Question: I want to instal influxdb and configuration with ansible. File copy and influxdb configuration is ok But creating database and user create section is give a "ansible_python_interpreter" error. I searched this error and tried something but I can't solve this problem with myself This is my ansible hosts file [loadbalancer] lb ansible_host=192.168.255.134 [loadbalancer:vars] ansible_python_interpreter="/usr/bin/python3" #ansible_python_interpreter="/usr/bin/env python" #ansible_python_interpreter="/usr/libexec/platform-python"  This is my yaml file # influxdb install and configuration --- - hosts: lb become: true tasks: - name: Copy Repo Files copy: src: ./files/influxdb.j2 dest: /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo remote_src: no - name: Install Influxdb yum: name: influxdb state: latest notify: influxdb_ok - name: Crete Database community.general.influxdb_database: hostname: 192.168.255.134 database_name: deneme - name: Create User community.general.influxdb_user: user_name: deneme_user user_password: deneme123 handlers: - name: Start Influx Service service: name: influxdb state: started enabled: yes listen: influxdb_ok  I was tried to install python3 remote vm(lb). I was tried to change interpreter parameters. I was tried to install requests module with pip3. [root@centos8 influx]# ansible-playbook influxdb.yaml -K BECOME password: PLAY [lb] *********************************************************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************** ok: [lb] TASK [Copy Repo Files] ********************************************************************************************** ok: [lb] TASK [Install Influxdb] ********************************************************************************************* ok: [lb] TASK [Crete Database] *********************************************************************************************** An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests' fatal: [lb]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (requests) on loadbalancer.servicepark.local's Python /usr/bin/python3. Please read the module documentation and install it in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter"} PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************** lb : ok=3 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0  I was tried to install requests module and currently ansible version Right now my ansible machine versions [root@centos8 influx]# python3 --version Python 3.6.8 [root@centos8 influx]# ansible --version ansible 2.10.1 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/bin/ansible python version = 3.6.8 (default, Apr 16 2020, 01:36:27) [GCC 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)]  lb vm's versions [root@loadbalancer ~]# influx --version InfluxDB shell version: 1.8.2 [root@loadbalancer ~]# python3 --version Python 3.6.8 

Answer: There are 3 ways to solve this problem if you encounter it on your remote host:  Set ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3 variable for all hosts that have python3 installed by default Install Python 2 using Ansible’s raw module Symlink /usr/bin/python3 to /usr/bin/python using Ansible’s raw module.  All 3 options can be done in Ansible, without sshing into the host. example - name: misc task on ubuntu 18.04 instance hosts: "*" vars: ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3 tasks: - debug: var=ansible_host  Option 3 - Symlink /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3 using Ansible’s raw module Another option in a similar vein to option 2 is to use the raw module to “symlink” /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3. With a bit of shell magic, we can fashion a command to do this conditionally based on whether either of the files exist using conditionals: if [ -f /usr/bin/python3 ] && [ ! -f /usr/bin/python ]; then ln --symbolic /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python; fi