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Ansible error: AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'

I want to add group in remote machine via ansible playbook and i get error.

This is my code from playbook:

- name: Ensure group for deploy_user exists
  become: yes
  group:
    name: "{{ deploy_user }}"
    state: present

and this is error what I get:

fatal: [webserver]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"module_stderr": "mux_client_request_session: read from master failed: Broken pipe\r\nShared connection to server closed.\r\n",
"module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_46blg1ge/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 274, in get_distribution\r\nAttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute '_supported_dists'\r\n\r\nDuring handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:\r\n\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_46blg1ge/ansible_module_group.py\", line 478, in <module>\r\n    main()\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_46blg1ge/ansible_module_group.py\", line 426, in main\r\n    group = Group(module)\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_46blg1ge/ansible_module_group.py\", line 80, in __new__\r\n    return load_platform_subclass(Group, args, kwargs)\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_46blg1ge/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 332, in load_platform_subclass\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_46blg1ge/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 284, in get_distribution\r\nAttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'\r\n",
"msg": "MODULE FAILURE",
"rc": 1 
}

My ansible running on WSL:

ansible 2.5.1
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg 
configured module search path = [u'/home/rideto/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] 
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.17 (default, Apr 15 2020, 17:20:14) [GCC 7.5.0]

Please help.

Solution

  • I faced the same issue and solved it by reinstalling ansible to use a python3 version. Original guide here.

    sudo apt remove ansible -y && pip3 install ansible --user should solve your issue. (If you used apt to install ansible)