# cryptic errors nxos\_config **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 20, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cryptic-errors-nxos-config/23520 "2017-01-20T22:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eric\_Marquez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@Eric\_Marquez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Marquez)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cryptic-errors-nxos-config/23520/1 "2017-01-20T22:53:36Z")
I'm troubleshooting why I keep getting this cryptic errors when I'm attempting to use nxos\_config Ansible Version: ansible 2.2.0.0   config file = /home/emarq/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/cisco/nexus/ansible.cfg   configured module search path = Default w/o overrides Ansible.cfg [defaults] hostfile=ansible.hosts host\_key\_checking=False Errors: ansible-playbook nexus\_apply\_acl.yml --limit rr1-s11-r01-3172hl-1-1b -vvvvv -t deploy Using /home/emarq/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/cisco/nexus/ansible.cfg as config file Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/\_\_init\_\_.pyc PLAYBOOK: nexus\_apply\_acl.yml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 4 plays in nexus\_apply\_acl.yml PLAY [Setup Directories] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* .. ... ... PLAY [deploy configs] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [setup] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/core/system/setup.py \<10.10.236.98\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: emarq \<10.10.236.98\> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121 `" ) && sleep 0' \<10.10.236.98\> PUT /tmp/tmpjfMrVn TO /home/emarq/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121/setup.py \<10.10.236.98\> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/emarq/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121/ /home/emarq/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121/setup.py && sleep 0' \<10.10.236.98\> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python /home/emarq/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121/setup.py; rm -rf "/home/emarq/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1484952187.34-169613523613121/" \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0' ok: [rr1-s11-r01-3172hl-1-1b] TASK [deployNxosConfig : execute in config mode] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /home/emarq/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/cisco/nexus/roles/deployNxosConfig/tasks/main.yml:5 An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is: Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/executor/task\_executor.py", line 119, in run     res = self.\_execute()   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/executor/task\_executor.py", line 490, in \_execute     result = self.\_handler.run(task\_vars=variables)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/action/net\_config.py", line 45, in run     self.\_handle\_template()   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/action/net\_config.py", line 90, in \_handle\_template     if os.path.isabs(src) or urlparse.urlsplit('src').scheme:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 54, in isabs     return s.startswith('/') AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'startswith' fatal: [rr1-s11-r01-3172hl-1-1b]: FAILED! =\> {     "failed": true,     "msg": "Unexpected failure during module execution.",     "stdout": "" }         to retry, use: --limit @/home/emarq/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/cisco/nexus/nexus\_apply\_acl.retry PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* rr1-s11-r01-3172hl-1-1b : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 Playbook # connect to the switch and apply to the running-config. - name: deploy configs   hosts:     - basetortemplate   roles:     - deployNxosConfig   remote\_user: admin   gather\_facts: no   connection: local   vars:     cli:       host: "{{ ansible\_host }}"       transport: cli       username: admin       ssh\_keyfile: /srv/tftpboot/masd-rsa.pub   tags: deploy Roles/deployNxosConfig/main.yml