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Bug 2255346 - Updating an Ansible array in host ui produces escape characters
Summary: Updating an Ansible array in host ui produces escape characters
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Ansible - Configuration Management
Version: 6.14.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: 6.15.0
Assignee: Girija Soni
QA Contact: amolpati
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-12-20 09:42 UTC by Stefan Meyer
Modified: 2024-04-23 17:16 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rubygem-foreman_ansible-13.0.3
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Last Closed: 2024-04-23 17:16:31 UTC
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2023-12-20 09:42 UTC, Stefan Meyer 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Foreman Issue Tracker 36594 0 Normal New Ansible variables input form displays '/' instead of allowing editing for certain types 2023-12-31 09:35:53 UTC
Github theforeman foreman_ansible pull 682 0 None Merged Fixes #36594 - Fix addition of '\' when editing ansible variables 2024-01-17 13:47:31 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SAT-22057 0 None None None 2023-12-20 09:44:43 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2010 0 None None None 2024-04-23 17:16:32 UTC

Description Stefan Meyer 2023-12-20 09:42:49 UTC 
Created attachment 2005106 [details]
Screenshot of Host UI

Description of problem:
- When overriding an array in the host ui will create a lot of escape characters (\\\)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
- Satellite 6.14
- Satellite 6.15 (Snap 3)

How reproducible:
- Only in the new host ui
- Not when defining a global parameter
- No when overriding the variable in Configure => Ansible Variables

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a custom Ansible role as documented in Additional info
2. Import the role into Satellite
3. Make variable overridable
4. Set default Parameter Type to "array"
5. Set the Default Value to ["Default Text"]
6. Assign the role to a host
7. Try to override that value in the new host ui

Actual results:
- When trying to override the array for a specific host it creates escape characters. Example
  "\"\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Default Text\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"] \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
  \\\\\\\"a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"d\\\

Expected results:
- Overriding an array should not produce escape characters


Additional info:
- See screenshot

Custom Role:
- filename testrole/tasks/main.yml:
  ---

- filename testrole/defaults/main.yml:
  ---
  testrole.test.input: "Default Text"
Comment 3 amolpati 2024-01-31 10:16:55 UTC 
Verified.

Tested on: Satellite 6.15 Snap 8.0

Steps followed:

1. Register Host with Satellite
2. Create a custom Ansible role (/etc/ansible/roles/aaxc.test)
3. Configure -> Ansible -> Roles (Import the custom role into Satellite)
4. Configure -> Ansible -> variable -> New Ansible Variable
5. Make variable overridable
6. Set default Parameter Type to "array"
7. Set the Default Value to ["Default Text"]
8. Hosts -> All Hosts -> Select Host
9. Ansible -> Roles -> Assign the role to a host
10. Variables -> Try to override that value

Additional info: 

Able to override an array and it is not producing escape characters
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-23 17:16:31 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Important: Satellite 6.15.0 release), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2010
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