ansible_python

Ansible Role: ansible_python

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Ansible needs Python 2 (version 2.6 or later) or Python 3 (version 3.5 or later) in order to work. But Python is not preinstalled on some Linux Distributions or Docker images (like on Ubuntu images). To prevent manual installation of Python on such systems, this Ansible role uses the raw module (which does not require Python) to install the Python2 or the Python3 package. Ansible can then be used normally on these systems.

Warning: Ansible 2.11 will make Python 3.8 a soft dependency for the control node, but will function with the aforementioned requirements. Ansible 2.12 will require Python 3.8 or newer to function on the control node. Starting with Ansible 2.11, the project will only be packaged for Python 3.8 and newer.

You should execute this role as pre_tasks statement with gather_facts set to false like in the example below.

The supported Linux distributions for this role are:

Alpine Linux 3.12,
Alpine Linux 3.13,
Alpine Linux 3.14,
Alpine Linux 3.15,
Alpine Linux 3.16,
Alpine Linux 3.17,
Alpine Linux 3.18,
Alpine Linux 3.19,
Amazon Linux 2023,
Debian 10 (Buster),
Debian 11 (Bullseye),
Debian 12 (Bookworm),
Enterprise Linux 7,
Enterprise Linux 8,
Enterprise Linux 9,
Fedora 34,
Fedora 35,
Fedora 36,
Fedora 37,
Fedora 38,
Fedora 39,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver),
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).

The role was tested with Molecule and Docker on GitHub and with this Multi-VM Vagrant environment.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

None.

Dependencies

None.

Example

---

- hosts: all
  become: true
  # switch gather facts off, becauѕe gather facts needs python
  gather_facts: false
  pre_tasks:
    - name: "Install python if needed"
      include_role:
        name: "coglinev3.ansible_python"
    - name: Gather facts
      setup: # switch gather facts on
  tasks:
    - name: Your other tasks comes here