bigip_device_info - Subset AS3 not working properly

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COMPONENT NAME

bigip_device_info (AS3 subset)

Environment

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.18.4]

BIGIP VERSION

BIG-IP 17.5.1.3

CONFIGURATION

Default ansible.cfg
No specific ANSIBLE_* environment variables set.

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Control node: Linux Ubuntu
Managed node: F5 BIG-IP

SUMMARY

The as3 subset of the bigip_device_info module always returns an empty
as3_config, even when AS3 is installed, used and properly configured on the BIG-IP.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Run the following playbook against:

• a BIG-IP with AS3 installed
• a BIG-IP without AS3 installed

The result is identical in both cases.
``

• name: Gather AS3 information
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  collections:

  • f5networks.f5_modules
    tasks:

  • name: Get BIG-IP AS3 configuration
    bigip_device_info:
    provider:
    server: "{{ server }}"
    user: admin
    password: "{{ password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    gather_subset:

    • as3
      register: result

  • debug:
    var: result.as3_config
    ``

EXPECTED RESULTS

• When AS3 is installed, as3_config should contain the AS3 declaration
  retrieved from /mgmt/shared/appsvcs/declare.
• When AS3 is not installed, as3_config should be an empty list.

ACTUAL RESULTS

as3_config is always an empty list ([]), regardless of whether AS3 is
installed or not.
"as3_config": []

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS

In As3FactManager.__init__(), installed_packages is evaluated before
calling BaseManager.__init__():

self.installed_packages = packages_installed(self.client)
super(As3FactManager, self).init(**kwargs)

At this stage, the client is not fully initialized, causing
packages_installed() to return an empty list.

As a result, the following condition always evaluates to true:

if 'as3' not in self.installed_packages:
return []

PROPOSED FIX

Move the packages_installed(self.client) call after
super().__init__() so the client is fully initialized:

def init(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.client = kwargs.get('client', None)
self.module = kwargs.get('module', None)
super(As3FactManager, self).init(**kwargs)
self.installed_packages = packages_installed(self.client)

This change correctly detects AS3 when installed and restores expected behavior.