And the new AWS host also failed.
TASK: [ansible-ipaserver | Hard set the hostname]
*****************************
failed: [216.125.253.72] => {"failed": true}
msg: hostname module cannot be used on platform Linux (Centos linux)
failed: [52.10.173.105] => {"failed": true}
msg: hostname module cannot be used on platform Linux (Centos linux)
failed: [52.34.74.143] => {"failed": true}
msg: hostname module cannot be used on platform Linux (Centos linux)
Python output:
>>> print(platform.system())
Linux
>>> print(platform.dist())
('centos', '7.1.1503', 'Core')
>>> print(platform.linux_distribution())
('CentOS Linux', '7.1.1503', 'Core')
On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 3:40:44 PM UTC-6, Joanna Delaporte wrote:
>
> I was wrong about CentOS 7.1 not being available...it is now the CentOS
> version you can get on AWS, as of fairly recently. I am about to test it
> now.
>
> On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 3:18:40 PM UTC-6, Joanna Delaporte wrote:
>>
>> Interestingly, my ubuntu laptop also responds with just "Linux" to the
>> platform.system() call.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it appears that I cannot get CentOS 7.1 yet on AWS...I
>> think Gregswift mentioned that worked for him today. I could test it next
>> week at work with a physical install to identify the issue further, if
>> that's helpful.
>>
>> On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 3:10:19 PM UTC-6, Joanna Delaporte wrote:
>>>
>>> HI Brian,
>>>
>>> Thanks! Both hosts had the same responses. Here's the result:
>>>
>>> >>> print(platform.system())
>>> Linux
>>> >>> print(platform.linux_distribution())
>>> ('CentOS Linux', '7.0.1406', 'Core')
>>> >>> print(platform.dist())
>>> ('centos', '7.0.1406', 'Core')
>>>
>>> So, if the module is first looking at platform.system and taking any
>>> answer it receives, the only answer the module receives from this
>>> distribution version is "Linux".
>>>
>>> On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 1:41:24 PM UTC-6, Brian Coca wrote:
>>>>
>>>> the 'magic' gets done in the load_platform_subclass, which matches the
>>>> platform name to a class of the same name + Hostname, which then sets
>>>> the strategy class, which actually implements the way of updating
>>>> hostname.
>>>>
>>>> to figure out platform name it uses platform.system() built in from
>>>> python. can you do test the output of this in your instance? also
>>>> platform.linux_distribution() and platform.dist() which might be used
>>>> as fallbacks.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Brian Coca
>>>>
>>>
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