OK, what I ended up doing was adding "ansible_python_interpreter=/bin/python" on all RHEL 7 hosts in /etc/ansible/hosts, and the file copy worked.
Thanks, Harry On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 9:45:28 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Well, the controller I'm running the playbook from is RHEL 8 and has the > following version: > > ansible [core 2.14.6] > config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg > configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', > '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] > ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible > ansible collection location = > /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections > executable location = /bin/ansible > python version = 3.9.16 (main, May 31 2023, 12:21:58) [GCC 8.5.0 > 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-18)] (/usr/bin/python3.9) > jinja version = 3.1.2 > libyaml = True > > > I tweaked the playbook to only try to run to one host, and the -vvv does > show this: > > <server1> (127, b'/bin/sh: /usr/bin/python3: No such file or directory\r\n' > > server1 is the RHEL 7 target, and /etc/ansible/hosts doesn't specify the > ansible_interpreter. I have "ansible_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3" on our > RHEL 8 boxes in /etc/ansible/hosts. So do I need to specify something > specific for python 2.7.5 on those RHEL 7 hosts? > > Thanks, > Harry > On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 9:30:58 AM UTC-4 Todd Lewis wrote: > >> Maybe throw a few "-v"s on the command line and give us the job log? >> Whether Python 2.7.5 is an issue will also depend on what version of >> Ansible you are using, and we don't know that either. With the limited info >> you've given, the only solution is to upgrade all your RHEL 7 servers to at >> least RHEL 8, which isn't what you were asking I don't think. >> >> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 9:15:51 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> We have the playbook below to copy an updated script to our servers. >>> The copy works to all RHEL 8 servers, but all RHEL 7 servers fails. I know >>> that the RHEL 7 servers has Python 2.7.5, could that be the issue? I don't >>> think that we can update Python on RHEL 7. >>> >>> --- >>> - hosts: all_hosts >>> become: yes >>> become_method: sudo >>> gather_facts: no >>> >>> tasks: >>> >>> - name: Send updated aide.check script >>> ansible.builtin.copy: >>> src: files/aide.check >>> dest: /etc/cron.daily >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Harry >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/9d9425cd-f1ad-4970-ae39-8462a4662dden%40googlegroups.com.
