topic Re: InsecureRequestWarning using CobraSDK in learning lab in DevNet Sandbox

InsecureRequestWarning using CobraSDK in learning lab

hoylandpaul — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:24:06 GMT

I'm following the steps here:- https://developer.cisco.com/learning/lab/sbx-intro-aci-02_programmability-options/step/7

but get the following error after trying the session:-

>>> session.login()
/home/paul/Documents/Study/devnet_ll/code/aci-learning-labs-code-samples/apic_fabric_setup/lib/python3.6/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:1004: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'sandboxapicdc.cisco.com'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
  InsecureRequestWarning,

I tried this:-

>>> auth = cobra.mit.session.LoginSession(URL, LOGIN, PASSWORD, secure=False)

but that didn't seem to make any difference.

Any advice?

Re: InsecureRequestWarning using CobraSDK in learning lab

bigevilbeard — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:11:21 GMT

I am not 100% sure this will work on this sandbox as it isn't a product I know super well. You can try

import urllib3

urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

It is a quick fix in most cases.

Hope this helps

Re: InsecureRequestWarning using CobraSDK in learning lab

omz — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:12:03 GMT

as suggested .. you can use urllib3 to disble warnings.

from credentials import *
import cobra.mit.access
import cobra.mit.request
import cobra.mit.session
import cobra.model.fv
import cobra.model.pol

# Disable #ssl-warnings InsecureRequestWarning
import urllib3
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)


# connect to the apic
auth = cobra.mit.session.LoginSession(URL, LOGIN, PASSWORD)
session = cobra.mit.access.MoDirectory(auth)
session.login()
# <Response [200]> --> If you do not see this response the login did not work

# Create a Variable for your Tenant Name
# Use your initials in the name
# Example: tenant_name = "js_Cobra_Tenant"
tenant_name = "INITIALS_Cobra_Tenant"

# create a new tenant
root = cobra.model.pol.Uni('')
new_tenant = cobra.model.fv.Tenant(root, tenant_name)

# commit the new configuration
config_request = cobra.mit.request.ConfigRequest()
config_request.addMo(new_tenant)
session.commit(config_request)

# <Response [200]> --> If you do not see this response the tenant create did not work

Tested on the sandbox and it works.

Re: InsecureRequestWarning using CobraSDK in learning lab

bigevilbeard — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:15:30 GMT

Thanks Omar!

Re: InsecureRequestWarning using CobraSDK in learning lab

hoylandpaul — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:22:36 GMT

I don't get the warnings anymore but don't get the 200 OK either. More troubleshooting for me...

Re: InsecureRequestWarning using CobraSDK in learning lab

omz — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 13:12:34 GMT

Are you looking for <Response 200> after session.login() .. ? As you can see it does not print the status code.

But the tenant is created and you get <Response 200> if you run the full script. Comment to expect 200 is probably incorrect ...

When using requests .. you can get status_code from the response.

But Cobra session. does not seem to have status_code.

Disclaimer: I'm not a software engineer... in the same boat as the others 🙂