If the Ansible target is z/OS, you must install a python distribution ported for this platform.
Rocket Software is currently the peferred version for z/OS.
Visit the to Rocket Software homepage and create a required account in the Rocket Customer Portal.
After logging into the customer portal, follow these steps:
- Click Downloads on the top left portion the page.
- Select the category z/OpenSource on left side panel.
- Scroll and select Python.
- Download the binaries, installations files, and the README.ZOS onto an x86 machine.
- Transfer the zipped tarball (tar.gz) file to the target z/OS system and extract it according the instructions in the installation files.
- Follow the additional setup instructinos as described in the README.ZOS file.
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