[QUESTION]: Command module working ok but others fail

[msmithaxesssystemscouk]

The config modules are all failing for me but the command module works ok.

I have run the sample playbook below to set the hostname for a switch and it fails as shown below. I get the same error with other modules, eg ntp, l2_interface, vrfs, but the sonic_command module works fine for me.

- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_system:
    config:
      hostname: SONIC
      interface_naming: standard
      anycast_address:
        ipv6: true
        ipv4: true
        mac_address: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
      load_share_hash_algo: JENKINS_HASH_HI
    state: merged

The full traceback is:
  File "/home/mike/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/dellemc/enterprise_sonic/plugins/module_utils/network/sonic/facts/system/system.py", line 53, in get_system
    response = edit_config(self._module, to_request(self._module, request))
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/mike/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/dellemc/enterprise_sonic/plugins/module_utils/network/sonic/sonic.py", line 140, in edit_config
    return connection.edit_config(commands)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/module_utils/connection.py", line 199, in __rpc__
    raise ConnectionError(to_text(msg, errors='surrogate_then_replace'), code=code)
fatal: [lab-sonic-01]: FAILED! => changed=false
  code: -32603
  invocation:
    module_args:
      config:
        anycast_address:
          ipv4: true
          ipv6: true
          mac_address: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
        audit_rules: null
        auto_breakout: null
        hostname: SONIC
        interface_naming: standard
        load_share_hash_algo: JENKINS_HASH_HI
      state: merged
  msg: '''command'''
...ignoring

But the following works fine -

    - name: T.01 Save Config
      dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_command:
        commands: 
          - write me

    - name: T.02 Gather Audit Info
      dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_command:
        commands: 
          - show clock
          - show system
          - show image list

Output -

ok: [lab-sonic-01] => changed=false
  invocation:
    module_args:
      commands:
      - write me
      interval: 1
      match: all
      retries: 10
      wait_for: null
  stdout:
  - write memory
  stdout_lines: <omitted>
redirecting (type: action) dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_command to dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic

ok: [lab-sonic-01] => changed=false
  invocation:
    module_args:
      commands:
      - show clock
      - show system
      - show image list
      interval: 1
      match: all
      retries: 10
      wait_for: null
  stdout:
  - Fri 29 Nov 2024 03:45:45 PM UTC
  - |-
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    Attribute            Value/State
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    Boot Time           :02:18:43
    Current Datetime    :2024-11-29T15:45:45Z
    Hostname            :lab-sonic
  - |-
    Current: SONiC-OS-4.2.0-Enterprise_Base
    Next: SONiC-OS-4.2.0-Enterprise_Base
    Available:
    SONiC-OS-4.2.0-Enterprise_Base
  - |-

I have tested this with

dellemc.enterprise_sonic 3.0.0

and SONiC versions 4.2.0 and 4.4.0,

[ArunSaravananBalachandran]

Depending on the module being used, the ansible connection type can either be 'network_cli' (for CLI command modules such as sonic_command, sonic_config) or 'httpapi'.

For the ansible connection type in the playbook with 'sonic_system', please use "httpapi" instead of "network_cli".