iosxr_config pushes the same configuration to all routers

[kevintieman]

SUMMARY

When using the template function of Ansible to generate unique configurations iosxr_config pushes the configuration of the first iosxr device it touches to all devices.

Something very strange is happening, because when I use napalm sourcing the same config files it works without any issues.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

iosxr_config

ANSIBLE VERSION

kevin@ansible:~$ ansible --version
ansible 2.8.4
  config file = /home/kevin/.ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/kevin/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/napalm_ansible/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.15+ (default, Nov 27 2018, 23:36:35) [GCC 7.3.0]

CONFIGURATION

DEFAULT_ACTION_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = [u'/home/kevin/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/napalm_ansible/plugins/action']
DEFAULT_FORKS(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = 60
DEFAULT_GATHERING(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = explicit
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = [u'/home/kevin/gtn/inventory']
DEFAULT_INTERNAL_POLL_INTERVAL(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = 0.001
DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = [u'/home/kevin/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/napalm_ansible/modules']
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = yaml
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = 5
DEFAULT_TRANSPORT(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = local
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = False
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(/home/kevin/.ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Ubuntu 18.04
IOXR 6.1.2

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

---
# Generate config per host

- name: Create config directory {{ inventory_hostname }}
  local_action: file path={{config_output_dir}} state=directory
  run_once: false
  check_mode: no
  changed_when: no
  tags: [createfs, template]
  
- name: generate configs based on template
  template: src=mpls_{{ ansible_network_os }}.j2 dest={{config_output_dir}}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.confg

---
- name: load a config from disk and replace the current config
  iosxr_config:
    src: "./CFGS/{{ inventory_hostname }}.confg"
    replace: config

EXPECTED RESULTS

Ansible pushes the unique configuration to each host and all routers forward packets happily ever after.

ACTUAL RESULTS

Ansible actually pushes the same configuration to each host and all packets get dropped creating a huge mess in the datacenter.

I snipped the config from each host except for the hostname to show to uniqueness of the config.

https://pastebin.com/raw/Z9bmpFaC

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Files identified in the description:

• lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py

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cc @NilashishC @justjais @rcarrillocruz
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@kevintieman, just so you are aware we have a dedicated Working Group for network.
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[kevintieman]

Bump, is anyone looking at this? Thanks :-)

[NilashishC]

@kevintieman Sorry for the delayed response. I have started looking into it.

[Qalthos]

Thank you very much for your interest in Ansible. This plugin is no longer maintained in this repository and has been migrated to https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.iosxr

Please re-submit this issue in the above repository.

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