Ansible Role python

This role installs Python 2 or Python 3 on the system, optionally with additional modules.

Runs on

RHEL 8 (and compatible)
RHEL 9 (and compatible)
Ubuntu 16
Windows

Tags

Tag	What it does
`python`	This role installs Python on the system, optionally with additional modules.

Optional Role Variables

Variable

Description

Default Value

python__modules__host_var / python__modules__group_var

List of dictionaries containing additional Python modules that should be installed via the OS package manager on Linux, or via pip on Windows. Subkeys:

* name: String, mandatory. Name of the packages.
state: Optional, string. Either present or absent. Defaults to present.

For the usage in host_vars / group_vars (can only be used in one group at a time).

[]

python__version

The Python version to install. Possible options for Linux:
* 2
* 3
Windows requires the full version (check the possible options here).

3

Example:

# optional
python__modules__host_var:
  - name: 'python3-psutil'
    state: 'absent'
  - name: 'python3-requests'
    state: 'present'
python__modules__group_var: []
python__version: 3

License

The Unlicense

Author Information

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich