# Ansible Playbook Doesn't run on RHEL 4.x

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-doesnt-run-on-rhel-4-x/22339>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** rhel\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-doesnt-run-on-rhel-4-x/22339 "2016-08-22T07:34:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mona\_Gopal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Mona\_Gopal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mona_Gopal)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-doesnt-run-on-rhel-4-x/22339/1 "2016-08-22T07:34:42Z")

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fatal: [172.19.1.239]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “module\_stderr”: “”, “module\_stdout”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1471850606.58-237797342898160/setup", line 10, in ?\r\n import subprocess\r\nImportError: No module named subprocess\r\n”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”, “parsed”: false}

**4.x has python2.7 installed on it /usr/local/bin.**

Could you please help a way forward

Thanks in advance,

Mona G

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-doesnt-run-on-rhel-4-x/22339/2 "2016-08-22T07:44:48Z")

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Ansible expect Python to be at /usr/bin/python if it's not you need to set ansible\_python\_interpreter.

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/faq.html#how-do-i-handle-python-pathing-not-having-a-python-2-x-in-usr-bin-python-on-a-remote-machine](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/faq.html#how-do-i-handle-python-pathing-not-having-a-python-2-x-in-usr-bin-python-on-a-remote-machine)

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**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-doesnt-run-on-rhel-4-x/22339/3 "2016-08-22T07:46:43Z")

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Verify that you have You should also use ansible\_python\_interpreter in your inventory for this server (, How do I handle python pathing not having a Python 2.X in /usr/bin/python on a remote machine?) Regards,