Update for 24.3 SR Linux and ansible 2.15, 2.16, 2.17

.github/container-matrix.yml

@@ -3,25 +3,49 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 # a matrix list of variables used in the container build process
+# it is used to define what ansible core images that define both ansible core and the python interpreter
+# are going to be used in the container build process for the collection.
 #
 # python version are taken from ansible's support matrix - https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#support-life
 # ansible-core-image version is taken from https://github.com/orgs/srl-labs/packages?repo_name=ansible-core
 include:
-  # 2.14.11
-  - ansible-core-image: "2.14.11:pypy3.10"
+  # 2.14
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.14.17:pypy3.10"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
 
-  - ansible-core-image: "2.14.11:py3.11"
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.14.17:py3.11"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     addional-tags: "latest"
 
-  # 2.15.5
-  - ansible-core-image: "2.15.5:pypy3.10"
+  # 2.15
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.15.12:pypy3.10"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
 
-  - ansible-core-image: "2.15.5:py3.11"
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.15.12:py3.11"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.15.12:py3.12"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    addional-tags: "latest"
+
+  # 2.16
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.16.8:pypy3.10"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.16.8:py3.11"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.16.8:py3.12"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     addional-tags: "latest"
 
-  - ansible-core-image: "2.15.5:py3.12"
+  # 2.17
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.17.1:pypy3.10"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.17.1:py3.11"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+
+  - ansible-core-image: "2.17.1:py3.12"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    addional-tags: "latest"

.github/matrix.yml

@@ -3,79 +3,67 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 # a matrix list of variables used in testing
-# kind of a manual way of creating a testing matrix with a flexibility of selecting permuatations
+# kind of a manual way of creating a testing matrix with a flexibility of selecting permutations
 # support matrix for ansible control node - https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#node-requirement-summary
 
 include:
-  ####################
-  # Python 3.8
-  ####################
-  - &latest-2_12
-    ansible-core-version: "2.12.10"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
-    python-version: "3.8"
-
-  - &latest-2_13
-    ansible-core-version: "2.13.13"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
-    python-version: "3.8"
-
   ####################
   # Python 3.9
   ####################
-  - <<: *latest-2_12
-    python-version: "3.9"
-
-  - <<: *latest-2_13
-    python-version: "3.9"
-
   - &latest-2_14
-    ansible-core-version: "2.14.11"
+    ansible-core-version: "2.14.17"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     python-version: "3.9"
 
   - &latest-2_15
-    ansible-core-version: "2.15.5"
+    ansible-core-version: "2.15.12"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     python-version: "3.9"
 
   ####################
   # Python 3.10
   ####################
 
-  # removing 2_12 and 2_13 because TLS tests are failing
-  # this doesn't make the collection unusable with these versions
-  # when 23.10 comes out with TLS 1.3 we will remove these checks and bring back 2_12 and 2_13
-  # - <<: *latest-2_12
-  #   python-version: "3.10"
-
-  # - <<: *latest-2_13
-  #   python-version: "3.10"
-
   - <<: *latest-2_14
     python-version: "3.10"
 
   - <<: *latest-2_15
     python-version: "3.10"
 
+  - &latest-2_16
+    ansible-core-version: "2.16.8"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    python-version: "3.10"
+
+  - &latest-2_17
+    ansible-core-version: "2.17.1"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    python-version: "3.10"
+
   ####################
   # Python 3.11
   ####################
 
-  # - <<: *latest-2_12
-  #   python-version: "3.11"
-
-  # - <<: *latest-2_13
-  #   python-version: "3.11"
-
   - <<: *latest-2_14
     python-version: "3.11"
 
   - <<: *latest-2_15
     python-version: "3.11"
 
+  - <<: *latest-2_16
+    python-version: "3.11"
+
+  - <<: *latest-2_17
+    python-version: "3.11"
+
   ####################
   # Python 3.12
   ####################
   - <<: *latest-2_15
     python-version: "3.12"
+
+  - <<: *latest-2_16
+    python-version: "3.12"
+
+  - <<: *latest-2_17
+    python-version: "3.12"

.github/workflows/cicd.yml

@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@ name: CICD
       srlinux-version:
         description: "SR Linux version"
         required: true
-        default: "23.3.2"
-      start-tmate:
+        default: "24.3.2"
+      start-tmate-before-test:
         description: "start tmate before running tests"
         type: boolean
         required: false
         default: false
+      start-tmate-after-test:
+        description: "start tmate after running tests"
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: false
   pull_request:
   push:
     tags:
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.output }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: fabasoad/data-format-converter-action@main
         id: matrix
         with:
@@ -37,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:
 
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-    needs: [prepare-matrix]
+    needs:
+      - prepare-matrix
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
@@ -47,41 +53,47 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "SRLINUX_VERSION=${{ inputs.srlinux-version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Install ansible core
         run: pip install ansible-core==${{ matrix.ansible-core-version }}
 
