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[Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

  • 1.  [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 04-18-2017 13:53

    Hi,

     

    I'm trying to run Ansible script to change the domain-name on SRX. basically, I'm testing it so that later can add more configuration but I ran into error. 

     

     

    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}

     

    My set file contains this text, I have tied using .set extension as well and got same error.

     

    yasir@yasir-VM:/etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks$ cat /home/yasir/Ansible_labs/juniper/set-domain.conf
    set system domain-name test.com

    Host Details

     

     

     

    yasir@yasir-VM:~$ lsb_release -a
    No LSB modules are available.
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
    Release:        14.04
    Codename:       trusty
    
    
    
    yasir@yasir-VM:~$ python --version
    Python 2.7.6
    
    
    yasir@yasir-VM:~$ ansible --version
    ansible 2.3.0.0
    config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
    configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
    python version = 2.7.6 (default, Oct 26 2016, 20:30:19) [GCC 4.8.4]

     

     

    Here is the error message, I ran ansible in verbose mode to have more details

    yasir@yasir-VM:/etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks$ ansible-playbook SET.yml -vvvv
    Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
    Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.pyc
    Loading callback plugin jsnapy of type aggregate, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.pyc
    
    PLAYBOOK: SET.yml *******************************************************************************************
    1 plays in SET.yml
    
    PLAY [SET] **************************************************************************************************
    META: ran handlers
    
    TASK [CHECK-NETCONF] ****************************************************************************************
    task path: /etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks/SET.yml:12
    Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/wait_for.py
    <192.168.56.103> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: yasir
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~ && sleep 0'
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558="` echo /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558 `" ) && sleep 0'
    <192.168.56.103> PUT /tmp/tmp0NUEpw TO /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/wait_for.py
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/ /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/wait_for.py && sleep 0'
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/wait_for.py; rm -rf "/home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
    ok: [192.168.56.103] => {
        "changed": false, 
        "elapsed": 0, 
        "invocation": {
            "module_args": {
                "active_connection_states": [
                    "ESTABLISHED", 
                    "SYN_SENT", 
                    "SYN_RECV", 
                    "FIN_WAIT1", 
                    "FIN_WAIT2", 
                    "TIME_WAIT"
                ], 
                "connect_timeout": 5, 
                "delay": 0, 
                "exclude_hosts": null, 
                "host": "192.168.56.103", 
                "path": null, 
                "port": 22, 
                "search_regex": null, 
                "sleep": 1, 
                "state": "started", 
                "timeout": 300
            }
        }, 
        "path": null, 
        "port": 22, 
        "search_regex": null, 
        "state": "started"
    }
    
    TASK [SET-DOMAIN] *******************************************************************************************
    task path: /etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks/SET.yml:15
    
    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}

     

    Here is my yml file

     

     

    ---
    - name: SET
      hosts: 192.168.56.103
      roles:
      - Juniper.junos
      connection: local
      gather_facts: no
     
      # Execute tasks (plays) this way "ansible-playbook <path>/SET.yml --tags <tag-name>"
      tasks:
      # Check if a device is NETCONF-aware
      - name: CHECK-NETCONF
        tags: check-netconf
        wait_for: host="{{ inventory_hostname }}" port="{{ juniper_port }}"
      - name: SET-DOMAIN
        tags: set-domain
        junos_install_config: host="{{ inventory_hostname }}" user="{{ juniper_user }}" port="{{ juniper_port }}"
         comment="Setup domain-name"
         file="/home/yasir/Ansible_labs/juniper/set-domain.conf"

     


    #Ansible


  • 2.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 04-19-2017 02:28

    Hi, 

     

    It seems the parameters specified in SET-DOMAIN task are not being accepted.

