unable to detect ubuntu flavour ?

[Mike Christofilopoulos]

when gathering facts from a server, ubuntu release version comes back as NA.

Has anyone experienced this ?

from my server

```

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description:   Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS

Release:       14.04

Codename:       trusty

```

but ansible reports ubuntu release as NA

```

ansible all  -l server -m setup -a 'filter=ansible_distribution_release'

server | SUCCESS => {

    "ansible_facts": {

        "ansible_distribution_release": "NA"

    },

    "changed": false

}

```

Ansible version:

```

ansible 2.1.1.0

  config file = /Users/mchristof/di/ansible/ansible.cfg

  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides

```

python version on the server

```

Python 2.7.11

```

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 01.10.2016 19:10, Mike Christofilopoulos wrote:
> when gathering facts from a server, ubuntu release version comes back
> as NA.
> Has anyone experienced this ?
>
>
> from my server
>
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
> Release: 14.04
> Codename: trusty
>
> but ansible reports ubuntu release as NA

Ansible is using the Python module platform to get this information, and
platform is reading /etc/lsb-release first.
Do you have that file?

> ansible all -l server -m setup -a
> 'filter=ansible_distribution_release'
> server | SUCCESS => {
> "ansible_facts": {
> "ansible_distribution_release": "NA"
> },
> "changed": false
> }
>
> Ansible version:
>
> ansible 2.1.1.0
> config file = /Users/mchristof/di/ansible/ansible.cfg
> configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
>
> python version on the server
>
> Python 2.7.11

You can also check if the command Ansible is running is working on the
node.
python -c "import platform; print platform.dist()"

--
Kai Stian Olstad

[Mike Christofilopoulos]

# python -c "import platform; print platform.dist()"

('debian', 'jessie/sid', '')

# cat /etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04

DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS"

This doesnt look good, but at least i have something to search for now.

Cheers