Ansible Reports Validate Not Supported by Netconf Server when Enabled in Netconf

[jamesmarshall24]

SUMMARY

Although validate is enabled in netconf, Ansible reports it is unable to validate

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

ansible.netcommon.netconf_config

ANSIBLE VERSION

2020-08-06 18:51:15,841 p=32638 u=remote_user n=ansible | ansible-playbook 2.9.11
  config file = /home/remote_user/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/remote_user/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/remote_user/ansible/ansible_venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /home/remote_user/ansible/ansible_venv/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 3.7.6 (default, Feb 26 2020, 20:54:15) [GCC 7.3.1 20180712 (Red Hat 7.3.1-6)]

OS / ENVIRONMENT

netconf version 1.0 and 1.1

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

    - name: Configure interfaces via NETCONF OpenConfig YANG Model
      ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
        target: candidate
        timeout: 300
        commit: no
        validate: yes

<capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:validate:1.0</capability>
<capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:validate:1.1</capability>

EXPECTED RESULTS

netconf_config allows validate

ACTUAL RESULTS

2020-08-06 18:51:29,356 p=32638 u=remote_user n=ansible | fatal: [remote_host]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "backup": false,
            "backup_options": null,
            "commit": false,
            "confirm": 0,
            "confirm_commit": false,
            "content": null,
            "default_operation": null,
            "delete": false,
            "error_option": "stop-on-error",
            "format": "xml",
            "get_filter": null,
            "host": null,
            "hostkey_verify": true,
            "lock": "always",
            "look_for_keys": true,
            "password": null,
            "port": 830,
            "save": false,
            "source_datastore": null,
            "src": null,
            "ssh_keyfile": null,
            "target": "candidate",
            "timeout": 300,
            "username": null,
            "validate": true
        }
    },
    "msg": "validate is not supported by this netconf server"
}

[ganeshrn]

@jamesmarshall24 Please check if the linked PR on ansible/ansible fixes the issue

[harrytruman]

@jamesmarshall24 @ganeshrn Yes, this has resolved the issue. Thank you!

[ganeshrn]

@harrytruman Thanks for the confirmation.

PR merged to ansible/ansible devel branch and raised 2.9 backport PR ansible/ansible#71221