netbox_ip_address cannot be used with VMs

[bluikko]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

SOFTWARE VERSIONS

Ansible:

2.9.6

Netbox:

2.6.1

Collection:

0.1.10

SUMMARY

Trying to add an IP address to a VM with netbox_ip_address fails. This seems to be similar to the bug in the Ansible bundled Netbox module.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: Add IP address
  netbox.netbox.netbox_ip_address:
    netbox_url: "{{ netbox }}"
    netbox_token: "{{ token }}"
    data:
      family: 4
      address: "{{ ipv4 }}"
      interface:
        name: Eth0
        device: "{{ vmname }}"
      status: Active
      tenant: Test
    state: present

EXPECTED RESULTS

IP address should be assigned to the VM.

ACTUAL RESULTS

An error is displayed:

"msg": "{\"device_id\":[\"Enter a number.\"]}"

[bluikko]

As discussed in the similar issue with inventory, there should be a parameter "vm" in addition to "device" parameter to manipulate IP addresses of VMs:

- name: Add IP address
  netbox.netbox.netbox_ip_address:
    netbox_url: "{{ netbox }}"
    netbox_token: "{{ token }}"
    data:
      family: 4
      address: "{{ ipv4 }}"
      interface:
        name: Eth0
        virtual_machine: "{{ vmname }}"
      status: Active
      tenant: Test
    state: present

This currently fails with Enter a number.. A more clear error message could also be good, "Could not find device" or something similar?

[bluikko]

My bad, I had a typo. An endpoint can be found by using "virtual_machine" instead of "device".

So since devices and virtual_machines are different IDs, I understand the reasoning why both couldn't be searched with a single endpoint parameter. It will be more code in Ansible to handle devices and VMs separately but I guess it is needed, it is the only way to handle case where same name is shared by both a device and a VM.