Introduction

In the world of IT automation, Ansible has emerged as a key player, simplifying complex tasks and streamlining system configurations. However, like any software, Ansible users occasionally face technical hurdles. One such issue involves the installation and integration of Ansible modules, as Playbooknstrated in the provided script excerpt. This article aims to dissect and resolve a specific module installation challenge frequently encountered by Ansible users.

The Problem: Module Installation Failure

  • example.py

``python

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from ansible.release import __version__

print(__version__)

`

The script snippet provided by the user highlights a common problem in Ansible environments:

`bash

Traceback (most recent call last):\

File "example.py", line 19, in main\

from ansible.release import __version__\

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ansible'

`

Here, the user encounters a ModuleNotFoundError when attempting to import ansible. This error occurs despite the presence of ansible-compat, as indicated by the subsequent command:

`bash

pip3 install ansible-compat

`

The output look like the following:

``bash

$ pip3 install ansible-compat\

Collecting ansible-compat\

Using cached ansible_compat-4.1.11-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.9 kB)\

Requirement already satisfied: ansible-core>=2.12 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-compat) (2.16.2)\

Requirement already satisfied: packaging in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-compat) (23.2)\

Requirement already satisfied: PyYAML in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-compat) (6.0.1)\

Requirement already satisfied: subprocess-tee>=0.4.1 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-compat) (0.4.1)\

Requirement already satisfied: jsonschema>=4.6.0 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-compat) (4.20.0)\

Requirement already satisfied: jinja2>=3.0.0 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-core>=2.12->ansible-compat) (3.1.3)\

Requirement already satisfied: cryptography in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-core>=2.12->ansible-compat) (41.0.7)\

Requirement already satisfied: resolvelib<1.1.0,>=0.5.3 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from ansible-core>=2.12->ansible-compat) (1.0.1)\

Requirement already satisfied: attrs>=22.2.0 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from jsonschema>=4.6.0->ansible-compat) (23.2.0)\

Requirement already satisfied: jsonschema-specifications>=2023.03.6 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from jsonschema>=4.6.0->ansible-compat) (2023.12.1)\

Requirement already satisfied: referencing>=0.28.4 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from jsonschema>=4.6.0->ansible-compat) (0.32.0)\

Requirement already satisfied: rpds-py>=0.7.1 in /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from jsonschema>=4.6.0->ansible-compat) (0.16.2)\

Requirement already s