# Ansible zabbix module issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 24, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552 "2018-01-24T06:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan2)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/1 "2018-01-24T06:52:56Z")
Hello All, My ansible module is ` ansible 2.4.2.0 config file = /ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/bin/ansible python version = 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug 18 2016, 15:13:37) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)] ` my play is - hosts: zabbix ` tasks: - name: This is installation zabbix\_maintenance: name: Zabbix123 host\_groups: Discovered host,Linux servers state: present minutes: 90 server\_url: [http://zabbix.socialpatrol.net](http://zabbix.socialpatrol.net) login\_user: Admin login\_password: yORKKEI1! desc: Setting up maintenance window for builds ` my issue is that when I try to run ansible-playbook playbook.yaml I keep getting the error: ` TASK [This is installation] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [zabbix\_server]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Missing required zabbix-api module (check docs or install with: pip install zabbix-api)”} to retry, use: --limit @/ansible/playbook.retry ` I have installed pip zabbix-api , zabbix\_api, pyzabbix and neither works. I have even tried installing them to the targe directory ansible has as python module location `/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible` `but I still get that error.Can someone please help.` ---
**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:** [January 24, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/2 "2018-01-24T07:38:42Z")
In the documentation[1] is says "Requirements (on host that executes module)" So you need to install it on the remote host, zabbix\_server in your case. so just add this task to you play - name: Install requirement    pip:      name: zabbix-api [1] [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/zabbix\_maintenance\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/zabbix_maintenance_module.html) ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/3 "2018-01-25T00:10:11Z")
Ok, thank you, can you please send me where that documentation is, the main document I read said nothing like that [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/zabbix\_maintenance\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/zabbix_maintenance_module.html) Thank you ---
**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:** [January 25, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/4 "2018-01-25T06:48:09Z")
It does, look at the third heading [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/zabbix\_maintenance\_module.html#requirements-on-host-that-executes-module](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/zabbix_maintenance_module.html#requirements-on-host-that-executes-module) ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/5 "2018-01-25T20:10:41Z")
lol wow thanks, hmm, missed that. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan2)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/6 "2018-01-26T05:36:38Z")
Thank you helping, but I am still getting the same error: ` ansible-playbook playbook.yaml PLAY [zabbix] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [zabbix\_server] TASK [Install requirement] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [zabbix\_server] TASK [This is installation] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [zabbix\_server]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Missing required zabbix-api module (check docs or install with: pip install zabbix-api)”} to retry, use: --limit @/ansible/playbook.retry PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* zabbix\_server : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 ` on the zabbix server: `root@zabbix ~]# python --version Python 2.7 [root@zabbix ~]# pip install zabbix-api Requirement already satisfied: zabbix-api in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages [root@zabbix ~]#` ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan2)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/7 "2018-01-26T05:39:55Z")
` The full traceback is: File “/tmp/ansible\_XXjWDO/ansible\_module\_zabbix\_maintenance.py”, line 164, in from zabbix\_api import ZabbixAPI fatal: [zabbix\_server]: FAILED! =\> { “changed”: false, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “collect\_data”: true, “desc”: “Setting up maintenance window for builds”, “host\_groups”: [ “Discovered host”, “Linux servers” ], “host\_names”: null, “http\_login\_password”: null, “http\_login\_user”: null, “login\_password”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”, “login\_user”: “Admin”, “minutes”: 90, “name”: “Zabbix123”, “server\_url”: “http:/l.net”, “state”: “present”, “timeout”: 10 } }, “msg”: “Missing required zabbix-api module (check docs or install with: pip install zabbix-api)” ` ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/8 "2018-01-26T20:28:56Z")
any response please? ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm\_Hussain-Gamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Malcolm\_Hussain-Gamb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Malcolm_Hussain-Gamb)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/9 "2018-01-27T19:31:33Z")
The only thing I can think is on the Zabbix server the version of python sensible is using isn't 2.7 but some other one? Is there another python installed on the zabbix server?? That's a wild guess btw ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/10 "2018-01-28T00:34:41Z")
Thank you for your response… Yes, from what I can see there are multiple versions, ` whereis python python: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.6-config /usr/lib/python2.6 /usr/lib64/python2.6 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python2.7-config /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/lib/python2.7 /usr/include/python2.6 /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz [root@zabbix ~]# which python /usr/local/bin/python [root@zabbix ~]# /usr/local/bin/python --version Python 2.7 ]# python python python2.6 python2.7 python-config python2 python2.6-config python2.7-config ` ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan2)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/11 "2018-01-28T21:12:25Z")
I can also see something is happening on the zabbix server when the playbook runs ` zabbix ansible-pip: Invoked with virtualenv=None virtualenv\_site\_packages=False virtualenv\_command=virtualenv chdir=None requirements=None name=[‘zabbix-api’] virtualenv\_python=None editable=False umask=None executable=None use\_mirrors=True extra\_args=None state=present version=None Jan 28 15:52:32 zabbix ansible-zabbix\_maintenance: Invoked with http\_login\_password=NOT\_LOGGING\_PARAMETER name=Zabbix123 server\_url=[http://zabbix.socialpatrol.net](http://zabbix.socialpatrol.net) login\_user=Admin http\_login\_user=None timeout=10 host\_names=None state=present host\_groups=[‘Discovered host’, ‘Linux servers’] login\_password=NOT\_LOGGING\_PARAMETER collect\_data=True minutes=90 desc=Setting up maintenance window for builds ` But nothing really happens ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/12 "2018-01-30T06:46:33Z")
any help?? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/13 "2018-01-30T07:21:08Z")
Ansible is hard coded to /usr/bin/python i guess you /usr/bin/python is pointing to Python 2.6 but you have installed the module in the Python 2.7. You need to clean up you environment so that match. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan2)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/14 "2018-01-31T05:07:32Z")
thank you for “Ansible is hard coded to /usr/bin/python”…resolved ---
**Author:** ![Linards\_Liepins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Linards\_Liepins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Linards_Liepins)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/15 "2018-04-04T15:31:18Z")
Hi, I am experiencing identical issue. How did you changed this hardcoded path from python 2.6 (usr/bin/python) to python 2.7 (usr/bin/python)? What files you changed? How you changed them? To what values you changed the configuration? trešdiena, 2018. gada 31. janvāris 07:07:33 UTC+2, Andrew Morgan rakstīja: ---
**Author:** ![Valeriy\_Pastushenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Valeriy\_Pastushenko](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Valeriy_Pastushenko)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-zabbix-module-issues/26552/16 "2018-11-29T17:55:30Z")
Hello, can you please tell us how you resolve this issue?