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

I found out that it's actually possible to have multiple plays in a single playbook, so my setup now contains a "dependency provisioning" play which runs on all hosts, and other plays for specific hosts. So no more pre_tasks.

For example:

- name: dependency provisioning
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: install python2
      raw: sudo apt-get -y install python-simplejson

- name: production
  hosts: production_host
  roles:
    - nginx
  tasks:
    - name: update apt cache
      apt: update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=3600
  # ....

- name: staging
  hosts: staging_host
  roles:
    - nginx
  tasks:
    - name: update apt cache
      apt: update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=3600
  # ....