+      - name: start tmate session
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        if: ${{ inputs.start-tmate-before-test }}
+
       # Uncomment this section to use private images
       # - name: ghcr.io login
       #   uses: docker/login-action@v2
       #   with:
       #     registry: ghcr.io
       #     username: ${{ github.actor }}
       #     password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Test
+        run: ./run.sh ci-test
+        # uncomment this line when you want to continue on error
+        # and run tmate after it
+        # continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: start tmate session
         uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
-        if: ${{ inputs.start-tmate }}
-
-      - name: Test
-        run: ./run.sh ci-test
+        if: ${{ inputs.start-tmate-after-test }}
 
   ansible-sanity-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Install ansible core
-        run: pip install ansible-core==2.13.8
+        run: pip install ansible-core==2.15.12
 
       - name: Ansible sanity test
         run: ./run.sh sanity-test

.gitignore

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ipython_config.py
 # pyenv
 #   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
 #   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
-# .python-version
+.python-version
 
 # pipenv
 #   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.

galaxy.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ tags:
 # L(specifiers,https://python-semanticversion.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#requirement-specification). Multiple version
 # range specifiers can be set and are separated by ','
 dependencies:
-  "ansible.netcommon": ">=5.2.0"
+  "ansible.netcommon": ">=5.2.0,<=6.1.3"
+  "ansible.utils": ">=3.0.0,<5.0.0"
 
 # The URL of the originating SCM repository
 repository: https://github.com/nokia/srlinux-ansible-collection

plugins/module_utils/srlinux.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-""" srlinux module utils """
+"""srlinux module utils"""
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import CertificateError
 
 
 class JSONRPCClient:
@@ -47,10 +46,7 @@ def _httpapi_error_handle(self, method="POST", path="/jsonrpc", payload=None):
             self.module.fail_json(
                 msg=f"connection error occurred: {e}",
             )
-        except CertificateError as e:
-            self.module.fail_json(
-                msg=f"certificate error occurred: {e}",
-            )
+
         except ValueError as e:
             try:
                 self.module.fail_json(msg=f"certificate not found: {e}")

run.sh

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ SCRIPTS_DIR="scripts"
 # Directory where the tests are located.
 TESTS_DIR="$(pwd)/tests"
 
+# Containerlab version to use in CI tests
+CLAB_VERSION="0.55.1"
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Helper functions start with _ and aren't listed in this script's help menu.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -57,10 +60,6 @@ function remove-local-collection {
   rm -rf ~/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/nokia
 }
 
-# Install a netcommon dependency in case ansible-core is installed.
-function install-netcommon {
-  ansible-galaxy collection install --force ansible.netcommon:==4.1.0
-}
 
 # Deploy test lab.
 function deploy-lab {
@@ -87,14 +86,7 @@ function revert-to-checkpoint {
   docker exec ${NODE_NAME} sr_cli /tools system configuration checkpoint initial revert
 }
 
-# copy sanity ignore files from ignore-2.10.txt to all other supported ansible versions
-function copy-sanity-ignore {
-  _cdTests
-  cd sanity
-  for version in 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14; do
-    cp ignore-2.10.txt ignore-${version}.txt
-  done
-}
+
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test functions.
@@ -297,9 +289,12 @@ function _run-tests {
   test-commit-confirm "$@"
 
   # OC-related tests
-  test-get-oc-container "$@"
-  test-set-oc-leaf "$@"
-  test-oc-validate "$@"
+  if [[ " $* " == *" oc-tests "* ]]; then
+    # OC-related tests
+    test-get-oc-container "$@"
+    test-set-oc-leaf "$@"
+    test-oc-validate "$@"
+  fi
 }
 
 # prepare local dev environment and run tests
@@ -311,18 +306,37 @@ function test {
   _run-tests "$@"
 }
 
+function dump-logs {
+  ansible-galaxy collection list
+  echo
+  pip list
+  python --version
+}
+
 # ci-test is a wrapper for testing in CI which first setups the environment.
 function ci-test {
-  install-containerlab 0.48.6
+  install-containerlab ${CLAB_VERSION}
   install-local-collection
   deploy-lab
+
+  dump-logs
+
 
   # at this point we are already in ./tests dir
   # since we changed into it in deploy-lab
   # we use ci-ansible.cfg to make sure default collections paths is used
   ANSIBLE_CONFIG=ci-ansible.cfg _run-tests "$@"
 }
 
+# copy sanity ignore files from ignore-2.10.txt to all other supported ansible versions
+function copy-sanity-ignore {
+  _cdTests
+  cd sanity
+  for version in 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17; do
+    cp ignore-2.10.txt ignore-${version}.txt
+  done
+}
+
 # sanity-test runs ansible-test tool with sanity checks.
 function sanity-test {
   install-local-collection