    The following worked for me:

    ---
    - name: SET
      hosts: SRX01
      roles:
      - Juniper.junos
      connection: local
      gather_facts: no
    
      # Execute tasks (plays) this way "ansible-playbook <path>/SET.yml --tags <tag-name>"
      tasks:
      - name: Checking NETCONF Connectivity
        wait_for: host={{ inventory_hostname }} port=830 timeout=5
    
      - name: SET-DOMAIN
        tags: set-domain
        junos_install_config: host="{{ inventory_hostname }}" user="{{ ansible_ssh_user }}"
         comment="Setup domain-name"
         file="set-domain.set"
         replace="false"
         overwrite="false"
    

    For set commands, the file extension needs to be .set, otherwise it throws an error:

    "msg": "Unable to load config: ConfigLoadError(severity: error, bad_element: set, message: error: syntax error)"

    Hope this helps.

     

    Cheers,

    Ashvin



  • 3.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 04-19-2017 03:26

    Hi Ashvin,

     

    Thanks for your time to reply. However, it didn't help

     

    yasir@yasir-VM:~/Ansible_labs/juniper$ ls
    set-domain.set
    yasir@yasir-VM:~/Ansible_labs/juniper$ cat set-domain.set 
    set system domain-name test.com

    Still received same error message 

    TASK [SET-DOMAIN] **********************************************************************************************************************************************
    
    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}

     



  • 4.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 04-19-2017 04:37

    Hi, 

     

    The error is in to the playbook. Could you try changing the SET-DOMAIN task to:

     

      - name: SET-DOMAIN
        tags: set-domain
        junos_install_config: host="{{ inventory_hostname }}" user="{{ juniper_user }}"
         comment="Setup domain-name"
         file="/home/yasir/Ansible_labs/juniper/set-domain.set"
         replace="false"
         overwrite="false"
    

    Also, do you have "juniper_user" defined as a variable.

     

    Cheers,

    Ashvin

     



  • 5.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 04-19-2017 05:35

    Also, since you are using Ansible2.3, please check:

    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23725

     

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers,

    Ashvin



  • 6.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 04-19-2017 08:56

    Well, I followed this URL https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23725 but after that I ran into another bug which is 

     

    The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks/SET.yml': line 16, column 1, but may
    be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

    Details are available on this link

     

    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/16456

     

    I will prepare CentOS to further test it.



  • 7.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 04-21-2017 12:14

    Hi, 

     

    Could you share the playbook SET.yml and the complete error msg.

    Alternatively, you could use prior versions of ansible. Ansible 2.3 is very recent i understand.

    I can confirm it works on Ansible2.2.1.0.

     

    Cheers,
    Ashvin



  • 8.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 04-30-2017 09:19

    Hi Ashvin,

     

    Thanks for following up and interest in this issue. Same script has worked for me with previous versions of Ansible.

     

     

     

    Ideally, If there is an update in ansible and have issues, it needs to be rectified.

     

    Thanks,

    MYN



  • 9.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 04-30-2017 14:08

    Hi,

     

    This all sounds very much like the correct versions are needed.

     

    Grab the latest PyEz and ansible-junos-stdlib modules, they should be fine for Ansible 2.3.

     

    Release 1.4.2 of the Juniper.junos module which supports Ansible 2.3 was only recently released (6 days ago)

     

    You will probably need to perform;

    sudo ansible-galaxy remove Juniper.junos
    sudo ansible-galaxy install Juniper.junos
    

    Regards,

    Andy



  • 10.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 05-09-2017 12:12

    i still have this same issue....

     

     

    [mdisher@ubuntu64vm ansible-junos-stdlib-1.1.0]$ ansible-playbook -i hosts juniper-srx.yml

    PLAY [Load merge a configuration to a device running Junos OS] ************************************************

    TASK [Checking NETCONF connectivity] **************************************************************************
    ok: [firewall.disher.net]

    TASK [load merge a configuration file] ************************************************************************

    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin. Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}
    ^C [ERROR]: User interrupted execution

     

    Very simplistic tests:

     

    local hosts file:

    [mdisher@ubuntu64vm ansible-junos-stdlib-1.1.0]$ cat hosts
    [dishernet]
    firewall.disher.net ansible_ssh_host=10.100.1.1

     

    very simple playbook:

    [mdisher@ubuntu64vm ansible-junos-stdlib-1.1.0]$ cat juniper-srx.yml
    - name: Load merge a configuration to a device running Junos OS
    hosts: firewall.disher.net
    roles:
    - Juniper.junos
    connection: local
    gather_facts: no

    tasks:
    - name: Checking NETCONF connectivity
    wait_for: host={{ inventory_hostname }} port=830 timeout=5

