json module not found with python 2.7

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Hi,
new to ansible so may be it’s somewhere in FAQ… just installed ansible:

Python 2.7.5

ansible 1.6.2

Darwin 13.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

$ ansible -i ./ans_hosts all -m ping

labgw1 | FAILED >> {

“failed”: true,

“msg”: “Error: ansible requires a json module, none found!”,

“parsed”: false

}

Any clue?

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Your labgw1 server is missing the python simplejson package likely due to it running a python version less than 2.6.

http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html#managed-node-requirements

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you’re right. I was lucky enough to try the only server with old python :slight_smile: