/syseng/automation/ansible1/hosts

That file model source isn't for ansible (that's is the root cause of the "parsing error"), only works for Rundeck yaml model source file

Delete this model source and keep the second one (Ansible model source) properly configured to use the Ansible inventory, take a look at this guide to check how to configure it.

Hope it helps!

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 5, 2023, 10:22:05 PM9/5/23
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I removed the config lines and didn't make a difference.



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Andrew Meyer

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Sep 5, 2023, 10:44:21 PM9/5/23
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Also I did set the inventory up this way....maybe I need to remove it and start over?

rac...@rundeck.com

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Sep 6, 2023, 7:58:58 AM9/6/23
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Remove the model source (YAML File) from the gui (Project Configuration > Edit Nodes). Keep only the local node and the ansible model source.

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 6, 2023, 9:54:25 AM9/6/23
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Like this?


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rac...@rundeck.com

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Sep 6, 2023, 10:22:10 AM9/6/23
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Yes, and make sure the ansible.cfg file contains the inventory as follows:

inventory     = /path/to/your/inventory/file

Do you get the same error in the nodes page if you remove the YAML file model source?

Regards.

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 6, 2023, 11:02:49 AM9/6/23
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I don't get the error any more but I also don't have any hosts loaded to run playbooks against.



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Sep 6, 2023, 12:01:14 PM9/6/23
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Let me share my config, probably your ansible.cfg needs some change:

My ansible.cfg, nothing special, almost the default one. I ommited the commented lines:

[defaults] inventory = /home/user/Deployments/Ansible/config/hosts nocows = 1 [inventory] [privilege_escalation] [paramiko_connection] [ssh_connection] [persistent_connection] [sudo_become_plugin] [selinux] [colors] [diff] [galaxy]

My inventory test file (hosts), I ommited the commented lines.

[the_farm] 192.168.56.20 192.168.56.21 192.168.56.22 [the_farm:vars] ansible_user=vagrant

My node executor config (the config file path is hidden, that bug was reported)
My file copier config
My model source config.

You will see your nodes on the “Nodes” page and dispatch any job/command (ansible playbook based or not) against the ansible inventory.

Also: make sure the rundeck user can read the ansible config and inventory files.

Regards.

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Andrew Meyer

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Sep 6, 2023, 12:28:12 PM9/6/23
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So I changed my config to match yours.  I even changed the inventory line in the ansible.cfg and refreshed the page.  Does it take a minute to refresh the inventory from the file?  Does it read it once every minute?  I'm still not seeing any hosts in the nodes page yet.

rac...@rundeck.com

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Sep 6, 2023, 12:29:41 PM9/6/23
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Do you see any clue in the service.log file?

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 6, 2023, 12:32:30 PM9/6/23
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rundeck.log
[2023-09-06T11:29:44,195] WARN  lib.Repository [main] - close() called when useCnt is already zero for Repository[/var/lib/rundeck/projects/ASM_Test_01/ScmImport/.git]
[2023-09-06T11:29:45,169] WARN  lib.Repository [pool-12-thread-2] - close() called when useCnt is already zero for Repository[/var/lib/rundeck/projects/ASM_Test_01/ScmImport/.git]
[2023-09-06T11:29:47,591] ERROR events.UserActionService [qtp384565349-23] - Null authentication on event
[2023-09-06T11:29:47,591] ERROR events.UserActionService [qtp384565349-23] - Null user name on logout event
[2023-09-06T11:29:47,591] ERROR audit.AuditEventsService [qtp384565349-23] - Null authentication on logout event. Cancelling event dispatch.
[2023-09-06T11:30:05,043] WARN  lib.Repository [pool-12-thread-2] - close() called when useCnt is already zero for Repository[/var/lib/rundeck/projects/ASM_Test_01/ScmImport/.git]

service.log
[2023-09-06T11:31:37,981] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:37,981] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:39,998] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:39,999] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:42,015] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:42,015] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:44,033] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:44,033] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:45,069] WARN  lib.Repository - close() called when useCnt is already zero for Repository[/var/lib/rundeck/projects/ASM_Test_01/ScmImport/.git]
[2023-09-06T11:31:46,051] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:46,051] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:48,072] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:48,073] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:50,092] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:50,093] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:52,110] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:52,111] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:54,129] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:54,129] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:56,147] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:56,148] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:31:58,165] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:31:58,166] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:32:00,183] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:32:00,183] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:32:02,200] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:32:02,200] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:32:04,219] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:32:04,220] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:32:05,015] WARN  lib.Repository - close() called when useCnt is already zero for Repository[/var/lib/rundeck/projects/ASM_Test_01/ScmImport/.git]
[2023-09-06T11:32:06,237] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:32:06,238] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:32:08,255] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:32:08,256] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus
[2023-09-06T11:32:10,272] ERROR interceptors.SetUserInterceptor - Invalid API token used: <TOKE****
[2023-09-06T11:32:10,273] ERROR interceptors.AuthorizationInterceptor - (Token:<TOKE****) UNAUTHORIZED for execution/apiExecutionModeStatus

Andrew Meyer

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Sep 6, 2023, 12:41:09 PM9/6/23
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Got it!  Had to turn off gather facts!
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