Error with api call to modify ntp settings on Unity

Question

Using Ansible uri module to make api call to Unity and getting a 401 unauthorized response, however, the user I'm using is an admin.  Here are the headers I'm sending which includes a token from a prior task.  Anything I'm missing or another reason why it would come back and say it's not authorized? - name: Set NTP on storage array   uri:   timeout: 300   url: 'https://{ { inventory_hostname }}/api/instances/ntpServer/0/action/modify'   force_basic_auth: yes   method: POST   user: '{ { username }}'   password: '{ { password }}'   validate_certs: no   body_format: json   headers:   Content-Type: 'application/json'   X-EMC-REST-CLIENT: true   EMC-CSRF-TOKEN: '{ { token }}'   body: '{ { ntp_body }}'   environment:   no_proxy: '*'   register: result

travelerdb · Answer

Here's the actual response...  'content': '

401 Unauthorized

Unauthorized
This server could not verify that you
are authorized to access the document
requested. Either you supplied the wrong
credentials (e.g., bad password), or your
browser doesn't understand how to supply
the credentials required.

'

DELL-Sam L · Answer

Hello travelerdb, Which unity system do you have and what is your current OE?

travelerdb · Answer

Hi @DELL-Sam L ,  Here's info on the array... 'api_version': '11.0', 'model': 'Unity 480F', 'software_version': '5.1.2'   Hope this helps Thanks!

DELL-Sam L · Answer

Hello travelerdb,

Looking at your error that you posted it is stating that there is an issue with the account that you are using. I would double check your user name and password to ensure that it was entered correctly.

travelerdb · Answer

@DELL-Sam L -- the user I'm using is an ldap user which is an admin on the array.  Are there other permissions needed?  From what I can see, this boils down to what headers is the unity api expecting when the authentication is happening for a POST call.  In the previous task, I am successfully authenticating using basic auth and getting the EMC-CSRF-TOKEN which i'm adding as a header in the subsequent POST call, however, it seems the api is expecting something different.  So, if we can answer the question around what headers the api is expecting, that would probably solve it as it seems to be redirecting the call to /cas/login currently.

DELL-Sam L · Answer

Hello travelerdb, Let me look into this to see what I can find out.

- name: Set NTP on storage array
	uri:
	timeout: 300
	url: "https://{ { inventory_hostname }}/api/instances/ntpServer/0/action/modify"
	force_basic_auth: yes
	method: POST
	user: "{ { username }}"
	password: "{ { password }}"
	validate_certs: no
	body_format: json
	headers:
	Content-Type: "application/json"
	X-EMC-REST-CLIENT: true
	EMC-CSRF-TOKEN: "{ { token }}"
	body: "{ { ntp_body }}"
	environment:
	no_proxy: '*'
	register: result

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Error with api call to modify ntp settings on Unity

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