oci_identity_smtp_credential - SMTP password not available while creation a new SMTP credentials

[smugljanka]

I'm facing issue with creation SMTP credentials with oci_identity_smtp_credential module. According to description at https://github.com/oracle/oci-ansible-collection/blob/master/docs/collections/oracle/oci/oci_identity_smtp_credential_module.rst it should return both username and password, but password field is absent at all

My environment

• ansible 2.9.7
• Python 3.6.8
• OCI SDK - 2.23.4
• Collection: oracle.oci == 2.10.0

My task:

• name: "Creating SMTP credentials..."
  oracle.oci.oci_identity_smtp_credential:
  config_file_location: '{{ oci_config_file_location | default("~/.oci/config") }}'
  user_id: '{{ user_ocid |default("") }}'
  description: '{{ description |default("Default SMTP credentials.") }}'
  register: create_smtp_credentials

Actual result:
TASK [oci-identity-smtp-credentials : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] =>
create_smtp_credentials:
changed: true
failed: false
smtp_credential:
description: SMTP credentials for Email Delivery Microservice
id: ocid1.credential.oc1....
inactive_status: null
lifecycle_state: ACTIVE
time_created: '2020-11-08T17:08:30.960000+00:00'
time_expires: null
user_id: ocid1.user.oc1..a...
username: ocid1.user.oc1..a...@ocid1.tenancy.oc1..aaaaaaaag7qdsfdsf.....9d.com

Expected result:
The response should contain SMTP password

[manojmeda]

Thanks @smugljanka for reporting the issue. I am able to reproduce this issue. We will work on a fix and try to get this fixed in the next release.

[manojmeda]

@smugljanka The password is only available only on the first API call. The ansible module waits for the resource to come to ACTIVE state and then returns the latest state of the resource by making a GET call which is causing the issue since the subsequent GET calls do not have the password. So until the issue is fixed, the work around is to set the module parameter wait: False which avoids the waiting and thus causes the ansible module to return the response from the initial create request which has the password.

[smugljanka]

Hi @manojmeda.
Thanks for reply. It's working now with wait: no

[AmeyaLokre]

Hello @smugljanka , this issue has been fixed in the release 2.11.0. You can use the module without the wait: False and obtain the password in the return parameters after the creating a smtp_credential. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.