How to resolve Ansible Automation Platform Project sync failure error "TypeError: join() missing 1 required positional argument: 'a' in ansible-galaxy" ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform 2.4
  • Ansible Automation Platform Operator 2.4
  • ansible-core 2.15.5

Issue

  • AAP project sync fails with an error during the installation of ansible role from ansible-galaxy:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/__init__.py", line 659, in cli_executor
exit_code = cli.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 719, in run
return context.CLIARGS['func']()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 119, in method_wrapper
return wrapped_method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 1370, in execute_install
self._execute_install_role(role_requirements)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 1469, in _execute_install_role
installed = role.install()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/galaxy/role.py", line 426, in install
setattr(member, attr, os.path.join(*n_final_parts))
TypeError: join() missing 1 required positional argument: 'a'

Resolution

  • This is a known issue with ansible-core 2.15.5 version and has been highlighed to Engineering team with a n internal JIRA (AAP-18322).

  • Follow the below steps as a workaround to get the project sync:

For On-prem installation:

  • Delete the current image of current Control Plane Execution Environment :

    # su - awx
$ podman rmi registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:latest

  • Pull the image with version 1.0.0-389 and tag it to latest :

    # su - awx
$ podman pull registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:1.0.0-389
$ podman tag registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:1.0.0-389 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:latest

  • Change the Control Plane Execution Environment pull policy :

    AAP WebUI -> Administration -> Execution Environments -> Control Plane Execution Environment -> Edit -> Pull -> Only pull the image if not present before running -> save

  • Run the project sync the project again. It should be able to complete the it now.

For Operator based installation:

  • Create a Pull Image Secret from Workloads - Secrets section:

    • Secret Name: resoucename-cp-pull-credentials
    • Registry server address: https://registry.redhat.io
    • Username: registry_usernamme
    • Password: registry_passowrd

  • Add in the Controller YAML, under Controller specs, the following:

    ee_pull_credentials_secret: <resoucename>-cp-pull-credentials (The secret created previous step)

    control_plane_ee_image: >-
registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8@sha256:dc1e48fb86bfd17b3a9896dc9c8cf6eaa34ca66a5f3cb136401f27bcc5e9f31a

    The image provided contains the ansible-core 2.15.0

  • Save and Reload the configuration. The task pod will be reloaded.

  • Login into Controller UI and resync the project.

Diagnostic Steps

  • The error something like the following can be observed when installing ansible roles from ansible-galaxy via requirements.yml file.:

    # ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml  --force -vvv -c
ansible-galaxy [core 2.15.5]
config file = /root/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-galaxy
python version = 3.9.16 (main, Dec 21 2022, 10:57:18) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-17)] (/usr/bin/python3.9)
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True
Using /root/ansible.cfg as config file
Reading requirement file at '/root/requirements.yml'
found role {'name': 'selinux', 'src': 'https://github.com/linux-system-roles/selinux.git', 'version': '1.1.0', 'scm': 'git'} in yaml file
Starting galaxy role install process
Processing role selinux 
changing role selinux from 1.3.4 to 1.1.0
archiving ['/usr/bin/git', 'archive', '--prefix=selinux/', '--output=/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-1705490ll5iiv/tmpusjz1i5i.tar', '1.1.0']
extracting selinux to /root/.ansible/roles/selinux
[WARNING]: Illegal filename '..': '..' is not allowed
ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: join() missing 1 required positional argument: 'a'
the full traceback was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/__init__.py", line 659, in cli_executor
exit_code = cli.run()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 719, in run
return context.CLIARGS['func']()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 119, in method_wrapper
return wrapped_method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 1370, in execute_install
self._execute_install_role(role_requirements)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/cli/galaxy.py", line 1469, in _execute_install_role
installed = role.install()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/galaxy/role.py", line 426, in install
setattr(member, attr, os.path.join(*n_final_parts))
TypeError: join() missing 1 required positional argument: 'a'

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