help with ansible Mac installation

[dmastrop]

hi all,

I have installed ansible on Cloud9 and EC2 ubuntu instances but I am having trouble with the Mac installation.

It might be because I installed it using

sudo pip3 install ansible

when I should have used 

python3 -m pip install --user ansible   ?

I tried running the python3 above but it stated everything is ok (and on python 3.11)

It was initially linked to an older version of python (3.7) but is now linked to the proper python module location.

However I cannot run anything without sudo privileges

Here is the sudo ansible --version

sudo ansible --version
Password:
ansible [core 2.15.2]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/Users/xxxxx/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/xxxxx/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.4 (v3.11.4:d2340ef257, Jun  6 2023, 19:15:51) [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.30)] (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/python3.11)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

Here is the ansible --version without sudo. (see bottom)

It is linking to the old python version in the traceback. Not sure why

I tried getting into the tmp directory below as my local user on the Mac (with administrator privileges) but can't get into it. It is owned by root.

Both of the exceptions are related to this tmp directory permissions issue.....

The tmp directory is 

Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x'

xxxx is my local user name (logged in user).  I am administrator on the Mac.

Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this permissions issue?

warmest regards

Dave

% ansible --version

Unhandled error:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 605, in update_config_data

    value, origin = self.get_config_value_and_origin(config, configfile)

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 543, in get_config_value_and_origin

    value = ensure_type(value, defs[config].get('type'), origin=origin)

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 124, in ensure_type

    value = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=prefix, dir=value)

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/tempfile.py", line 366, in mkdtemp

    _os.mkdir(file, 0o700)

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x'

 

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 605, in update_config_data

    value, origin = self.get_config_value_and_origin(config, configfile)

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 543, in get_config_value_and_origin

    value = ensure_type(value, defs[config].get('type'), origin=origin)

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 124, in ensure_type

    value = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=prefix, dir=value)

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/tempfile.py", line 366, in mkdtemp

    _os.mkdir(file, 0o700)

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x'

 

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin//ansible", line 63, in <module>

    import ansible.constants as C

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/constants.py", line 181, in <module>

    config = ConfigManager()

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 310, in __init__

    self.update_config_data()

  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible/config/manager.py", line 617, in update_config_data

    raise AnsibleError("Invalid settings supplied for %s: %s\n" % (config, to_native(e)), orig_exc=e)

ansible.errors.AnsibleError: Invalid settings supplied for DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x'

. [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/xxxx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-506222opmhr9x'

[Dick Visser]

Hii,

I would recommend following the installation instructions from
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-and-upgrading-ansible-with-pip

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