Howto Install nmcli extras module?

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Hi everyone,

I was trying to use the nmcli module this morning, and kept getting an error (ERROR: nmcli is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler). Apparently, this module doesn’t ship with Ansible, as noted on the Extras Modules page. However, I don’t know how to install/configure an Extras module…can someone please enlighten me?

Thanks!
Joanna

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The extras get installed with Ansible, you don't need to do anything.

The most probable cause is that the module was added in a version
newer than what you are using.

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I have Ansible 1.9.4, installed via pip. Everything else seems to be working fine. Even though the extras modules supposedly are included by default, I seem to have no nmcli module in my modules directory:

$ ls /usr/share/ansible/
cloud/ messaging/ source_control/
commands/ monitoring/ system/
database/ net_infrastructure/ utilities/
files/ network/ web_infrastructure/
internal/ notification/
inventory/ packaging/

$ ls /usr/share/ansible/network/
get_url slurp uri

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Hi Brian,

I just noticed now it is in version 2.0. Now to find instructions for installing that version…

Thanks!
Joanna

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After installing 2.0.0 beta 3 from a tarball, do I need to do something to reload modules or plugins?

FAILED! => {“failed”: true, “msg”: “ERROR! Invalid shell type specified (bash), or the plugin for that shell type is missing.”}

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I think I just needed to change /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg:

executable = /bin/bash

to

executable = /bin/sh

It is working now. I am pretty sure I needed to change that to /bin/bash for constrained sudo in the past, but I have changed how sudo is handled lately, so it might no longer be an issue.