Enabling send-community on BGP peers with no additional arguments fails

[jagexjake]

SUMMARY

I am trying to manage BGP peers that are in VRF's, however I keep getting an error:
"Unsupported parameters for (basic.py) module: config.vrfs.neighbor.send_community.set. Supported parameters include: state, running_config, config."

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

eos_bgp_global (config.vrfs.neighbor.send_community.se)

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.14.1]
  config file = /Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/Users/user/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /Users/user/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/user/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /Users/user/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.1 (main, Jan 27 2023, 00:37:35) [Clang 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)] (/Users/user/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/bin/python3.11)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

# /Users/user/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection Version
---------- -------
arista.eos 6.1.2

# /Users/user/.pyenv/versions/3.11.1/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection Version
---------- -------
arista.eos 6.0.0

CONFIGURATION

CONFIG_FILE() = /Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.cfg) = ['/Users/user/git/ansible-arista/inventory']
DEFAULT_LOG_PATH(/Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.cfg) = /Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.log
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.cfg) = 5
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.cfg) = False
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/Users/user/git/ansible-arista/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/env python3

OS / ENVIRONMENT

• EOS 4.28.8M

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Below is example configuration on a router:

router bgp 65000
   distance bgp 20 200 200
   !
   vrf internal
      router-id 10.0.0.18
      neighbor 10.0.0.19 remote-as 65000
      neighbor 10.0.0.19 next-hop-self
      neighbor 10.0.0.19 description router2
      neighbor 10.0.0.19 route-map Internal-Routes-In in
      neighbor 10.0.0.19 route-map Internal-Routes-Out out
      redistribute bgp leaked
      !
      address-family ipv4
         neighbor 10.0.0.19 activate
   !
   vrf external
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 remote-as 65001
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 bfd
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 description uplink
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 route-map External-Routes-In in
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 route-map External-Routes-Out out
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 send-community
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 password 7 1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i
      neighbor 10.0.1.189 maximum-routes 0
      redistribute connected include leaked route-map Internal-Routes-Leak
      redistribute bgp leaked
      !
      address-family ipv4
         neighbor 10.0.1.189 activate

I then have this playbook:

- hosts: all
  connection: network_cli
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - name: Gather configuration
      arista.eos.eos_facts:
        gather_subset:
          - config

    - name: Gather BGP Info
      arista.eos.eos_bgp_global:
        state: gathered
        running_config: "{{ ansible_net_config }}"
      register: eos_bgp

    - name: Render BGP info
      arista.eos.eos_bgp_global:
        state: rendered
        config: "{{ eos_bgp.gathered }}"
      register: eos_bgp_rendered

    - name: Set current BGP as fact
      set_fact:
        existing_bgp: "{{ eos_bgp_rendered.rendered }}"

    - name: Push data to hostvars
      lineinfile:
        line: "{{ lookup('template','bgp.j2') }}"
        path: "{{playbook_dir}}/host_vars/{{inventory_hostname}}.yml"
      when: bgp_config is not defined

Where I am trying to generate the config files with this jinja template:

### BGP ###
bgp_config: |
{% for line in existing_bgp %}
 {% if loop.first %}
 {{ line }}
 {% else %}
  {{ line }}
 {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

However, I think it is because of send-community and no extra positional parameters afterwards?
I have

EXPECTED RESULTS

Expect existing configuration on a server to be parseable

ACTUAL RESULTS

PLAY [all] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gather configuration] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: ansible-pylibssh not installed, falling back to paramiko
ok: [router1]

TASK [Gather BGP Info] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: Both option neighbor_address and its alias peer are set.
fatal: [router1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unsupported parameters for (basic.py) module: config.vrfs.neighbor.send_community.set. Supported parameters include: config, state, running_config."}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
router1 : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Notes:
when I remove the neighbor x.x.x.x send-community it can then gather the BGP info ... so seems that just enabling send community breaks it?
I then move onto the next issue of encrypted passworsd having issues of being parsed and then rendered:

PLAY [all] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gather configuration] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: ansible-pylibssh not installed, falling back to paramiko
ok: [router1]

TASK [Gather BGP Info] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: Both option neighbor_address and its alias peer are set.
ok: [router1]

TASK [Render BGP info] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [router1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "argument 'type' is of type <class 'ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText'> found in 'config -> vrfs -> neighbor -> encryption_password'. and we were unable to convert to int: <class 'ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText'> cannot be converted to an int"}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
router1 : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

• Also notice that you can only configure one type of route-map per peer? Why can't we configure a route-map in and outbound per peer?