# Playbook showing as failed but actually runs successfully **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** api, json, playbook\ **Created:** [April 25, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-showing-as-failed-but-actually-runs-successfully/5146 "2024-04-25T10:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ahawker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@ahawker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ahawker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-showing-as-failed-but-actually-runs-successfully/5146/1 "2024-04-25T10:40:45Z")
Hello, Created a simple playbook to add Dell iDRACs into OME (Open Manage Enterprise). The playbook runs successfully. By that I mean the device is added to OME every time I’ve tested the code. My issue is the playbook’s outcome when ran always comes back as failed. The playbook uses a Dell defined API, first tested in Postman and then added into Ansible so I know the API is fine. I’m doing something wrong in ansible but can’t work out where. Any help appreciated! code: ‘’’ - name: Add server into OME hosts: localhost connection: local gather\_facts: ‘no’ tasks: - name: Add device into OME for fresh discovery uri: url: \>- REMOVEDHTTPTOGETPOSTTOPUBLISH://{{ dell\_ome\_server }}/api/DiscoveryConfigService/DiscoveryConfigGroups user: ‘{{ dell\_ome\_user }}@email.com’ password: ‘{{ dell\_ome\_password }}’ method: POST body\_format: json body: DiscoveryConfigGroupName: Discovery-2017033110553636 DiscoveryConfigGroupDescription: ‘null’ DiscoveryStatusEmailRecipient: [email@email.com](mailto:email@email.com) DiscoveryConfigModels: - DiscoveryConfigId: 331105536 DiscoveryConfigDescription: ‘’ DiscoveryConfigStatus: ‘’ DiscoveryConfigTargets: - DiscoveryConfigTargetId: 0 NetworkAddressDetail: 10.20.254.11 AddressType: 30 Disabled: false Exclude: false ConnectionProfileId: 0 ConnectionProfile: \>- {“profileName”:“”,“profileDescription”:“”,“type”:“DISCOVERY”,“credentials”:[{“id”:0,“type”:“WSMAN”,“authType”:“Basic”,“modified”:false,“credentials”:{“username”:“root”,“password”:“FakePassword”,“caCheck”:false,“cnCheck”:false,“port”:443,“retries”:3,“timeout”:60,“isHttp”:false,“keepAlive”:false}}]} DeviceType: - 1000 Schedule: RunNow: true RunLater: false Cron: startnow StartTime: ‘’ EndTime: ‘’ CreateGroup: true TrapDestination: false use\_proxy: ‘no’ status\_code: 204 return\_content: ‘yes’ validate\_certs: ‘no’ force\_basic\_auth: ‘yes’ headers: Content-Type: application/json Accept: application/json register: ome\_template\_device\_delete\_response ‘’’ playbook output: ‘’’ [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’ PLAY [Add server into OME] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [Add device into OME for fresh discovery] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“access\_control\_allow\_origin”: “\*”, “changed”: false, “connection”: “close”, “content”: “{"DiscoveryConfigGroupId":109,"DiscoveryConfigGroupName":"Discovery-2017033110553636","DiscoveryConfigGroupDescription":"Discovery-2017033110553636","DiscoveryStatusEmailRecipient":"email@email.com","DiscoveryConfigParentGroupId":0,"CreateGroup":true,"DiscoveryConfigModels":[{"DiscoveryConfigId":331105536,"DiscoveryConfigDescription":"","DiscoveryConfigStatus":"","DiscoveryConfigTargets":[{"DiscoveryConfigTargetId":0,"NetworkAddressDetail":"10.20.254.11","SubnetMask":null,"AddressType":3,"Disabled":false,"Exclude":false}],"ConnectionProfileId":0,"ConnectionProfile":"{\"profileName\":\"\",\"profileDescription\":\"\",\"type\":\"DISCOVERY\",\"credentials\":[{\"id\":0,\"type\":\"WSMAN\",\"authType\":\"Basic\",\"modified\":false,\"credentials\":{\"username\":\"root\",\"password\":\"FakePassword\",\"caCheck\":false,\"cnCheck\":false,\"port\":443,\"retries\":3,\"timeout\":60,\"isHttp\":false,\"keepAlive\":false}}]}","DeviceType":[1000],"DiscoveryConfigVendorPlatforms":}],"DiscoveryConfigTaskParam":[{"TaskId":16266,"TaskTypeId":0,"ExecutionSequence":0}],"DiscoveryConfigTasks":,"Schedule":{"RunNow":false,"RunLater":false,"Recurring":null,"Cron":"startnow","StartTime":null,"EndTime":null},"TrapDestination":false,"CommunityString":false,"ChassisIdentifier":null,"UseAllProfiles":null}”, “content\_length”: “1305”, “content\_security\_policy”: “default-src ‘self’ ‘unsafe-eval’; connect-src \*; style-src ‘self’ ‘unsafe-inline’ blob:; script-src ‘self’ ‘unsafe-inline’ ‘unsafe-eval’; img-src ‘self’ blob: data:”, “content\_type”: “application/json;odata.metadata=minimal”, “cookies”: {}, “cookies\_string”: “”, “date”: “Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:58:40 GMT”, “elapsed”: 19, “json”: {“ChassisIdentifier”: null, “CommunityString”: false, “CreateGroup”: true, “DiscoveryConfigGroupDescription”: “Discovery-2017033110553636”, “DiscoveryConfigGroupId”: 109, “DiscoveryConfigGroupName”: “Discovery-2017033110553636”, “DiscoveryConfigModels”: [{“ConnectionProfile”: “{"profileName":"","profileDescription":"","type":"DISCOVERY","credentials":[{"id":0,"type":"WSMAN","authType":"Basic","modified":false,"credentials":{"username":"root","password":"FakePassword","caCheck":false,"cnCheck":false,"port":443,"retries":3,"timeout":60,"isHttp":false,"keepAlive":false}}]}”, “ConnectionProfileId”: 0, “DeviceType”: [1000], “DiscoveryConfigDescription”: “”, “DiscoveryConfigId”: 331105536, “DiscoveryConfigStatus”: “”, “DiscoveryConfigTargets”: [{“AddressType”: 3, “Disabled”: false, “DiscoveryConfigTargetId”: 0, “Exclude”: false, “NetworkAddressDetail”: “10.20.254.11”, “SubnetMask”: null}], “DiscoveryConfigVendorPlatforms”: }], “DiscoveryConfigParentGroupId”: 0, “DiscoveryConfigTaskParam”: [{“ExecutionSequence”: 0, “TaskId”: 16266, “TaskTypeId”: 0}], “DiscoveryConfigTasks”: , “DiscoveryStatusEmailRecipient”: “[email@email.com](mailto:email@email.com)”, “Schedule”: {“Cron”: “startnow”, “EndTime”: null, “Recurring”: null, “RunLater”: false, “RunNow”: false, “StartTime”: null}, “TrapDestination”: false, “UseAllProfiles”: null}, “location”: “REMOVEDHTTPTOGETPOSTTOPUBLISH://omelab/api/DiscoveryConfigService/DiscoveryConfigGroups(109)”, “msg”: “Status code was 201 and not [204]: OK (1305 bytes)”, “odata\_version”: “4.0”, “redirected”: false, “server”: “Apache”, “set\_cookie”: “rememberMe=deleteMe; Path=/api; Max-Age=0; Expires=Wed, 24-Apr-2024 09:58:59 GMT; SameSite=lax”, “status”: 201, “strict\_transport\_security”: “max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains”, “url”: “HADTOREMOVEHTTPomelab/api/DiscoveryConfigService/DiscoveryConfigGroups”, “x\_content\_type\_options”: “nosniff”, “x\_frame\_options”: “SAMEORIGIN”, “x\_xss\_protection”: “1; mode=block”} PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* localhost : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ‘’’ ---
**Author:** ![Dustin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dustin/32/2573_2.png) [@Dustin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dustin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-showing-as-failed-but-actually-runs-successfully/5146/2 "2024-04-25T12:01:13Z")
When posting code, use triple tilde. Reading your output was a bit difficult. The reason you are getting an error is because your code is expected an HTTP Status code of 204. `status_code: 204` In your output, we see that the server is giving you a status code of 201. `“msg”: “Status code was 201 and not [204]: OK (1305 bytes)”` IIRC, the `status_code` field in the ansible module is optional. You could try not specifying that field, and as long as the HTTP request is successful the module will mark it as changed. OR, you could change your code to `status_code: 201`. [Documentation on HTTP Status Codes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status) ---
**Author:** ![ahawker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@ahawker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ahawker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-showing-as-failed-but-actually-runs-successfully/5146/3 "2024-04-25T14:09:39Z")
Hi Dustin, Apologies about the ‘’’ code ‘’'. Noted for next time and thanks for letting me know. That worked, thanks a lot! Ended up forcing a status code of 201 as removing that line still caused an error. ---
**Author:** ![Dustin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dustin/32/2573_2.png) [@Dustin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dustin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-showing-as-failed-but-actually-runs-successfully/5146/4 "2024-04-25T14:13:22Z")
Just in case you would need to accept multiple status codes, you can provide a list of status codes. So, if for some reason would want to accept both 201 and 204 you could do something like the below: `status_code: [201,204]` [Ansible Documentation for URI Module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/uri_module.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-showing-as-failed-but-actually-runs-successfully/5146/5 "2024-05-25T14:14:16Z")
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