#703 Handle "Failed to establish connection to NetBox" on older NetBox versions (#707)

* Add try/except for full version check

Author: rodvand

plugins/module_utils/netbox_utils.py

@@ -591,7 +591,11 @@ def __init__(self, module, endpoint, nb_client=None):
             self.nb = nb_client
             try:
                 self.version = self.nb.version
-                self.full_version = self.nb.status().get("netbox-version")
+                try:
+                    self.full_version = self.nb.status().get("netbox-version")
+                except Exception:
+                    # For NetBox versions without /api/status endpoint
+                    self.full_version = f"{self.version}.0"
             except AttributeError:
                 self.module.fail_json(msg="Must have pynetbox >=4.1.0")
 
@@ -640,7 +644,11 @@ def _connect_netbox_api(self, url, token, ssl_verify, cert):
             nb.http_session = session
             try:
                 self.version = nb.version
-                self.full_version = nb.status().get("netbox-version")
+                try:
+                    self.full_version = nb.status().get("netbox-version")
+                except Exception:
+                    # For NetBox versions without /api/status endpoint
+                    self.full_version = f"{self.version}.0"
             except AttributeError:
                 self.module.fail_json(msg="Must have pynetbox >=4.1.0")
             except Exception: