open(module, 'wb') SyntaxError for raw module in ansible-playbook

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I am trying to use Ansible on a remote host that has a version of Python 2.4.3 installed. My understanding is that a more recent version of
Python is required to properly use Ansible; however, I should be able to use the “raw” module for such older Python environments. I am able to successfully
use the “raw” module via the ansible CLI; however, when I try to use the raw module via the ansible-playbook CLI I get the following error:

“line 39\r\n with open(module, ‘wb’) as f:\r\n ^\r\nSyntaxError: invalid syntax\r\n”, “msg”: "MODULE FAILURE

Mapped “line 39” to file AnsiballZ_setup.py on the remote host. But surprised the file was invoked given the raw module was being used.

Here is an example of the playbook being tested:

  • hosts: servers
    remote_user: xxxxx
    tasks:
  • name: simply test to confirm playbook works
    raw: /bin/hostname

Any suggestions on how to work around this issue ?

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Ansible no longer supports Python 2.4 on target hosts. The last version to support Python 2.4 was Ansible 2.3.

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Here is an example of the playbook being tested:

- hosts: servers
  remote_user: xxxxx
  tasks:
      - name: simply test to confirm playbook works
        raw: /bin/hostname

> Any suggestions on how to work around this issue ?

You need to set gather_facts to no. gather_facts uses the setup module,
which is Python.

- hosts: servers
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
[...]

Sebastian

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That worked, thank you very much !