    - name: load merge a configuration file
    junos_install_config:
    host={{ inventory_hostname }}
    file=update-hostname.conf
    overwrite=false
    logfile=update_config.log
    diffs_file=deploysitediffs.logs

     

    simple config change:

     

    [mdisher@ubuntu64vm ansible-junos-stdlib-1.1.0]$ cat update-hostname.conf
    system {
    host-name DisherSRX300PAnsibled;
    }

     



  • 11.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 05-09-2017 12:27

    Which versions of PyEz and the Juniper.junos Ansible modules do you now have installed?

     

    Regards,

    Andy



  • 12.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 05-10-2017 00:50

    Hi,

     

    Could you try running the playbook in verbose mode to look at the parameters being passed.

    ansible-playbook -vvv -i hosts juniper-srx.yml

     

    Also please confirm the versions being used.

     

    Cheers,

    Ashvin



  • 13.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 05-16-2017 19:07
    yasir@yasir-VM:/etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks$ ansible-playbook SET.yml -vvvv
    Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
    Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.pyc
    Loading callback plugin jsnapy of type aggregate, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.pyc
    
    PLAYBOOK: SET.yml *******************************************************************************************
    1 plays in SET.yml
    
    PLAY [SET] **************************************************************************************************
    META: ran handlers
    
    TASK [CHECK-NETCONF] ****************************************************************************************
    task path: /etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks/SET.yml:12
    Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/wait_for.py
    <192.168.56.103> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: yasir
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~ && sleep 0'
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558="` echo /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558 `" ) && sleep 0'
    <192.168.56.103> PUT /tmp/tmp0NUEpw TO /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/wait_for.py
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/ /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/wait_for.py && sleep 0'
    <192.168.56.103> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python /home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/wait_for.py; rm -rf "/home/yasir/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492548249.79-279977122145558/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
    ok: [192.168.56.103] => {
        "changed": false, 
        "elapsed": 0, 
        "invocation": {
            "module_args": {
                "active_connection_states": [
                    "ESTABLISHED", 
                    "SYN_SENT", 
                    "SYN_RECV", 
                    "FIN_WAIT1", 
                    "FIN_WAIT2", 
                    "TIME_WAIT"
                ], 
                "connect_timeout": 5, 
                "delay": 0, 
                "exclude_hosts": null, 
                "host": "192.168.56.103", 
                "path": null, 
                "port": 22, 
                "search_regex": null, 
                "sleep": 1, 
                "state": "started", 
                "timeout": 300
            }
        }, 
        "path": null, 
        "port": 22, 
        "search_regex": null, 
        "state": "started"
    }
    
    TASK [SET-DOMAIN] *******************************************************************************************
    task path: /etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks/SET.yml:15
    
    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}


  • 14.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 05-18-2017 17:55

    Hi, 

     

    Could you confirm the versions again please:

    ansible --version
    ansible-galaxy list
    pip list | grep junos

    Cheers,

    Ashvin



  • 15.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 06-07-2017 09:41

    Hi sorry to hi-jack this thread but I have a very similar problem. Couple of playbooks run through fine until it gets to the task.

     

    TASK [Retrieve Juniper Facts] *******************************************************************
    task path: /etc/ansible/work/jfacts.yml:13

    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}

     

     

    pip list | grep junos

    junos-eznc (1.1.2)

     

    ansible-galaxy list
    - Juniper.junos, 1.4.2

     

    ansible --version
    ansible 2.3.0.0
      config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
      configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
      python version = 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]

     

    Cheers



  • 16.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 06-07-2017 12:30

    Hi, 

     

    Since you are using Ansible 2.3, I'd suggest updating to latest PyEz [v2.1.3 latest].

    https://github.com/Juniper/py-junos-eznc

     

    Cheers,

    Ashvin



  • 17.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 06-08-2017 11:10

    Hi OK thank you.

