# AttributeError: module 'ansible.constants' has no attribute 'ANSIBLE\_NOCOLOR'

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/attributeerror-module-ansible-constants-has-no-attribute-ansible-nocolor/36362>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/attributeerror-module-ansible-constants-has-no-attribute-ansible-nocolor/36362 "2022-02-23T12:28:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![igor\_haase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e0b2c6/32.png) [@igor\_haase](https://forum.ansible.com/u/igor_haase)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/attributeerror-module-ansible-constants-has-no-attribute-ansible-nocolor/36362/1 "2022-02-23T12:28:46Z")

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Hi fellows,  
I tried my first steps with ansible folowing to this manual:

[https://dokuwiki.nausch.org/doku.php/centos:ansible:first](https://dokuwiki.nausch.org/doku.php/centos:ansible:first)

When I try ro rn this: **ansible rhel8 -m shell -a “/usr/bin/ls -alF /root/”**

I get: **File “/usr/bin/ansible”, line 60, in**   
**import ansible.constants as C**  
**File “/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/constants.py”, line 19, in**   
**from ansible.config.manager import ConfigManager, ensure\_type, get\_ini\_config\_value**  
**File “/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py”, line 34, in**   
**from ansible.inventory.data import InventoryData**  
**File “/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/inventory/data.py”, line 26, in**   
**from ansible.inventory.group import Group**  
**File “/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/inventory/group.py”, line 26, in**   
**from ansible.utils.display import Display**  
**File “/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/utils/display.py”, line 40, in**   
**from ansible.utils.color import stringc**  
**File “/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/utils/color.py”, line 26, in**   
**if C.ANSIBLE\_NOCOLOR:**  
**AttributeError: module ‘ansible.constants’ has no attribute ‘ANSIBLE\_NOCOLOR’**

My host.yml and /etc/ansible/hosts you can see here\*\*: [https://pastebin.com/SqvMW4ca](https://pastebin.com/SqvMW4ca)\*\*

**[https://pastebin.com/2NJkzHxe](https://pastebin.com/2NJkzHxe)**

How can I fix this?

Many thanks in advance

Igor

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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Harpfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@Andreas\_Harpfer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Harpfer)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/attributeerror-module-ansible-constants-has-no-attribute-ansible-nocolor/36362/2 "2022-02-23T17:54:22Z")

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You seem to be running Ansible with an old Python version (3.6).  
According to

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation\_guide/intro\_installation.html#control-node-requirements](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#control-node-requirements)

you should use Python 3.8 or newer on the control node, so that's  
probably the first thing you should try.

Cheers  
-Andi