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Ansible change Python interpreter

Jul 04, 2022 · 1 min read · Post a comment

If you are getting this kind of warning:

[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Distribution Ubuntu on host 2.2.2.2 should use
/usr/bin/python3, but is using /usr/bin/python for backward compatibility with prior Ansible releases

And some of your Ansible playbooks are throwing errors regarding the issue you should consider updating your Python interpreter.

Prerequisites

  • Ansible
  • Python 3

Solution

Step 1. If you want to execute an Ansible playbook from the CLI, then you can change the Python interpreter directly.

ansible-playbook --vvv -e 'ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3'

Step 2. If you want to put it on a config level, you can set the path in ansible.cfg or create ansible_python_interpreter_inventory.yml inventory variable at your group or host level.

---
python_interpreter_defined:
  vars:
    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
  hosts:
  ...

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