Ansible playbooks or job executions fail in Aria Automation when Ansible plugin callback generates warnings or errors

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
The response from Ansible contains plugin message that do not conform to the expected json format such as the two warning lines contained below:


[WARNING]: Skipping callback plugin 'profiles_roles', unable to load
[WARNING]: The required python-logstash is not installed. pip install python-
logstash
{
    "custom_stats": {},
    "global_custom_stats": {},
    "plays": [{
        "play": {
            "duration": {
                "end": "2023-06-28T09:10:08.091373Z",
                "start": "2023-06-28T09:10:07.955105Z"

When checking the Ansible Tower Control Machine, you observe similar messages to :

Ansible Execution command failed. Reason: Ansible Tower Job Error

Environment

VMware vRealize Automation 8.x

Cause

The issue exists in some environments where certain Ansible callback plugins have been enabled. When this occurs Aria Automation is unable to parse the output from Ansible as it includes such plugin warnings which do not conform to the expected json format.

Resolution

The issue is resolved in Aria Automation vRA 8.12.1.

Workaround:
The workaround is to disable the callback plugins from the Ansible configuration.