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

Question

I\'m running into an error I\'ve never seen before. Here is the command and the error:

$ ansible-playbook create_api.yml

PLAY [straw] **********************         


        

Answer 1

To summarize everyone else's answers, here are the combined settings that worked for me:

 - hosts: all
   become: true
   gather_facts: false

   # Ansible requires python2, which is not installed by default on Ubuntu Xenial
   pre_tasks:
     - raw: sudo apt-get -y install python-simplejson
     # action: setup will gather facts after python2 has been installed
     - action: setup