Summary
The provided content discusses troubleshooting the "401 Unauthorized" error when using Ansible to create a namespace in a Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster.
Abstract
The content is a comprehensive guide focusing on resolving the "Kubernetes 401 Unauthorized" error message encountered when attempting to create a namespace named "example" using Ansible's k8s module. It explains that this error typically occurs due to a lack of authentication tokens when interacting with the Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster. The guide, presented by Luca Berton in an episode of Ansible Pilot, includes a live demo, Ansible Playbook code snippets, error execution logs, troubleshooting steps, and the final fix for the error. It also provides resources such as video courses, printed books, eBooks, and donation links for further learning and support.
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Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the “Kubernetes 401 Unauthorized” message.
This fatal error message happens when we are trying to execute some code against your Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP cluster without any authentication tokens.
These circumstances are usually related to Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP authentication and usually are not related to Ansible Playbook or Ansible configuration.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
How to reproduce, troubleshoot, and fix the error: “Kubernetes 401 Unauthorized”.
The best way of talking about Ansible troubleshooting is to jump in a live demo to show you practically the “Kubernetes 401 Unauthorized” and how to solve it!
This demo is going to try to create an “example” namespace in a Kubernetes/OpenShift cluster.
---
- name: k8s demo
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
connection: local
vars:
myproject: "example"
tasks:
- name: create {{ myproject }} namespace
kubernetes.core.k8s:
api_version: v1
kind: Namespace
name: "{{ myproject }}"
state: presentansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook kubernetes/namespace.yml
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit
localhost does not match 'all'PLAY [k8s demo] ***********************************************************************************TASK [create example namespace] *******************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "error": 401, "msg": "Namespace example: Failed to retrieve requested object: b'{\"kind\":\"Status\",\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"metadata\":{},\"status\":\"Failure\",\"message\":\"Unauthorized\",\"reason\":\"Unauthorized\",\"code\":401}\\n'", "reason": "Unauthorized", "status": 401}PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0ansible-pilot $ansible-pilot $ oc get namespace
error: You must be logged in to the server (Unauthorized)
ansible-pilot $ crc status
CRC VM: Running
OpenShift: Running (v4.9.15)
Disk Usage: 18.27GB of 32.74GB (Inside the CRC VM)
Cache Usage: 12.79GB
Cache Directory: /Users/lberton/.crc/cache
ansible-pilot $ crc start
WARN A new version (2.0.1) has been published on https://developers.redhat.com/content-gateway/file/pub/openshift-v4/clients/crc/2.0.1/crc-macos-amd64.pkg
INFO A CodeReady Containers VM for OpenShift 4.9.15 is already running
Started the OpenShift cluster.The server is accessible via web console at:
https://console-openshift-console.apps-crc.testingLog in as administrator:
Username: kubeadmin
Password: WhDvM-c8WiV-zJ8iH-UKhKVLog in as user:
Username: developer
Password: developerUse the 'oc' command line interface:
$ eval $(crc oc-env)
$ oc login -u developer https://api.crc.testing:6443
ansible-pilot $ eval $(crc oc-env)
ansible-pilot $ oc login -u kubeadmin https://api.crc.testing:6443
Logged into "https://api.crc.testing:6443" as "kubeadmin" using existing credentials.You have access to 66 projects, the list has been suppressed. You can list all projects with 'oc projects'Using project "example".
ansible-pilot $ oc get namespace | grep exampleexample Active 63dansible-pilot $ cat ~/.kube/config
apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
certificate-authority-data: REDACTED
server: https://api.crc.testing:6443
name: api-crc-testing:6443
contexts:
- context:
cluster: api-crc-testing:6443
user: developer/api-crc-testing:6443
name: /api-crc-testing:6443/developer
- context:
cluster: api-crc-testing:6443
namespace: default
user: kubeadmin
name: crc-admin
- context:
cluster: api-crc-testing:6443
namespace: default
user: developer
name: crc-developer
- context:
cluster: api-crc-testing:6443
namespace: default
user: kubeadmin/api-crc-testing:6443
name: default/api-crc-testing:6443/kubeadmin
- context:
cluster: api-crc-testing:6443
namespace: example
user: developer/api-crc-testing:6443
name: example/api-crc-testing:6443/developer
- context:
cluster: api-crc-testing:6443
namespace: example
user: kubeadmin/api-crc-testing:6443
name: example/api-crc-testing:6443/kubeadmin
current-context: example/api-crc-testing:6443/kubeadmin
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
- name: developer
user:
token: sha256~REDACTED
- name: developer/api-crc-testing:6443
user:
token: sha256~REDACTED
- name: kubeadmin
user:
token: sha256~REDACTED
- name: kubeadmin/api-crc-testing:6443
user:
token: sha256~REDACTED
ansible-pilot $ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook kubernetes/namespace.yml
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit
localhost does not match 'all'PLAY [k8s demo] ***********************************************************************************TASK [create example namespace] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0ansible-pilot $Now you know better how to troubleshoot the Ansible “Kubernetes/OpenShift 401 Unauthorized” message.
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