Hi,

I’m using Ansible to create elements via the JSON API. I’m having a problem creating a Microsoft Platform element using protocol version 6.0.0.2

If I create the element in Cube, then grab the element config via API, I get

ok: [localhost] => {
“elementConfig.content”: {
“d”: {
“AlarmTemplate”: “”,
“CreateDVEs”: true,
“Description”: “”,
“EnableSnmpAgent”: false,
“EnableTelnet”: false,
“ForceAgent”: null,
“IPAddress”: “”,
“IPAddressMask”: “”,
“IsHidden”: false,
“IsReadOnly”: false,
“IsReplicationActive”: false,
“KeepOnline”: false,
“Name”: “Test Win 1”,
“Ports”: [
{
“DeviceAddress”: “”,
“ElementTimeoutTime”: 30000,
“GetCommunity”: “public”,
“IPAddress”: “192.168.192.246”,
“Network”: “0”,
“PortNumber”: 0,
“Retries”: 3,
“SNMPVersion”: 1,
“SetCommunity”: “private”,
“TimeoutTime”: 60,
“__type”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementSNMPPortInfo”
},
{
“Baudrate”: 0,
“BusAddress”: “”,
“Databits”: 0,
“ElementTimeoutTime”: 30000,
“FlowControl”: “No”,
“IPAddress”: “192.168.192.246”,
“IPPort”: 0,
“LocalIPPort”: 0,
“Network”: “0”,
“Parity”: “No”,
“Retries”: 0,
“SerialPort”: “0”,
“Stopbits”: 0,
“TimeoutTime”: 60000,
“Type”: “TCP”,
“__type”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementSerialPortInfo”
}
],
“ProtocolName”: “Microsoft Platform”,
“ProtocolVersion”: “6.0.0.2”,
“ReplicationInfo”: null,
“SlowPoll”: null,
“SnmpReadCommunityString”: “”,
“SnmpWriteCommunityString”: “”,
“State”: “Active”,
“TimeoutTime”: 30000,
“TrendTemplate”: “”,
“Type”: “Information Platform”,
“__type”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementConfiguration”
}
}
}

I get an error around the ports config when I try to create the new elements.

The error I get is

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
“cache_control”: “private”,
“changed”: false,
“connection”: “close”,
“content”: “{\”Message\”:\”Invalid port configuration: expected Serial but received SNMP-Serial.\”,\”StackTrace\”:\”\”,\”ExceptionType\”:\”Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.WebApiException\”}”,
“content_length”: “162”,
“content_type”: “application/json; charset=utf-8”,
“date”: “Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:37:37 GMT”,
“elapsed”: 0,
“json”: {
“ExceptionType”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.WebApiException”,
“Message”: “Invalid port configuration: expected Serial but received SNMP-Serial.”,
“StackTrace”: “”
},
“jsonerror”: “true”,
“msg”: “Status code was 500 and not [200]: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error”,
“redirected”: false,
“server”: “Microsoft-IIS”,
“sl_filter”: “ALLOWED (single request, by path), time=2023-2-15 13:37:37”,
“status”: 500,
“url”: “http://dm.redlab01.tv/API/v1/json.asmx/CreateElement”
}

My Ansible code is this:

– name: CreateElement
uri:
url: “{{jsonServer }}{{createElement}}”
return_content: yes
use_proxy: false
body_format: json
method: POST
body: ‘{
“connection”: “{{connection.json.d}}”,
“dmaID”: “{{item.dmaID}}”,
“viewIDs”: [-1],
“configuration”:
{
“Name”: “{{item.Name}}”,
“ProtocolName”: “{{item.Protocol}}”,
“ProtocolVersion”: “{{item.Protver}}”,
“Ports”: [
{
“DeviceAddress”: “”,
“ElementTimeoutTime”: 30000,
“GetCommunity”: “public”,
“IPAddress”: “{{item.SNMP_IP}}”,
“Network”: “0”,
“PortNumber”: 0,
“Retries”: 3,
“SNMPVersion”: 1,
“SetCommunity”: “private”,
“TimeoutTime”: 60,
“__type”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementSNMPPortInfo”
},
{
“Baudrate”: 0,
“BusAddress”: “”,
“Databits”: 0,
“ElementTimeoutTime”: 30000,
“FlowControl”: “No”,
“IPAddress”: “{{item.IP}}”,
“IPPort”: 0,
“LocalIPPort”: 0,
“Network”: “0”,
“Parity”: “No”,
“Retries”: 0,
“SerialPort”: “0”,
“Stopbits”: 0,
“TimeoutTime”: 60000,
“Type”: “TCP”,
“__type”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementSerialPortInfo”
}

]
}
}’

register: createdElementInfo

So, by using the same format as the API spits out, I get the error. I have successfully created elements which feature IP and SNMP (R&S Prismon) with Ansible.

I can’t see where this is going wrong. Any ideas greatly appreciated

Thanks