Matt, You're correct. I was looking at the error message and had the same realization that i probably needed to install python on the remote host. After checking the python version on the remote host i found that python2 wasnt installed. installed, tested and passed.
On Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 4:27:10 PM UTC-6, Matt Martz wrote: > > The ping module is a full round trip test for ansible (not ICMP). It > attempts to ssh to the host, invoke python on the remote host, use the > python JSON module to return data. > > Looking at the error, your remote host is missing python at > `/usr/bin/python`. You may either need to install python on the remote > host, which can be accomplished with the `raw` module (potentially). Or if > python is already installed, but in a different location, you will need to > set the `ansible_python_interpreter` variable for that host, pointing to > the correct python binary. > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 4:04 PM, 0x4e6f43 676573 <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> *** New to ansible & linux *** >> >> I've installed ansible on a ZorinOS vm and am attempting (with no luck) >> to ping a host in the /etc/ansible/hosts file. I can ssh to the host and >> can also scp files from ansible to the host. Got to be a simple fix... >> >> ZorinOS version: 12 >> Ansible version: 2.4.3.0 >> Python version: 2.7.12 >> >> zorinOs:~$ ansible all -m ping >> 192.168.146.129 | FAILED! => { >> "changed": false, >> "module_stderr": "Shared connection to 192.168.146.129 closed.\r\n", >> "module_stdout": "/bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/python: not found\r\n", >> "msg": "MODULE FAILURE", >> "rc": 0 >> } >> >> >> I also have the verbose output that I can share, if necessary. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e6cad62a-fff6-4632-8f60-c423e3eae086%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e6cad62a-fff6-4632-8f60-c423e3eae086%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Matt Martz > @sivel > sivel.net > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/112256fd-3fb7-4122-97d6-030b09cb7f62%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
