Ansible // juniper_junos_config retrieve fails when format is 'set'

[Alex Ignatov]

Hello,

Came across an issue, that configuration retrieval fails once I specify format as 'set'... 'conf' and 'xml' options work fine, but with 'set' the task fails with an error: 

{"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Unexpected XML tag returned. Configuration is: <configuration changed-seconds=\"1520007992\" changed-localtime=\"2018..... and the rest of the configuration with xml tags in one line.

Playbook:

---

- name: Testing Juniper config module

  hosts: juniper

  roles:

    - Juniper.junos

  connection: local

  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: Retrieving configuration

    juniper_junos_config:

      retrieve: 'committed'

      format: 'set'

      diff: false

      check: false

      commit: false

      dest_dir: /home/ansible

      user: "{{ user }}"

      passwd: "{{ passwd }}"

      port: "{{ port }}"

    register: response

  - name: Print the result

    debug: var=response

Switch model:

user@EX4200-1> show version 

fpc0:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hostname: EX4200-1

Model: ex4200-24t

JUNOS Base OS boot [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Base OS Software Suite [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Kernel Software Suite [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Crypto Software Suite [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Online Documentation [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Enterprise Software Suite [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine Enterprise Software Suite [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Routing Software Suite [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS Web Management [12.3R6.6]

JUNOS FIPS mode utilities [12.3R6.6]

{master:0}

How to troubleshoot what exactly makes it fail?

Thanks,

Alex

[Alex Ignatov]

Noticed that it should be fixed in the latest release, but...

Updating to release 2.0.2 did not solve the issue... the same error..

[ansible@server ~]$ ansible-galaxy list

- Juniper.junos, 2.0.2

[Stacy W. Smith]

On Mar 2, 2018, at 10:08 AM, Alex Ignatov <alex.o....@gmail.com> wrote:

Noticed that it should be fixed in the latest release, but...

Updating to release 2.0.2 did not solve the issue... the same error..

[ansible@server ~]$ ansible-galaxy list

- Juniper.junos, 2.0.2

The underlying issue is that the version of Junos you are running doesn’t support the required functionality. Please specifically see this comment:

https://github.com/Juniper/ansible-junos-stdlib/issues/326#issuecomment-358139567

However, there is a workaround to get the configuration in set format using the “juniper_junos_command” module rather than the “juniper_junos_config” module. Please specifically see this comment for an example workaround:

https://github.com/Juniper/ansible-junos-stdlib/issues/326#issuecomment-358396953

There was, however, an issue when using the workaround described above in conjunction with the “dest_dir” option. The “fix" in 2.0.2 simply allows the “dest_dir” option to be used in conjunction with the “juniper_junos_command” module when the command is “show configuration | display set”.

—Stacy