I use apache2 to host my REST api’s on pecan framework. I use the python api to run a playbook. I dont know if it is a problem with the ansible executor hooks, but 3 out of 5 times the playbook execution slows down and abruptly stops. Has anyone also faced similar problems ?
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/ansible/playbook/init.py”, line 347, in run
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] if not self._run_play(play):
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/ansible/playbook/init.py”, line 740, in _run_play
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] if not self._run_task(play, task, False):
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/ansible/playbook/init.py”, line 485, in _run_task
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] results = self._run_task_internal(task)
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/ansible/playbook/init.py”, line 440, in _run_task_internal
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] results = runner.run()
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/ansible/runner/init.py”, line 1458, in run
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] results = self._parallel_exec(hosts)
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/ansible/runner/init.py”, line 1372, in _parallel_exec
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] prc.start()
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py”, line 130, in start
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] self._popen = Popen(self)
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/forking.py”, line 125, in init
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] code = process_obj._bootstrap()
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py”, line 258, in _bootstrap
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] self.run()
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py”, line 114, in run
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] File “/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-1.8.2-py2.7.egg/ansible/runner/init.py”, line 80, in _executor_hook
[Tue Jan 27 15:34:56 2015] [warn] signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
[Tue Jan 27 15:35:20 2015] [debug] mod_deflate.c(700): [client 127.0.0.1] Zlib: Compressed 50 to 52 : URL /v1/restore
[Tue Jan 27 15:35:20 2015] [info] [client 127.0.0.1] Request body read timeout
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:37 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=5475): Shutdown requested ‘attis’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:37 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=5475): Stopping process ‘attis’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:37 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=5475): Destroying interpreters.
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:37 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=5475): Cleanup interpreter ‘’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:37 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=5475): Terminating Python.
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:37 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=5475): Python has shutdown.
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:39 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Attach interpreter ‘’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:53:39 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Adding ‘/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages’ to path.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:14 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Shutdown requested ‘attis’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:14 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Stopping process ‘attis’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:14 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Destroying interpreters.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:14 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Cleanup interpreter ‘’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:14 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Terminating Python.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:14 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6161): Python has shutdown.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:15 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6346): Attach interpreter ‘’.
[Tue Jan 27 15:55:15 2015] [info] mod_wsgi (pid=6346): Adding ‘/opt/stack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages’ to path.