I have Ansible 2.8.0 and Python 2.7.5. I tried to run the following playbook to upgrade the packages on a Debian host which has Python 2.7.3. I got the ““The following modules failed to execute: setup\n setup: MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error\n”}” in the Gathering facts part. Please advice. Thanks in advance.
name: Update and upgrade apt packages
new-buildserver.yaml:
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Here is the -vvv
ansible-playbook -i buildservers-agd new-buildserver.yaml --check --limit abldeb7ex6405 -vvv
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ansible-playbook 2.8.0
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u’/home/jamekeit/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
python version = 2.7.5 (default, May 31 2018, 09:41:32) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-28)]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
host_list declined parsing /home/jamekeit/ds9/buildservers-agd as it did not pass it’s verify_file() method
script declined parsing /home/jamekeit/ds9/buildservers-agd as it did not pass it’s verify_file() method
auto declined parsing /home/jamekeit/ds9/buildservers-agd as it did not pass it’s verify_file() method
Parsed /home/jamekeit/ds9/buildservers-agd inventory source with ini plugin
statically imported: /home/jamekeit/ds9/roles/buildservers/tasks/regular-packages.yaml
statically imported: /home/jamekeit/ds9/roles/buildservers/tasks/git.yaml
PLAYBOOK: new-buildserver.yaml *******************************************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in new-buildserver.yaml
PLAY [buildservers] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/jamekeit/ds9/new-buildserver.yaml:13
Attempting python interpreter discovery
ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“/etc/ansible/id_rsa”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ‘User=“root”’ -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/jamekeit/.ansible/cp/67246c2bc6 abldeb7ex6405 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’“'echo PLATFORM; uname; echo FOUND; command -v '”’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘/usr/bin/python’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘python3.7’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘python3.6’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘python3.5’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘python2.7’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘python2.6’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘/usr/libexec/platform-python’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘/usr/bin/python3’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; command -v ‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’“‘python’”‘"’“'”‘"’“'”‘"’; echo ENDFOUND && sleep 0’“'”‘’
(0, ‘PLATFORM\nLinux\nFOUND\n/usr/bin/python\n/usr/bin/python2.7\n/usr/bin/python2.6\n/usr/bin/python\nENDFOUND\n’, ‘’)
ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“/etc/ansible/id_rsa”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ‘User=“root”’ -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/jamekeit/.ansible/cp/67246c2bc6 abldeb7ex6405 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’/usr/bin/python && sleep 0’“'”‘’
(1, ‘’, ‘Traceback (most recent call last):\n File “”, line 10, in \nImportError: No module named json\n’)
Failed to connect to the host via ssh: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 10, in
ImportError: No module named json
[WARNING]: Unhandled error in Python interpreter discovery for host abldeb7ex6405: No JSON object could be decoded
Interpreter discovery remote stderr:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 10, in
ImportError: No module named json
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py
Pipelining is enabled.
ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“/etc/ansible/id_rsa”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ‘User=“root”’ -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/jamekeit/.ansible/cp/67246c2bc6 abldeb7ex6405 ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’/usr/bin/python && sleep 0’“'”‘’
(1, ‘’, ‘Traceback (most recent call last):\n File “”, line 114, in \n File “”, line 21, in _ansiballz_main\nImportError: No module named zipfile\n’)
Failed to connect to the host via ssh: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 114, in
File “”, line 21, in _ansiballz_main
ImportError: No module named zipfile
fatal: [abldeb7ex6405]: FAILED! => {
“ansible_facts”: {},
“changed”: false,
“msg”: “The following modules failed to execute: setup\n setup: MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error\n”
}
PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************
abldeb7ex6405 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
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Your installation is seriously broken, json module is included in Python 2.6 and newer
https://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html
Is there a way to fix this?