If you can install a newer python on the machines you should be able to manage them by setting the inventory variable "ansible_python_interpreter" for them to the path of the alternate python interpreter.
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 2:25 PM Adam E <[email protected]> wrote: > > hey there, i'm trying to manage a bunch of centos5/rhel5 systems with ansible > 2.7.5 > > On the target host I am able to install python 2.6 from epel which is all > good and ansible runs just fine for most stuff. The issue is with anything > related to packages (ie . package_facts and package). They both rely on the > "rpm" python library. > > > Problem is, I can't figure out how to install this library on centos 5. It > seems the library is not available in epel > > I tried building from source but I then get the error below: > # python26 > Python 2.6.8 (unknown, Nov 7 2012, 14:47:45) > [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import rpm > rpm.py:15: UserWarning: The RPM Python bindings are not currently available > via PyPI. > > > Please install them with your distro package manager (typically called > 'python2-rpm' or 'python3-rpm'), and ensure that any virtual environments > needing the API are configured to be able to see the system site packages > directory. > > > warnings.warn(warning_msg) > >>> > > > If I can't get this working, I guess my only options are to either just not > manage packages on the legacy centos/rhel5 boxes or see about running an > older version (multiple versions) of ansible within AWX. > > Just wondering if anyone has went through this already and can provide any > tips. > > -- > 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/18a045ee-1f63-437b-a8c5-d10880e5cd50%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/CAFbiokdgxMddo%3D-DP%2B5LVrGqyL_4PoHAddii%2BWH2cscEKhtbyA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
