In NSX 4.1.x, executing "get configuration" on an Edge Node results in internal error

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Executing  "get configuration" on an NSX-T Edge node results in "An internal error occurred, please retry execution again".
• Logs similar to the below will be observed at var/log/syslog:

2024-04-10T07:47:11.955Z NSXT01 NSX 593655 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-edge" subcomp="cli" username="admin" level="INFO"] {10000} CMD: get configuration

2024-04-10T07:47:15.324Z NSXT01 NSX 593655 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-edge" subcomp="cli" username="admin" level="ERROR" errorCode="('CLI102',)"] Invalid IP address or netmask detected: addr: None, netmask: None

2024-04-10T07:47:15.324Z NSXT01 NSX 593655 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-edge" subcomp="cli" username="admin" level="ERROR" errorCode="('CLI101',)"] Error occured while concurrently executing commands

Traceback (most recent call last):

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/server/cli_command_service.py", line 1311, in _invoke_command

  request = executor.submit(transaction.execute_command)

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/utils/concurrent_utils.py", line 42, in submit

  result = method(*args)

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/server/cli_command_session.py", line 312, in execute_command

  self._execute_local_cli()

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/server/cli_command_session.py", line 257, in _execute_local_cli

  output = self.env.descriptor.invoke(self.env.cmd_list)

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/descriptors/cli_command_descriptor.py", line 550, in invoke

  return self._provider.invoke(

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/utils/callback_utils.py", line 201, in decorator

  return func(self, cmd_list, context, context_data,

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/descriptors/cli_command_descriptor.py", line 1288, in invoke

  return self._provider(cmd_list)

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/commands/node_common/node.py", line 328, in __call__

  result = self._descriptor.service._get_configuration_command_output(

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/server/cli_command_service.py", line 1950, in _get_configuration_command_output

  _add_to_config_results(

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/server/cli_command_service.py", line 1931, in _add_to_config_results

  config = descriptor.show_configuration()

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/descriptors/cli_command_descriptor.py", line 584, in show_configuration

  return self._provider.show_configuration()

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/descriptors/cli_command_descriptor.py", line 1293, in show_configuration

  return self._provider.show_configuration()

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/commands/node_network/node_network.py", line 196, in show_configuration

  cidr6 = ip_utils.get_cidr(ip6_addr, prefixlen)

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/utils/ipaddr_utils.py", line 75, in get_cidr

  if not validate_netmask(netmask, ip_type):

 File "/opt/vmware/nsx-cli/bin/python/cli/utils/ipaddr_utils.py", line 213, in validate_netmask

  return (netmask.isdigit() and int(netmask) >=0 and int(netmask) <=128)

AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'isdigit'

2024-04-10T07:47:15.335Z NSXT01 NSX 593655 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-edge" subcomp="cli" username="admin" level="WARNING"] An internal error occurred, please retry execution again

 

 

Environment

VMware NSX
VMware NSX-T Data Center

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2

Workaround:

Currently there is no direct workaround, to view the interface configuration, "get interfaces" can be used.