[BUG]: Cannot tweak IPv6 attributes on iDRAC 8

[mreho]

Bug Description

Cannot tweak IPv6 attributes on iDRAC 8 using the idrac_attributes module, which works just fine on iDRAC 9.

The ExportSystemConfiguration endpoint of this iDRAC 8 returns the following :

    { "Name": "IPv6.1#Enable",
      "Value": "Disabled",
      "Set On Import": "True",
      "Comment": "Read and Write" },
    { "Name": "IPv6.1#AutoConfig",
      "Value": "Disabled",
      "Set On Import": "True",
      "Comment": "Read and Write" },

So I use IPv6.1.Enable and IPv6.1.AutoConfig parameters but the playbook fails.

Component or Module Name

idrac_attributes

Ansible Version

2.14.3

Python Version

3.10.6

iDRAC/OME/OME-M version

iDRAC 8 v2.83.83.83

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

Playbook Used

  - name: Network
    idrac_attributes:
      idrac_ip: "{{ ipmi_ipv4 }}"
      idrac_user: "{{ username }}"
      idrac_password: "{{ password }}"
      ca_path: files/myca.pem
      validate_certs: false
      idrac_attributes:
        IPv4Static.1.DNSFromDHCP: Enabled
        IPv6.1.Enable: Enabled
        IPv6.1.AutoConfig: Disabled
        NIC.1.DNSRacName: "{{ ipmi_hostname }}"
        NICStatic.1.DNSDomainFromDHCP: Enabled
        NIC.1.DNSRegister: Enabled

Logs

fatal: [myhostname.mydomain.tld]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invalid_attributes": {
        "IPv6.1.AutoConfig": "Attribute does not exist.",
        "IPv6.1.Enable": "Attribute does not exist."
    },
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "ca_path": "files/myca.pem",
            "idrac_attributes": {
                "IPv4Static.1.DNSFromDHCP": "Enabled",
                "IPv6.1.AutoConfig": "Disabled",
                "IPv6.1.Enable": "Enabled",
                "NIC.1.DNSRacName": "myhostname",
                "NIC.1.DNSRegister": "Enabled",
                "NICStatic.1.DNSDomainFromDHCP": "Enabled"
            },
            "idrac_ip": "10.0.0.1",
            "idrac_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "idrac_port": 443,
            "idrac_user": "myuser",
            "lifecycle_controller_attributes": null,
            "resource_id": null,
            "system_attributes": null,
            "timeout": 30,
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Attributes have invalid values."
}

Steps to Reproduce

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Expected Behavior

Expected to be working, status [ok] or [changed]

Actual Behavior

[failed]

Screenshots

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Additional Information

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[anupamaloke]

@mreho, thank you for submitting this issue. We will be triaging this and accordingly add it to our backlog to be fixed in future releases.

[sachin-apa]

I found out that the problem was in the below line of code.

dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules/plugins/modules/idrac_attributes.py

Line 288 in 5ef52aa

key = re.sub(r"(?<=\d)\.", "#", k)

The regular expression looks wrong and is matching the “.” after the digit and replacing it with ‘#’ in the code for idrac8 (SCP).

For IPv6.1.Enable since the key has digit 6, it is matching both the ‘.’ After 6 and 1 and for ex SNMP.1.AgentCommunity where it is working it is matching only last “.” After digit 1.

This bug needs to be fixed and the ideal logic should be to match the last occurrence of . and replace with #: \.(?!\d)
key = re.sub(r"\.(?!\d)", "#", k)

[sachin-apa]

Closing the issue as this is fixed with PR # 512 Release 8.1.0