Github Action For Solaris 10 Playbook Check Is Not Working

[steelhead31]

The Github Action For Solaris 10 Playbook Check Is Not Working, due to a compatibility issue, with the ubuntu-latest ( Ubuntu 24.04 ) github runner, the version of python on the controller, the version of python on the remote ( Solaris 10 Vagrant Box ), and the version of Ansible.

The following error is seen:

fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {}, "changed": false, "failed_modules": {"ansible.legacy.setup": {"exception": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/export/home/local/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718722998.3428314-15639-254420188666236/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 107, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File \"/export/home/local/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718722998.3428314-15639-254420188666236/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File \"/export/home/local/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718722998.3428314-15639-254420188666236/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 44, in invoke_module\r\n    from ansible.module_utils import basic\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_JZmkAc/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 17\r\n    msg=f\"ansible-core requires a minimum of Python version {'.'.join(map(str, _PY_MIN))}. Current version: {''.join(sys.version.splitlines())}\",\r\n                                                                                                                                               ^\r\nSyntaxError: invalid syntax\r\n", "failed": true, "module_stderr": "Shared connection to 127.0.0.1 closed.\r\n", "module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/export/home/local/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718722998.3428314-15639-254420188666236/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 107, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File \"/export/home/local/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718722998.3428314-15639-254420188666236/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File \"/export/home/local/vagrant/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1718722998.3428314-15639-254420188666236/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 44, in invoke_module\r\n    from ansible.module_utils import basic\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_JZmkAc/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 17\r\n    msg=f\"ansible-core requires a minimum of Python version {'.'.join(map(str, _PY_MIN))}. Current version: {''.join(sys.version.splitlines())}\",\r\n                                                                                                                                               ^\r\nSyntaxError: invalid syntax\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}}, "msg": "The following modules failed to execute: ansible.legacy.setup\n"}

[steelhead31]

Having done some investigation, reverting the runner to Ubuntu 22.04, installing Python 2, and ansible via pip seems to allow the check to run normally.