# Error seen while executing Ansible script - /usr/bin/python2.7 - No module named site

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**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-seen-while-executing-ansible-script-usr-bin-python2-7-no-module-named-site/41576 "2025-04-07T16:23:49Z")\
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**Error while executing Ansible script - /usr/bin/python2.7 - No module named site**.

- Issue is seen when below Ansible script runs on Rocky9 OS system. Ansible version details:

- ansible [core 2.14.17]  
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = [‘/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]  
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible  
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections  
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible  
python version = 3.9.18 (main, Jan 24 2024, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3)] (/usr/bin/python3)  
jinja version = 3.1.2  
libyaml = True

- Issue is “not” seen when below Ansible script runs on CentOS Linux 7 (Core). Ansible version details:

- [root@GRP-DSKP:~] $ ansible --version

- ansible 2.9.27  
config file = /home/root/ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = [u’/home/root/.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  
python version = 2.7.5 (default, Nov 14 2023, 16:14:06) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)]

Output:

```auto
(env_ansible_012325) [root@rocky9_bench_system my_ansible_dir]# date ; ansible-playbook initiate_ifconfig_v2.yml
Sun Apr 6 08:45:41 PM UTC 2025

PLAY [Launching the script to initiate ifconfig on all systems] **********************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Run tasks for host1_linux_target_system] **************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: Unhandled error in Python interpreter discovery for host host1_linux_target_system: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host host1_linux_target_system is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python2.7, but future installation of another Python interpreter could
change the meaning of that path. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information.
fatal: [host1_linux_target_system]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python2.7"}, "changed": false, "module_stderr": "Connection to 105.1.1.125 closed.\r\n", "module_stdout": "Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>\r\nConsider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]\r\nImportError: No module named site\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}
...ignoring

TASK [debug] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [host1_linux_target_system]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'stdout_lines'. 'dict object' has no attribute 'stdout_lines'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/root/my_ansible_dir/initiate_ifconfig_v2.yml': line 12, column 11, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n register: output_1\n - debug:\n ^ here\n"}

PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
host1_linux_target_system : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=1

(env_ansible_012325) [root@rocky9_bench_system my_ansible_dir]#

```

```auto
- name: Launching the script to initiate ifconfig on all systems
  hosts: lab_1_group
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: Run tasks for host1_linux_target_system
      block:
        - name: Execute ifconfig command
          shell:
            cmd: "ifconfig | grep 192.168"
          ignore_errors: yes
          register: output_1
        - debug:
            msg: "{{ output_1.stdout_lines }}"
      when: inventory_hostname == 'host1_linux_target_system'

```

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2.14 does not work with python 2.7, see python support matrix i linked above