     

    I upgraded pyez and I still get the same issue, see below. So I uninstalled ansible 2.3.0 and installed 2.2.3.0 (pip install -I ansible==2.2.3.0) and that fixes it. I have read around and posts about similar issues infer that bad modules are to blame?

     

    Version info when not working:

     

    pip list | grep junos
    junos-eznc (2.1.3)

     

    ansible-galaxy list
    - Juniper.junos, 1.4.2
    - cumulus.CumulusLinux, 2.2.1

     

    ansible --version
    ansible 2.3.0.0
      config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
      configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
      python version = 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]

    Then a run of a playbook.

     

    ansible-playbook jfacts.yml


    PLAY [Testing Juniper and Ansible] **************************************************************************

    TASK [Verifying NETCONF] ************************************************************************************
    ok: [vmx4]
    ok: [vmx3]
    ok: [vmx1]
    ok: [vmx2]
    ok: [vmx5]
    ok: [vmx6]
    ok: [vmx7]
    ok: [ash01-r1]
    ok: [oak01-r1]
    ok: [oak02-r1]
    ok: [ash02-r1]

    TASK [Retrieve Juniper Facts] *******************************************************************************

    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}

    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}

     

    Using verbose switch the TASK failure is below (truncated but output is just a repeat several times of the same "msg"):

     

     TASK [Retrieve Juniper Facts] *******************************************************************************
    task path: /etc/ansible/work/jfacts.yml:13


    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}
    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}



  • 18.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

     
    Posted 06-08-2017 12:08

    Please share your playbook.  Specifically this task: Retrieve Juniper Facts

     

    I'm not having any issues with MX960s (13.3R3) and EX4300's (15.1R4).

     

    ansible --version
    ansible 2.3.0.0
      config file =
      configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
      python version = 2.7.6 (default, Oct 26 2016, 20:30:19) [GCC 4.8.4]
    
    pip list | grep junos
    junos-eznc (2.1.2)
    junos-netconify (1.0.3)
    
    ansible-galaxy list
    - Juniper.junos, 1.4.2

    Thanks.



  • 19.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 06-10-2017 05:47

    Hi - here's one of the playbooks:

     

    ---
    - name: Testing Juniper and Ansible
      hosts: JUNIPER
      roles:
       - Juniper.junos
      connection: local
      gather_facts: no
    
      tasks: 
        - name: Verifying NETCONF
          wait_for: host={{ inventory_hostname }} port=830 timeout=5
    
        - name: Retrieve Juniper Facts
          junos_get_facts:
            host={{ inventory_hostname }}
          register: junos 
    
        - name: Print vmx-srx information
          debug: msg="MODEL {{ junos.facts.model }} | SOFTWARE {{ junos.facts.version }} | S/N {{ junos.facts.serialnumber }}"

    Thanks in advance.

     

    Cheers



  • 20.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 06-26-2017 04:42

    Hi, anybody coming across this issue? Still have to use the older ansbile for my playbook to work.

     

    Here's some links related to the issue.

     

    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23725

     

    https://github.com/Juniper/ansible-junos-stdlib/issues/237

     

    http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_getting_started.html#host-key-checking

     

    I tired the host checking and setting it to false - but still get the issue?


    Cheers



  • 21.  RE: [Ansible]Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin

    Posted 04-19-2017 08:13

    Hi Ashish,

     

    Thanks again. Here is the hosts file config

     

    [SRX]
    192.168.56.103
    [JUNIPER:children]
    SRX
    [JUNIPER:vars]
    juniper_user=ansible
    juniper_port=22
    
    
    
    
    
    

    SSH works fine

    yasir@yasir-VM:~$ ssh ansible@192.168.56.103
    --- JUNOS 12.1X47-D15.4 built 2014-11-12 02:13:59 UTC
    ansible@vsrx-1> 
    

    Error is same again

    yasir@yasir-VM:/etc/ansible/roles/Juniper.junos/tasks$ ansible-playbook SET.yml 
    
    PLAY [SET] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************
    
    TASK [SET-DOMAIN] *********************************************************************************************************************************************
    
    {"msg": "Error: Module unable to decode valid JSON on stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}