Hello everybody,
originally I’ve posted this question in the ansible-project group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/H9puBxsC0ww) but without any responses. So I’m reposting it here.
I have a custom module and would like to set the ansible_python_interpreter variable from within a corresponding action plugin.
This is what I do in the action plugin:
task_vars_modified = task_vars.copy()
task_vars_modified['ansible_python_interpreter'] = '<path/to/my/python>'
result = merge_hash(result, self._execute_module(module_args=module_args, task_vars=task_vars_modified))
Unfortunately this has no effect. Using the playbook debugger I can verify that ansible_python_interpreter is not set for the module.
I am sure that the action plugin is called.
What am I doing wrong?
Is it possible at all to modify task_vars? I cannot find an example for this approach.
Please note that I’m using delegate_to in the task. I admit, I haven’t tried without delegate_to, yet.
Background:
My custom module makes use of some python modules. I do not want to install these modules globally so I’m using a virtual environment.
Obviously now the ansible module needs to use the python binary within the virtual environment.
I would like to encapsulate this so that the user does not have to remember to set ansible_python_interpreter each time he uses the module.
Thanks and Regards,
Carsten