# Generic error, definitely non standard module.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/generic-error-definitely-non-standard-module/33858>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/generic-error-definitely-non-standard-module/33858 "2020-09-21T13:05:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/generic-error-definitely-non-standard-module/33858/1 "2020-09-21T13:05:39Z")

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Alright,

So I’m using NetApp Ansible modules to try and just pass CLI commands, as seen below.  
I’m getting the further error (very bottom), no matter what I do for some awful reason.

Wtf am I doing wrong?

No workie

- name: Create CLI event forwarding  
na\_ontap\_command:  
hostname: “{{ target\_fas }}”  
username: “{{ target\_fas\_usn }}”  
password: “{{ target\_fas\_pw }}”  
https: true  
validate\_certs: false  
return\_dict: yes  
command: [‘cluster’, ‘log-forwarding’, ‘create’, ‘-destination’, ‘{{ loginsight\_ip }}’, ‘-port’, ‘514’]

Workie

- name: check for CLI Event forwarding  
na\_ontap\_command:  
hostname: “{{ target\_fas }}”  
username: “{{ target\_fas\_usn }}”  
password: “{{ target\_fas\_pw }}”  
https: true  
validate\_certs: false  
return\_dict: yes  
command: [‘cluster’, ‘log-forwarding’, ‘show’]  
register: results\_log\_forwarding

lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: PCDATA invalid Char value 8, line 4, column 117

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“module\_stderr”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1600692910.7940214-205509662386614/AnsiballZ\_na\_ontap\_command.py", line 102, in \n \_ansiballz\_main()\n File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1600692910.7940214-205509662386614/AnsiballZ\_na\_ontap\_command.py", line 94, in \_ansiballz\_main\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\n File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1600692910.7940214-205509662386614/AnsiballZ\_na\_ontap\_command.py", line 40, in invoke\_module\n runpy.run\_module(mod\_name=‘ansible.modules.storage.netapp.na\_ontap\_command’, init\_globals=None, run\_name=‘ **main** ’, alter\_sys=True)\n File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 205, in run\_module\n return \_run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec)\n File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 96, in \_run\_module\_code\n mod\_name, mod\_spec, pkg\_name, script\_name)\n File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in \_run\_code\n exec(code, run\_globals)\n File "/tmp/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload\_eehk53\_3/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na\_ontap\_command.py", line 228, in \n File "/tmp/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload\_eehk53\_3/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na\_ontap\_command.py", line 224, in main\n File "/tmp/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload\_eehk53\_3/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na\_ontap\_command.py", line 149, in apply\n File "/tmp/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload\_eehk53\_3/ansible\_na\_ontap\_command\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na\_ontap\_command.py", line 132, in run\_command\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/netapp\_lib/api/zapi/zapi.py", line 281, in invoke\_successfully\n result = self.invoke\_elem(na\_element, enable\_tunneling)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/netapp\_lib/api/zapi/zapi.py", line 266, in invoke\_elem\n response\_element = self.\_get\_result(response\_xml)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/netapp\_lib/api/zapi/zapi.py", line 337, in \_get\_result\n processed\_response = self.\_parse\_response(response)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/netapp\_lib/api/zapi/zapi.py", line 332, in \_parse\_response\n xml = etree.XML(response)\n File "src/lxml/etree.pyx", line 3213, in lxml.etree.XML\n File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1876, in lxml.etree.\_parseMemoryDocument\n File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1764, in lxml.etree.\_parseDoc\n File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1127, in lxml.etree.\_BaseParser.\_parseDoc\n File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 601, in lxml.etree.\_ParserContext.\_handleParseResultDoc\n File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 711, in lxml.etree.\_handleParseResult\n File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 640, in lxml.etree.\_raiseParseError\n File "", line 4\nlxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: PCDATA invalid Char value 8, line 4, column 117\n”,  
“module\_stdout”: “”,  
“msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”,

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**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/generic-error-definitely-non-standard-module/33858/2 "2020-09-21T14:12:31Z")

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… solved it by updating modules and converting to collections.

Please disregard 🙂