# Trying to force a single task to localhost **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** vmware, playbook\ **Created:** [June 27, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820 "2024-06-27T21:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tattedSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/tattedsa/32/3987_2.png) [@tattedSA](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tattedSA)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/1 "2024-06-27T21:22:01Z")
Hi all, First post here. I am writing a playbook which performs system patching. Prior to patching I have it check if the system is a vm and if so perform a snapshot. Where I am getting stuck is the task that runs the snapshot needs to run on localhost where as my other task run on the remote systems. The error im getting is failed to import python library and the reason for this is its still trying to run the snapshot module on the remote host not locally. so im not sure where Im going wrong. Below is the 2 yaml files. Thanks main.yml ```auto --- - name: Perform OS Pacthing #hosts: "{{ NODES }}" hosts: all become: yes vars: any_service_running: false service_list: - opendkim - postfix - nagios - mysqld - squid - rhnsd tasks: - name: Send Notification include_role: name: sendmail vars: email_subject: "OS Patching Initiated for {{ ansible_hostname }}" when: emailsend is defined - name: Patching Pre-Checks include_role: name: linux-os-patching tasks_from: pre-check.yml - name: Create VM Snapshot include_role: name: linux-os-patching tasks_from: vm-create-snapshot.yml when: ansible_virtualization_type == "VMware" - name: Patching include_role: name: linux-os-patching - name: Patching Post-Checks include_role: name: linux-os-patching tasks_from: post-check.yml - name: Send Notification include_role: name: sendmail vars: email_subject: "OS Patching COMPLETED for {{ ansible_hostname }}" when: emailsend is defined ``` vm-create-snapshot.yml ```auto --- - name: Take Snapshot collections: - community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot vmware_guest_snapshot: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}" validate_certs: "{{ vcenter_validate_certs }}" #name: "{{ vcenter_vmname }}" name: "{{ ansible_hostname }}" state: present snapshot_name: "Ansible-Managed-Snapshot" folder: "/{{ vcenter_datacenter }}/vm/" description: "This snapshot is created by Ansible" delegate_to: localhost-py3 ``` localhost-py3 in inventory looks like this localhost-py3 ansible\_host=localhost ansible\_connection=local ansible\_python\_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3.9 ---
**Author:** ![binbashroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@binbashroot](https://forum.ansible.com/u/binbashroot)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/2 "2024-06-27T22:51:41Z")
Try this: ```auto - name: VM Snapshot block when: ansible_virtualization_type == "VMware" delegate_to: localhost vars: ansible_connection: local block: - name: Create vm snapshot ansible.builtin.include_role: name: linux-os-patching tasks_from: vm-create-snapshot.yml ``` ---
**Author:** ![tattedSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/tattedsa/32/3987_2.png) [@tattedSA](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tattedSA)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/3 "2024-06-28T00:54:51Z")
Thanks for the respsonse! Unfortunately still getting an error ```auto The full traceback is: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/ansible_vmware_guest_snapshot_payload_s5lhy8vi/ansible_vmware_guest_snapshot_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py", line 31, in import requests ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests' fatal: [10.66.12.10 -> localhost-py3]: FAILED! => { "changed": false, "invocation": { "module_args": { "datacenter": "TA-DR", "description": "This snapshot is created by Ansible", "folder": "/TA-DR/vm", "hostname": "10.66.8.49", "memory_dump": false, "moid": null, "name": "ans-test", "name_match": "first", "new_description": null, "new_snapshot_name": null, "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER", "port": 443, "proxy_host": null, "proxy_port": null, "quiesce": false, "remove_children": false, "snapshot_id": null, "snapshot_name": "Ansible-Managed-Snapshot", "state": "present", "use_instance_uuid": false, "username": "administrator@vsphere.local", "uuid": null, "validate_certs": false } }, "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (requests) on ansible01-ta.therap.net's Python /usr/bin/python3.9. Please read the module documentation and install it in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter" ``` ---
**Author:** ![flowerysong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/flowerysong/32/2305_2.png) [@flowerysong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/flowerysong)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/4 "2024-06-28T05:06:34Z")
> [@tattedSA](#): > > `Failed to import the required Python library (requests) on ansible01-ta.therap.net's Python /usr/bin/python3.9.` Are you sure that it’s running on an incorrect host? Based on the output you provided it looks like it’s running on a host other than the play’s target (presumably localhost), since `ansible_hostname` is `ans-test` and the hostname in the error is `ansible01-ta`. ---
**Author:** ![binbashroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@binbashroot](https://forum.ansible.com/u/binbashroot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/5 "2024-06-28T12:35:41Z")
Going to ask for the sake of asking, “requests” is install on your controller host correct? ---
**Author:** ![tattedSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/tattedsa/32/3987_2.png) [@tattedSA](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tattedSA)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/6 "2024-06-28T14:25:34Z")
Yes its installed. if im reading this right when it drops the task to localhost seems to be where its failing and for whatever reason it almost looks like its using the wrong interpreter? ```auto [ansible@ansible01-ta ansible]$ pip3.9 install requests Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable Requirement already satisfied: requests in /home/ansible/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages (2.32.3) Requirement already satisfied: charset-normalizer<4,>=2 in /home/ansible/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages (from requests) (3.3.2) Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in /home/ansible/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages (from requests) (3.7) Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<3,>=1.21.1 in /home/ansible/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages (from requests) (2.2.2) Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in /home/ansible/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages (from requests) (2024.6.2) ``` ```auto import requests ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests' fatal: [10.66.12.10 -> localhost-py3]: FAILED! => { "changed": false, ``` ```auto "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (requests) on ansible01-ta.therap.net's Python /usr/bin/python3.9. Please read the module documentation and install it in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter" } ``` ---
**Author:** ![tattedSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/tattedsa/32/3987_2.png) [@tattedSA](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tattedSA)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/7 "2024-06-28T14:29:20Z")
Yeah It looks like things go wrong when it drops to localhost (ansible01-ta) so this playbook performs patching on the remote hosts in this case (ans-tst) But the one tsk of creating a snapshot if the remote host is a vm needs to run on the localhost not the remote host thats where Im having isuues. thanks ```auto import requests ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests' fatal: [10.66.12.10 -> localhost-py3]: FAILED! => { "changed": false, ``` ```auto "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (requests) on ansible01-ta.therap.net's Python /usr/bin/python3.9. Please read the module documentation and install it in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter" } ``` ---
**Author:** ![flowerysong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/flowerysong/32/2305_2.png) [@flowerysong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/flowerysong)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/8 "2024-06-28T14:57:53Z")
Okay, so your initial premise that it was running on the wrong host was incorrect. As we can see from the error, the task is running on localhost, but `requests` is not installed for `/usr/bin/python3.9` on localhost. You have done a user install of this library for the `ansible` user, but when the task runs it does not find it. This implies that the task is running as a different user, and indeed when we review the play we find that you have set `become: true` at the play level. There are two ways to fix this error: disable privilege escalation for this task so that it runs as the user who already has `requests` installed, or install `requests` in a way that makes it available to the `root` user (the default privilege escalation target.) ---
**Author:** ![tattedSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/tattedsa/32/3987_2.png) [@tattedSA](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tattedSA)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-force-a-single-task-to-localhost/6820/9 "2024-06-28T15:55:33Z")
Thank you both @flowerysong & @binbashroot this is working now!! I ended up just installing the necessary modules for python3.9 under root because the module to create the snapshot requires privilege escalation. So when i disabled the become it failed. Thanks again I really appreciate the help!!