Stackstorm commands via HuBot - Operation not Permitted

[rdevries-capland]

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to start with the basics on StackStorm, and got stuck with the basic Ping command.
I have Hubot integrated into Slack, and communications here work as intended.

When I post "ping google.com", or "ping localhost", or anything for that matter, i get a response as follows:

Here's the results of your ping:
status: failed
output:

ping: socket: Operation not permitted

Typing "help ping" returns the following:
ping {{ host }} - Ping an IP address / Hostname
ping {{ host }} count {{ count }} - Ping an IP address / Hostname

Here is the stack trace:

{
"stdout": "",
"stderr": "st2.actions.python.PostResultAction: INFO {"channel": "D04BGG90656", "message": "Action networking_utils.ping completed.
status : failed
execution: 637e21394df057ec8f7887fa

result :
--------
stderr : ping: socket: Operation not permitted
return_code : 2", "user": "testuser"}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 174, in _new_conn
conn = connection.create_connection(
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/util/connection.py", line 95, in create_connection
raise err
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/util/connection.py", line 85, in create_connection
sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 703, in urlopen
httplib_response = self._make_request(
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 398, in _make_request
conn.request(method, url, **httplib_request_kw)
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 239, in request
super(HTTPConnection, self).request(method, url, body=body, headers=headers)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1256, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1302, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1251, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 1011, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/http/client.py", line 951, in send
self.connect()
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 205, in connect
conn = self._new_conn()
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 186, in _new_conn
raise NewConnectionError(
urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError: <urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7fd81dd864c0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 489, in send
resp = conn.urlopen(
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 787, in urlopen
retries = retries.increment(
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py", line 592, in increment
raise MaxRetryError(_pool, url, error or ResponseError(cause))
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPConnectionPool(host='127.0.0.1', port=8181): Max retries exceeded with url: /hubot/st2 (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7fd81dd864c0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused'))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/stackstorm/st2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/python_runner/python_action_wrapper.py", line 395, in
obj.run()
File "/opt/stackstorm/st2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/python_runner/python_action_wrapper.py", line 214, in run
output = action.run(**self._parameters)
File "/opt/stackstorm/packs/hubot/actions/post_result.py", line 169, in run
response = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=data)
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 115, in post
return request("post", url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs)
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 59, in request
return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 587, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 701, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/hubot/lib/python3.8/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 565, in send
raise ConnectionError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: HTTPConnectionPool(host='127.0.0.1', port=8181): Max retries exceeded with url: /hubot/st2 (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7fd81dd864c0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused'))
",
"exit_code": 1,
"result": "None"
}

What exactly am I missing here?
What permissions needs to be given, and to who/what?

[arm4b]

I'm transferring it into a Discussion in the stackstorm/st2 repository, as that's the ideal place to ask questions.

[arm4b]

There are 2 issues, one with ping, another with chatops.

First one should be something where google can help to investigate:

 stderr : ping: socket: Operation not permitted

For the other one, st2chatops should be accessible on 127.0.0.1:8181 from the stackstorm in your case if it's running on the same instance.

HTTPConnectionPool(host='127.0.0.1', port=8181): Max retries exceeded

See https://github.com/StackStorm/st2chatops/blob/master/st2chatops.env#L9-L10
Try to debug that.

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What's the deployment method you're using for installing stackstorm? Docker/K8s/VM/etc? The connection methods or configuration might differ.