# Unable to install using yum module: Request to provide help **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185 "2024-07-09T13:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Malayathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/reddy_malayathi/32/4171_2.png) [@Reddy\_Malayathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reddy_Malayathi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/1 "2024-07-09T13:22:49Z")
Unable to run with yum module to install packages. Below is the error message: fatal: [sdtarget01p]: FAILED! =\> changed=false module\_stderr: |- Shared connection to [sdtarget01p.int.example.com](http://sdtarget01p.int.example.com) closed. module\_stdout: |- Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/aux502550/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1720531139.05-1803-207126550725931/AnsiballZ\_yum.py”, line 102, in \_ansiballz\_main() File “/home/aux502550/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1720531139.05-1803-207126550725931/AnsiballZ\_yum.py”, line 94, in \_ansiballz\_main invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS) File “/home/aux502550/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1720531139.05-1803-207126550725931/AnsiballZ\_yum.py”, line 40, in invoke\_module runpy.run\_module(mod\_name=‘ansible.modules.core.packaging.os.yum’, init\_globals=None, run\_name=‘ **main** ’, alter\_sys=True) File “/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py”, line 205, in run\_module return \_run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec) File “/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py”, line 96, in \_run\_module\_code mod\_name, mod\_spec, pkg\_name, script\_name) File “/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py”, line 85, in \_run\_code exec(code, run\_globals) File “/tmp/ansible\_yum\_payload\_1xqy\_pbd/ansible\_yum\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/core/packaging/os/yum.py”, line 25, in ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘yum’ msg: |- MODULE FAILURE See stdout/stderr for the exact error rc: 1 ---
**Author:** ![iyami5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/iyami5/32/3449_2.png) [@iyami5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iyami5)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/2 "2024-07-09T15:06:55Z")
Hello, What OS are you running a playbook against? what ansible version ? can you share the playbook? ---
**Author:** ![jrglynn2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jrglynn2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jrglynn2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/3 "2024-07-09T15:12:42Z")
> [@Reddy\_Malayathi](#): > > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘yum’ Ansible can’t find `yum` … can you do it manually? Echo what @iyami5 asks as well … ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Malayathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/reddy_malayathi/32/4171_2.png) [@Reddy\_Malayathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reddy_Malayathi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/4 "2024-07-09T15:16:01Z")
Target Node is RHEL 8.9 Control Node is RHEL 7.9 #ansible --version ansible 2.9.10 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /bin/ansible python version = 2.7.5 (default, Nov 13 2023, 01:37:03) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44.0.3)] ## Playbook: - name: Install list of MySQL 8.2.O Commercial packages - List of packages defined in the default main.yml ansible.builtin.yum: name: - “{{ mysqlpackages }}” state: “present” ---
**Author:** ![iyami5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/iyami5/32/3449_2.png) [@iyami5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iyami5)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/5 "2024-07-09T15:17:39Z")
try using the dnf module instead. ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Malayathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/reddy_malayathi/32/4171_2.png) [@Reddy\_Malayathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reddy_Malayathi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/6 "2024-07-09T15:52:53Z")
With dnf as well, I see the same error. atal: [sdtarget01p]: FAILED! =\> changed=false module\_stderr: |- Shared connection to sdtarget01p.int.example .com closed. module\_stdout: |- Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/asadmin/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1720540285.17-17206-38800975450038/AnsiballZ\_dnf.py”, line 102, in \_ansiballz\_main() File “/home/asadmin/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1720540285.17-17206-38800975450038/AnsiballZ\_dnf.py”, line 94, in _ansiballz\_main invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS) File “/home/asadmin/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1720540285.17-17206-38800975450038/AnsiballZ\_dnf.py”, line 40, in invoke\_module runpy.run\_module(mod\_name=‘ansible.modules.extras.packaging.os.dnf’, init\_globals=None, run\_name=‘ **main** ’, alter\_sys=True) File “/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py”, line 205, in run\_module return run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec) File “/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py”, line 96, in run\_module\_code mod\_name, mod\_spec, pkg\_name, script\_name) File “/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py”, line 85, in run\_code exec(code, run\_globals) File "/tmp/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload\_aa17bwb/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/os/dnf.py", line 436, in File "/tmp/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload\_aa17bwb/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/os/dnf.py", line 430, in main File "/tmp/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload\_aa17bwb/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/os/dnf.py", line 266, in ensure File "/tmp/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload\_aa17bwb_/ansible\_ansible.builtin.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/os/dnf.py", line 238, in \_parse\_spec\_group\_file AttributeError: ‘list’ object has no attribute ‘endswith’ msg: |- MODULE FAILURE See stdout/stderr for the exact error rc: 1 ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Malayathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/reddy_malayathi/32/4171_2.png) [@Reddy\_Malayathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reddy_Malayathi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/7 "2024-07-09T15:58:09Z")
yes, I can install manually. ---
**Author:** ![iyami5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/iyami5/32/3449_2.png) [@iyami5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iyami5)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/8 "2024-07-09T15:59:31Z")
I wonder if its the difference between python versions in your controller and node. ---
**Author:** ![Denney-tech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/denney-tech/32/1556_2.png) [@Denney-tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denney-tech)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/9 "2024-07-09T16:02:23Z")
Can you use a supported version of Ansible? Red Hat’s offiical support of Ansible 2.9 ended December 31st, 2021. [Red Hat Ansible Engine Life Cycle - Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/ansible-engine) ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Malayathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/reddy_malayathi/32/4171_2.png) [@Reddy\_Malayathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reddy_Malayathi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/10 "2024-07-09T16:02:25Z")
Target node is Python 2.7.18 Control node is having Python 2.7.5 ---
**Author:** ![Denney-tech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/denney-tech/32/1556_2.png) [@Denney-tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denney-tech)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/11 "2024-07-09T16:04:53Z")
Not to mention that RHEL 7 just went EOL end of last month. ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Malayathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/reddy_malayathi/32/4171_2.png) [@Reddy\_Malayathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reddy_Malayathi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/12 "2024-07-09T16:07:28Z")
Can you please share the latest stable tar.gz one to install on the RHEL 7.9 and to target on RHeL 8.9 ? ---
**Author:** ![Denney-tech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/denney-tech/32/1556_2.png) [@Denney-tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denney-tech)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/13 "2024-07-09T16:13:50Z")
If you need to continue using the RHEL 7 server as a RHEL 7 Ansible control node, I would suggest `yum remove ansible; yum install python3-pip; pip3 install ansible`, and that will get you the latest version of Ansible _for python 3.6_. However, I think it would be more prudent to build a new control node on RHEL 8 or 9 and eventually retire the RHEL 7 node, or perform a leapp in-place upgrade on the RHEL 7 control node. Whichever is easier. ---
**Author:** ![jrglynn2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jrglynn2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jrglynn2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-using-yum-module-request-to-provide-help/7185/14 "2024-07-09T16:29:49Z")
> [@Reddy\_Malayathi](#): > > AttributeError: ‘list’ object has no attribute ‘endswith’ That’s not the same error. First try running against one package specifically listed instead of using a list/variable. If that works, then you know it is something wrong with your list. You also might need to have `become: true`, as that is usually needed for yum/dnf installs.