Ansible fails with /bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/python: not found

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I stumbled upon this error running ansible on Ubuntu 15.10 server, because it ships with Python 3.4.3 and ansible requires Python 2.

This is how my provision.yml looks now:

- hosts: my_app
  sudo: yes
  remote_user: root
  gather_facts: no
  pre_tasks:
    - name: 'install python2'
      raw: sudo apt-get -y install python

  tasks:
    - name: 'ensure user {{ project_name }} exists'
      user: name={{ project_name }} state=present

  • Don’t forget the -y (says yes to all questions) option with apt-get (or raw module will get stuck silently)

  • gather_facts: no line is also critical (because we can’t gather facts without python)

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