open(module, 'wb') SyntaxError for raw module in ansible-playbook

[Henry Iracheta]

I am trying to use Ansible on a remote host that has a version of Python 2.4.3 installed. My understanding is that a more recent version of

Python is required to properly use Ansible; however, I should be able to use the "raw" module for such older Python environments. I am able to successfully

use the "raw" module via the ansible CLI; however, when I try to use the raw module via the ansible-playbook CLI I get the following error:

"line  39\r\n   with open(module, 'wb') as f:\r\n   ^\r\nSyntaxError: invalid syntax\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE

Mapped "line 39" to file AnsiballZ_setup.py on the remote host. But surprised the file was invoked given the raw module was being used.

Here is an example of the playbook being tested:

- hosts: servers

  remote_user: xxxxx

  tasks:

      - name: simply test to confirm playbook works

        raw: /bin/hostname

Any suggestions on how to work around this issue ?

[Matt Martz]

Ansible no longer supports Python 2.4 on target hosts.  The last version to support Python 2.4 was Ansible 2.3.

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[Sebastian Meyer]

On 04.04.19 17:59, Henry Iracheta wrote:
> Here is an example of the playbook being tested:
>
> - hosts: servers
> remote_user: xxxxx
> tasks:
> - name: simply test to confirm playbook works
> raw: /bin/hostname
>
> > Any suggestions on how to work around this issue ?

You need to set gather_facts to no. gather_facts uses the setup module,
which is Python.

- hosts: servers
gather_facts: no
tasks:
[...]


Sebastian

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>

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[Henry Iracheta]

That worked, thank you very much !