Cloudera API failing to import cluster template

[ovolmar]

msg": "Cluster template import failed. Result message: Cannot deserialize instance of java.lang.String out of START_ARRAY token\n at [Source: (org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination$1); line: 1, column: 681] (through reference chain: com.cloudera.api.model.ApiClusterTemplate["instantiator"]->com.cloudera.api.model.ApiClusterTemplateInstantiator["variables"]->java.util.ArrayList[0]->com.cloudera.api.model.ApiClusterTemplateVariable["value"])\n"

[helmikhalifa]

Hi @ovolmar did you find a solution please? I am facing the same problem :
TASK [cloudera.cluster.cluster : Fail because of unsuccessful cluster template import] ***
fatal: [ip]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Cluster template import failed. Result message: Cannot deserialize instance of java.lang.String out of START_ARRAY token\n at [Source: (org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination$1); line: 1, column: 1361] (through reference chain: com.cloudera.api.model.ApiClusterTemplate["instantiator"]->com.cloudera.api.model.ApiClusterTemplateInstantiator["variables"]->java.util.ArrayList[12]->com.cloudera.api.model.ApiClusterTemplateVariable["value"])\n"}

[HirossxD]

I had the same problem, the issue was in the definition.yml when setting multiple disks in the dfs_data_dir_list.
You cannot use the array/list format like:

 DATANODE:
          dfs_data_dir_list:
            - /dfs/disk1
            - /dfs/disk2
            - /dfs/disk3

I have used the comma separated paths in one line instead, it worked afterwards.
for example:

 DATANODE:
          dfs_data_dir_list: /dfs/dn1,/dfs/dn2,/dfs/dn3,/dfs/dn4

The error mesage itself Cannot deserialize instance of java.lang.String out of START_ARRAY tells you that CM cannot read/parse the array of paths, it is all being imported in the first input field of dfs.data.data.dir config, which does not accept array.
hope that helped :)

[helmikhalifa]

@HirossxD thanks yes it is the solution I found too :)