Error add host to host collection with uri module api rest operations with satellite

[Alberto Jimenez Lozano]

I'm working wit uri module  with satellite.

I do one playbook for create a new host_collection and it works OK.

- name: CREATE HC 

    uri:

       url: "https://xxxxxx/katello/api/host_collections/"

       user: "{{user}}"

       password: "{{password}}"

       method: POST

       return_content: yes

       force_basic_auth: yes

       validate_certs: no

       body_format: json

       body: '{"name":"{{hc}}","organization_id":"1"}'

       status_code: [200,201,202]

But I want to do a playbook to add/remove host from a host collection, and the urls that appears in the api guides fails.

For api v1  the api guide indicates use PUT /katello/api/v2/host_collections/:id/add_systems

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.0/html/api_guide/add_systems_to_the_host_collection

I did this playbooks and it fails:

- name: Assign sat server {{server}} to {{host_collection}}

    uri:

       url: "https://xxxx/katello/api/v2/host_collections/{{hc_id}}/add_systems/"

       user: "{{user}}"

       password: "{{password}}"

       method: PUT

       return_content: yes

       force_basic_auth: yes

       validate_certs: no

       body_format: json

       body: '{"system_ids":"[972,1280]"}'

       status_code: [200,201,202,204,301,401]

The message error is 404 error

The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404)

The page you were looking for doesn't exist

And the path https://xxxx/katello/api/v2/host_collections/{{hc_id}}/ works OK.

[Adrian Sebastian Dutu]

Can you do a get on both of those ids (972,1280)?  Seems like one of them is not existing.

[Alberto Jimenez Lozano]

The both hosts exists.

I did the same operation api rest using hammer with -d option and I saw the command that uses.

[ INFO 2018-10-23 11:24:05 API] PUT /katello/api/host_collections/586/remove_hosts

[DEBUG 2018-10-23 11:24:05 API] Params: {

    "host_ids" => [

        [0] "1280"

    ]

}

[DEBUG 2018-10-23 11:24:05 API] Headers: {}

[DEBUG 2018-10-23 11:24:05 API] Using authenticator: HammerCLIForeman::Api::InteractiveBasicAuth

[DEBUG 2018-10-23 11:24:05 API] Response: {

    "displayMessages" => {

        "success" => [

            [0] "Successfully removed 1 Host(s)."

        ],

          "error" => []

    }

Then I removed de host with id 1280 from host_collection and I tried to add the host to hostname, but it fails.

  - name: Assign sat server {{server}} to {{host_collection}}

    uri:

    

       url: "https://xxxxxx/katello/api/host_collections/586/add_hosts/"

       user: "{{user}}"

       password: "{{password}}"

       method: PUT

       return_content: yes

       force_basic_auth: yes

       validate_certs: no

       body_format: json

       body: '{"hosts_ids":"[1280]"}'

       status_code: [200,201,202,204,301,401]

    "json": {

        "displayMessage": "undefined method `map' for nil:NilClass\nDid you mean?  tap", 

        "errors": [

            "undefined method `map' for nil:NilClass\nDid you mean?  tap"

        ]

    }, 

The json with the array is badly built?

[Brad Van Orden]

Two things:

1. Try removing the trailing slash in the url.
2. Try: url: https://xxxx/katello/api/v2/host_collections/{{ hc_id }}/add_systems

Haven't attempted the api with satellite yet.  So, don't have any direct experience.

[Alberto Jimenez Lozano]

It fails too.

  - name: Assign sat server {{server}} to {{host_collection}}

    uri:

       url: "https://xxxx/katello/api/host_collections/586/add_hosts"

       user: "{{user}}"

       password: "{{password}}"

       method: PUT

       return_content: yes

       force_basic_auth: yes

       validate_certs: no

       body_format: json

       body: '{"host_ids":"[972]"}'

       status_code: [200,201,202,204,301,401]

    "json": {

        "displayMessage": "undefined method `map' for \"[972]\":String\nDid you mean?  tap", 

        "errors": [

            "undefined method `map' for \"[972]\":String\nDid you mean?  tap"

        ]

[Alberto Jimenez Lozano]

I changed the playbook and it runs ok.

  - name: Assign sat server {{server}} with id {{host.json.id}} to {{host_collection}} with id {{hc_id}}

    uri:

       url: "https://xxxxx/katello/api/host_collections/{{hc_id}}/add_hosts"

       user: "{{user}}"

       password: "{{password}}"

       method: PUT

       return_content: yes

       force_basic_auth: yes

       validate_certs: no

       body_format: json

       body: '{"host_ids":["{{host.json.id}}"]}'

       status_code: [200,201,202,204,301,401]

[Brad Van Orden]

Great!  :)