Import error when running an Ansible Playbook with a Python module

Question

I am trying to run ansible-playbook with these Python modules: https://github.com/dkorn/manageiq-ansible-module/tree/master/library

and I am failing with the following error:

  from manageiq_client.api import ManageIQClient as MiqApi
ImportError: No module named manageiq_client.api

Now, I understand that I simply need to pip install the manageiq_client on the machine I run on but it is something I actually cannot do because I don't have root access to it to install anything. I was told to use this script:

But I am not sure how. Thanks in advance!

Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-21 13:21:47Z

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That hacking/test-module script is for developing a module but it bypasses some of the ways ansible executes modules. If you just want to run a module / a playbook, don't use this.

So your problem is just installing a module as non-root, and having the python ansible executes pick it up. Options to try:

pip install --user
run in a virtualenv
set PYTHONPATH manually (slightly tricky to be sure you're only adding...)
found a tip in the FAQ how to override python interpreter for modules. If you point it to a virtualenv's bin/python, you can have ansible executed "outside" the venv while the module runs "inside" the venv:
```
virtualenv /tmp/v  # can be anywhere
/tmp/v/bin/pip2 install manageiq_client
ansible-playbook --extra-vars ansible_python_interpreter=/tmp/v/bin/python2 add_provider.yml
```
(you can also set ansible_python_interpreter in inventory file)

edited Aug 21, 2017 at 13:21

answered Aug 21, 2017 at 12:29

Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin

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