No module named ansible.runner

[skinnedknuckles]

Centos 7

Ansible 1.8

Python 2.7

there are some redundant entries in my environment path but I don't see how that would cause this problem

PATH is /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/home/username/.local/bin:/home/username/bin:/etc/ansible:/etc/ansible/bin:/usr/bin/python

Every time I try to run ansible I get

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/etc/ansible/bin/ansible", line 25, in <module>

    from ansible.runner import Runner

ImportError: No module named ansible.runner

I'm not sure if this is a problem with python or ansible but it seems like something very basic.  I've dug around the internet and all I found was http://michaelheap.com/ansible-importerror-no-module-named-ansible-playbook/

Any tips would be appreciated.

[J Dav]

I've had this come up before. The solution for me was to check then fix the permissions of the Python libraries/packages. Which were nonexecutable when the error was present. Think it may have to do with customized umask settings.

[Michael Leigh]

Did this get resolved by doing this? I have python 2.7 with ubuntu 14.04 and have just come up against this error. 

[skinnedknuckles]

I can't say for sure but I do remember a python guy helping me modify some file permissions so it certainly could have worked.  Sorry I can't be more certain.

[Japneet Singh]

Hi, i am facing this same error. Were you able to resolve it?

[Brian Coca]

ansible.runner was removed in 2.0, it only applies to older versions
of Ansible. The docs show how to use the new API
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/dev_guide/developing_api.html#python-api-2-0
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Brian Coca