proxmox_storage does not authenticate #213
Description
SUMMARY
Creating proxmox_storage CIFS share doesn't works with authentication. The result is an 'NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE'.
ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report
COMPONENT NAME
- proxmox_storage
ANSIBLE VERSION
ansible [core 2.19.3]
config file = /mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/florian/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/florian/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/.venv/bin/ansible
python version = 3.12.3 (main, Aug 14 2025, 17:47:21) [GCC 13.3.0] (/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/.venv/bin/python)
jinja version = 3.1.6
pyyaml version = 6.0.3 (with libyaml v0.2.5)
COLLECTION VERSION
Collection Version
----------------- -------
community.proxmox 1.4.0
CONFIGURATION
CONFIG_FILE() = /mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/ansible.cfg) = ['/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/inventory.yml']
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/ansible.cfg) = ['/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/roles']
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/ansible.cfg) = False
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/ansible.cfg) = auto_silent
OS / ENVIRONMENT
Ubuntu WSL
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Create storage on remote shared folder with the module
Task :
- name: Add CIFS storage bootable-images
community.proxmox.proxmox_storage:
api_host: "{{ proxmox_api_host }}"
api_port: "{{ proxmox_api_port }}"
validate_certs: "{{ proxmox_api_validate_certs }}"
api_user: "{{ proxmox_api_admin_user }}"
api_token_id: "{{ proxmox_api_admin_token_id }}"
api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_api_admin_token_secret }}"
nodes: "{{ proxmox_storage_target_nodes }}"
state: "{{ cifs_storage_state }}"
name: "{{ item.name }}"
type: "{{ cifs_storage_type }}"
cifs_options:
username: "{{ item.username | default(proxmox_cifs_storage_username) }}"
password: "{{ item.password | default(proxmox_cifs_storage_password) }}"
server: "{{ item.server}}"
share: "{{ item.share }}"
smb_version: "{{ item.smb_version }}"
content: "{{ item.content | join(',') }}"
loop: "{{ proxmox_storage_cifs }}"
loop_control:
label: "{{ item.name }}"Variables :
proxmox_storage_cifs:
- name: "bootable-images"
server: "192.168.1.123"
share: "proxmox"
smb_version: "2.0"
username: "myuser"
password: "mypassword"
content: ["images"]EXPECTED RESULTS
Storage shared created like
TASK [proxmox_storage : Add CIFS storage bootable-images] ************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost] => (item=bootable-images)
ACTUAL RESULTS
NO_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE raises.
TASK [proxmox_storage : Add CIFS storage bootable-images] ************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/roles/proxmox_storage/tasks/main.yml:4
<localhost> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: florian
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~florian && sleep 0'
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/florian/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297="` echo /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297 `" ) && sleep 0'
<localhost> Attempting python interpreter discovery.
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo FOUND; command -v '"'"'python3.13'"'"'; command -v '"'"'python3.12'"'"'; command -v '"'"'python3.11'"'"'; command -v '"'"'python3.10'"'"'; command -v '"'"'python3.9'"'"'; command -v '"'"'python3.8'"'"'; command -v '"'"'/usr/bin/python3'"'"'; command -v '"'"'python3'"'"'; echo ENDFOUND && sleep 0'
Using module file /home/florian/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/proxmox/plugins/modules/proxmox_storage.py
<localhost> PUT /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-16904a6lnli67/tmp4uulq5z3 TO /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297/AnsiballZ_proxmox_storage.py
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+rwx /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297/ /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297/AnsiballZ_proxmox_storage.py && sleep 0'
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/.venv/bin/python3.12 /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297/AnsiballZ_proxmox_storage.py && sleep 0'
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /home/florian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1762166680.3650692-16926-36179051125297/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
[ERROR]: Task failed: Module failed: Failed to create storage: 500 Internal Server Error: create storage failed: connection check for storage 'bootable-images' failed - session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
Origin: /mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/roles/proxmox_storage/tasks/main.yml:4:3
2 # bootable-images /mnt/pve/bootable-images Disk image
3 # pvesm add cifs bootable-images --server 192.168.1.123 --share proxmox --subdir /bootable-images --username proxmox...
4 - name: Add CIFS storage bootable-images
^ column 3
failed: [localhost] (item=bootable-images) => {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/mnt/d/repo_git/maison/ansible/playbooks/proxmox/.venv/bin/python3.12"
},
"ansible_loop_var": "item",
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"api_host": "192.168.1.206",
"api_password": null,
"api_port": 8006,
"api_token_id": "florian",
"api_token_secret": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"api_user": "florian@pve",
"cephfs_options": null,
"cifs_options": {
"domain": null,
"password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"server": "192.168.1.123",
"share": "proxmox",
"smb_version": "2.0",
"username": "proxmox"
},
"content": [
"images"
],
"dir_options": null,
"iscsi_options": null,
"name": "bootable-images",
"nfs_options": null,
"nodes": [
"proxmox4"
],
"pbs_options": null,
"state": "present",
"type": "cifs",
"validate_certs": false,
"zfspool_options": null
}
},
"item": {
"content": [
"images"
],
"name": "bootable-images",
"server": "192.168.1.123",
"share": "proxmox",
"smb_version": "2.0"
},
"msg": "Failed to create storage: 500 Internal Server Error: create storage failed: connection check for storage 'bootable-images' failed - session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE"
}
PLAY RECAP ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
I tried through a Burp proxy to retrieve the API call, i got :
POST /api2/json/storage HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.206:8006
User-Agent: python-requests/2.32.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
accept: application/json, application/x-javascript, text/javascript, text/x-javascript, text/x-json
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 97
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Authorization: PVEAPIToken=florian@pve!florian=d4396054-e4ad-440a-aa24-5d76a339d0ed
storage=bootable-images&type=cifs&nodes=proxmox4&content=images&server=192.168.1.123&share=proxmox
CIFS options are not transfered.