I appreciate the time and the answers.
My customer has an up-to-date Ansible but some server OS are still old. So I’ll consider using the command module for this special case (yum rhel 6). Thank you again. Br, Daniel On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 10:30:22 AM UTC-3 Matt Martz wrote: > The yum module within ansible requires the python yum bindings to work, > and those are only available using Python 2.6. ansible-core 2.13 no longer > supports Python 2.6, so there is no combination where you can use the yum > module with ansible-core 2.13 on RHEL6. > > The last version of ansible-core to support Python 2.6 for target > execution was ansible-core 2.12. > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 4:42 PM Daniel Barros <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have an Ansible (2.13) machine targeting a remote centOS 6 with Python >> 3.6. >> >> Remote machine has python3.6 installed and variables are set like this: >> >> >> $ ansible-inventory --host centos-6-vm >> >> { >> >> "ansible_private_key_file": "~/.ssh/id_rsa", >> >> "ansible_python_interpreter": "/usr/bin/python3.6", >> >> "ansible_user": "daniel" >> >> } >> >> Ansible can ping, setup and gather facts from target successfully. >> >> But when trying to run the yum module, I get an error as if my server >> doesn't have Python 3.6 >> >> This is my playbook >> >> --- >> >> - name: Deploy Services >> >> hosts: centos-6-vm >> >> gather_facts: true >> >> >> >> tasks: >> >> >> >> - name: Show python interpreter >> >> debug: >> >> var: "{{ item }}" >> >> with_items: >> >> - ansible_python_interpreter >> >> - ansible_python_version >> >> >> >> - name: Patch >> >> become: true >> >> yum: >> >> name: "*" >> >> security: true >> >> state: latest >> >> update_cache: true >> >> The first task is just to confirm that Ansible is recognizing Python >> versions. And the result is success. >> >> ok: [centos-6-vm] => (item=ansible_python_interpreter) => { >> >> "ansible_loop_var": "item", >> >> "ansible_python_interpreter": "/usr/bin/python3.6", >> >> "item": "ansible_python_interpreter" >> >> } >> >> ok: [centos-6-vm] => (item=ansible_python_version) => { >> >> "ansible_loop_var": "item", >> >> "ansible_python_version": "3.6.6", >> >> "item": "ansible_python_version" >> >> } >> >> But when it gets in the module, it gets an error saying no Python3. >> >> TASK [Patch] >> *********************************************************************************************************** >> >> fatal: [centos-6-vm]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "ansible-core >> requires a minimum of Python2 version 2.7 or Python3 version 3.5. Current >> version: 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug 18 2016, 15:13:37) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red >> Hat 4.4.7-17)]"} >> >> Any idea how can I approach that? >> >> >> >> -- >> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3176afe0-d6fc-4e63-a4f8-94c20d3a7b16n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3176afe0-d6fc-4e63-a4f8-94c20d3a7b16n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/51a4eba5-7fc4-4a1a-b684-3a2821c095e3n%40googlegroups.com.
