# 'dopy \>= 0.2.3 required for this module'

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/dopy-0-2-3-required-for-this-module/18358>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 31, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dopy-0-2-3-required-for-this-module/18358 "2015-05-31T10:36:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Global\_Cooling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@Global\_Cooling](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Global_Cooling)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dopy-0-2-3-required-for-this-module/18358/1 "2015-05-31T10:36:02Z")

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**System version of python**

`  
which python

> /usr/local/bin/python  
> python --version  
> Python 2.7.6

`

**Pip installed with sudo easy\_install pip**

`  
which pip

> /usr/local/bin/pip  
> pip --version  
> pip 6.1.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-6.1.1-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)

`

**Both ansible and dopy installed with pip**

`  
pip list  
You are using pip version 6.1.1, however version 7.0.1 is available.  
You should consider upgrading via the ‘pip install --upgrade pip’ command.  
ansible (1.9.1)  
dopy (0.3.6)

`

**Error when trying to use digital\_ocean module**

`  
TASK: [create digitalocean droplet] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
failed: [127.0.0.1] =\> {“failed”: true, “parsed”: false}  
failed=True msg=‘dopy \>= 0.2.3 required for this module’

`

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**Author:** ![Marcus\_Franke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@Marcus\_Franke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcus_Franke)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dopy-0-2-3-required-for-this-module/18358/2 "2015-06-01T15:05:43Z")

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Hi,

you are missing the digitalocean client on your local machine ‘dopy’.

You can try to install it using pip or follow the instructions of the repository.

[http://devo.ps/blog/announcing-dopy-with-digitalocean-api-v2/](http://devo.ps/blog/announcing-dopy-with-digitalocean-api-v2/)

Regards,  
Marcus