3 ms·

Python 2 is not there. If you run on AWS, either have a task to download and install Python 2, or in your EC2's user data to install Python 2 (this is necessary

• pekk 10y ago
  Ironic since Ansible's lack of Python 3 support was due to vociferous insistence by key Ansible developers that it would be wrong even to allow the use of Ansible with Python 3 as long as popular CentOS versions did not have it.
  • yeukhon 10y ago
    I have to read it backward. Ansible is now part of RedHat. CentOS doesn't have Python 3, and some key Ansible developers have strong opinion on Ansible not supporting Python 3 in the near future. Am I reading it right?
    • deckiedan 10y ago
      Ansible has preliminary py3 support now. It works well enough for me on Ubuntu 16, only py3 installed.
      • yeukhon 10y ago
        Which version?
  • collinmanderson 10y ago
    I think the bigger reason was Ansible needed to support Python 2.4 and 2.5 for old CentOS versions, making simultaneous Python 3 support very hard. They've now dropped 2.4 and 2.5, thus allowing Python 3 compatibility. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/22721/files https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/22721/files (Though, it's worth noting that CentOS still does not have Python 3 support out of the box.)