# Python Module not found

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-module-not-found/26573>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 27, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-module-not-found/26573 "2018-01-27T07:19:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Andrew\_Morgan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Morgan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-module-not-found/26573/1 "2018-01-27T07:19:06Z")

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I have read the documentation and install module zabbix-api on host and python version is 2.7…On the ansible server:

`ansible 2.4.2.0`  
`config file = /ansible/ansible.cfg`  
`configured module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']`  
`ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible`  
`executable location = /usr/bin/ansible`  
`python version = 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug 18 2016, 15:13:37) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)]`

`python --version`  
`2.7`

my play is

- hosts: zabbix

`tasks:`  
`- name: This is installation`  
`zabbix_maintenance:`  
`name: Zabbix123`  
`host_groups: Discovered host,Linux servers`  
`state: present`  
`minutes: 90`  
`server_url: http://[zabbix.patrol.net](http://zabbix.socialpatrol.net/)`  
`login_user: Admin`  
`login_password: yORK`  
`desc: Setting up maintenance window for builds`

my issue is that when I try to run ansible-playbook playbook.yaml

I keep getting the error:

`TASK [This is installation] ********************************************************** `  
`fatal: [zabbix_server]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Missing required zabbix-api module (check docs or install with: pip install zabbix-api)"}`  
`to retry, use: --limit @/ansible/playbook.retry`

`The full traceback is:`  
`File "/tmp/ansible_XXjWDO/ansible_module_zabbix_maintenance.py", line 164, in <module>`  
`from zabbix\_api import ZabbixAPI

fatal: [zabbix\_server]: FAILED! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
` `“invocation”: {` `“module\_args”: {` `“collect\_data”: true,` `“desc”: “Setting up maintenance window for builds”,` `“host\_groups”: [` `“Discovered host”,` `“Linux servers”` `],` `“host\_names”: null,` `“http\_login\_password”: null,` `“http\_login\_user”: null,` `“login\_password”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”,` `“login\_user”: “Admin”,` `“minutes”: 90,` `“name”: “Zabbix123”,` `“server\_url”: “http:/[l.net](http://l.net/)”,` `“state”: “present”,` `“timeout”: 10

}  
},  
“msg”: “Missing required zabbix-api module (check docs or install with: pip install zabbix-api)”  
`