[BUG]: Setting up inventory plugins - declined parsing plugin

[ane-ruiz]

Overnight, the following error started to appear:

setting up inventory plugins
host_list declined parsing /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/Network Automation/Backup Fortios/inventory_plugins/netbox_inventory.yml as it did not pass its verify_file() method
script declined parsing /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/Network Automation/Backup Fortios/inventory_plugins/netbox_inventory.yml as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Loading collection netbox.netbox from /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox
toml declined parsing /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/Network Automation/Backup Fortios/inventory_plugins/netbox_inventory.yml as it did not pass its verify_file() method
[WARNING]:  * Failed to parse /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/Network
Automation/Backup Fortios/inventory_plugins/netbox_inventory.yml with auto
plugin: 'InventoryModule' object has no attribute '_vars'
.........
......
skipping: no hosts matched

The system we have set up is Ansible (ansible-playbook 2.10.7 and python version = 3.8.10) - Jenkins - Netbox (3.3.4), we use Netbox as dynamic inventory for Ansible playbooks, for this we use the netbox.netbox collection. Currently, in the server where we have Ansible installed, the collections are in the following version:

Collection                      Version
------------------------------- -------
ansible.netcommon               3.0.0
ansible.posix                   1.3.0
ansible.utils                   2.6.1
ansible.windows                 1.9.0
awx.awx                         21.0.0
cisco.ios                       3.0.0
community.docker                2.4.0
community.general               4.8.0
fragmentedpacket.netbox_modules 0.1.4
netbox.netbox                   3.7.1

Could you tell us if it is due to some incompatibility between versions of the collections? If so, which versions are recommended?
If not, what could be the cause of the error?

Thank you very much!
Ane

[rodvand]

Hi! I suspect this is because of an old Ansible version. Could you try upgrading your Ansible version and check?